Federal charges of strong-arming film producers to force them to hire local Teamster drivers. Threats of violence and vandalism to send a message to nonunion production companies. Ties to an […]
Watching Teamsters reruns
Posted inGambling
Boston, Somerville slam Baker on casino
THE CITIES OF BOSTON AND SOMERVILLE are claiming in court documents that the Baker administration violated state laws in awarding an environmental certificate to Wynn Resorts for its proposed $1.7 […]
Posted inEconomy, Education, Opinion
Helping low-income families out of poverty
BUILDING A PATHWAY that leads out of poverty and into economic self-sufficiency requires hard work, resilience and persistence. However, low-income families will do all it takes to reach economic independence […]
Posted inCriminal Justice, The Download
Councilors go to jail to hear ideas on reducing recidivism
Some 100 people went to jail yesterday to learn how to keep inmates from returning there once they get out. In a Boston City Council first, a committee convened a […]
Posted inEnvironment
Baker says state is at energy crossroads
GOV. CHARLIE BAKER said on Tuesday that Massachusetts and the rest of New England are standing at a crossroads on energy, but it appears he wants to go down a […]
Posted inGambling, The Download
Gaming Commission faces its toughest decision
The Massachusetts Gaming Commission, facing perhaps its toughest decision ever, is being urged by two newspapers to give deference to the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe as the agency decides whether to […]
Posted inHealth Care, Politics, State House News Service
Baker administration, union target DCF together
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE GOV. CHARLIE BAKER plans in the coming months to implement changes at the beleaguered Department of Children and Families, part of an “unprecedented collaboration” between his […]
Posted inEnvironment, The Download
Carrying the Bay State’s water
Although Massachusetts is currently experiencing a moderate drought, the Bay State is unlikely to experience water problems of California-sized proportions. But the Bay State does have a major water problem, it’s […]
Posted inEconomy, State House News Service
Ash lends insight into Baker administration’s investment strategy
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE A TOP BAKER administration official on Thursday shared with lawmakers his philosophical approach to government investing, including a strategy that he said differs from the approach […]
Posted inThe Download
Crux of the coverage of the pope’s visit
Crux, the Boston Globe-owned vertical dedicated to all things Catholic, would likely not exist if not for the phenom known as Pope Francis. The worldwide interest in the man formerly known […]
Posted inTransportation
Massport says Uber is deceptive
Massport officials have demanded Uber explain a fee the company tacks onto its fares for rides to and from Logan Airport and to cease referring to it as an “airport […]
Posted inGambling
Gaming commission won’t alter course on tribal casino
The state’s Gaming Commission rejected a proposal by the developers of a Brockton casino plan to either expedite the licensing process or declare that it will issue a Southeast region […]
Posted inPolitics, The Download
There, she said it again
How many times must Sen. Elizabeth Warren say she is not running for president? Apparently as often as people ask because, it seems, there is still a stubborn group who don’t believe […]
Posted inGambling, The Back Story
The big Indian gamble
Now that the federal government has authorized the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe to take more than 300 acres of land in Taunton and Mashpee into trust, the big question is whether […]
Posted inThe Download, Transportation
Heads up, the MBTA is hurting, keep moving
The first report of the MBTA Fiscal and Management Control Board is a grim catalogue of the dire realities facing the transit system. Much is already known: operating expenses outstrip revenues […]
Posted inGambling
Judge skeptical of Boston’s casino challenge
BOSTON, REVERE, AND THE CASINO OPERATOR Mohegan Sun on Tuesday argued they should be allowed to continue their legal challenge to the Massachusetts Gaming Commission’s award of a Greater Boston […]
Posted inState House News Service, Transportation
DeLeo backs north-south rail link
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE SAYING IT WOULD BE A “TERRIBLE MISTAKE” for the state to embark upon an expansion of South Station at the expense of a rail tunnel linking […]
Posted inEnvironment, Opinion
Healey slams Baker’s DPU in letter
What follows is a letter from a top aide to Attorney General Maura Healey to Kimberly Bose of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission regarding the Northeast Energy Direct pipeline project. […]
Posted inState House News Service, The Download
Three takes on Bella
Three female journalists offer three interesting takes on the Bella Bond tragedy. Boston Globe columnist Joan Vennochi says those moved by the case should skip the teddy bear memorials and […]
Posted inEnvironment, Politics, State House News Service
DeLeo prefers omnibus energy bill
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE HOUSE SPEAKER ROBERT DELEO said he wants to avoid a piecemeal approach to energy law changes and would prefer to deal with them all in a […]
Posted inPolitics, The Download
Baker gets a pass from Dems
If the state’s Republican governor — he of the sky-high poll numbers, the cabinet littered with Democrats, and a bromantic attachment to Boston’s union-bred mayor — was going to get […]
Posted inOpinion, Transportation
Looking beyond the Green Line extension
MUCH HAS BEEN MADE about who exactly is to blame for the failure of our rail system in Massachusetts last winter. The question is not whether or not there is […]
Posted inGambling, State House News Service
Feds OK tribal land for Mashpee casino
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE THE MASHPEE WAMPANOAG TRIBE won a major victory in its quest to build a resort casino in Taunton on Friday, receiving approval for 321 acres of […]
Posted inEconomy, The Download
Running the math on Black Mass
The producers of Black Mass and the Motion Picture Association of America used some very selective Hollywood editing this week to plug the Massachusetts film tax credit. With the tax […]