Since the PILOT program’s creation in 2010, the city has been shorted over $204 million. Imagine what the city could have done had those funds been collected.
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Posted inOpinion
During crisis, importance of science grows
THIS IS A TIME of reckoning for our nation. We are seeing the disastrous results of discounting public health experts, scientists, and the facts when we should have listened. The […]
Posted inOpinion
Local access channels getting tuned out
WE ARE IN a new age of news and media. It started with the 24 hour news cycle, it changed again with the advent of social media, and most recently […]
Posted inOpinion
Like it or not, campaign regs changed for the better
LAST JANUARY, the Massachusetts Office of Campaign and Political Finance (OCPF) proposed revisions to many of their existing campaign finance regulations. While most of the proposed changes were minor and […]
Posted inHealth Care
Death of a cancer lab
FEW PLACES HAVE the resources and brain power to match Boston when it comes to biomedical research, including the search for effective ways to treat and prevent cancer. Internationally renowned […]
Posted inMicrophilanthropy
Running away from homelessness
Microphilanthropy is an occasional feature that calls attention to small acts of generosity that people do for the benefit of others and highlights little-known needs that could benefit from generosity, […]
Posted inEconomy, Opinion
Spare service programs from budget ax
PRESIDENT TRUMP’S FISCAL 2018Â budget eliminates all funding for the Corporation for National and Community Service, the parent organization of flagship national service programs such as AmeriCorps and Senior Corps. As […]