California crisis brings attention to Massachusetts dams
While a breach in an emergency spillway on the nation's largest dam has prompted more than 100,000 northern California residents to flee their homes, Massachusetts officials say they've been taking...
View ArticleDriscoll gets committee assignments
Freshman State Rep. William Driscoll, D-Milton, will serve on four Legislative committees.
View ArticleInteract with the new pothole tracking map by MassDOT
The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) is expanding its pothole information program, which includes an online database, but it could take months to show the roads around Boston.The...
View ArticleSpecial education schools make case for funding
A proposed tuition freeze at state-regulated private schools that serve students with high needs will further squeeze tight budgets at those learning centers, special education advocates say.
View ArticleHull, Milton residents among those seeking relief from airplane noise
At a meeting Wednesday night in Boston, residents and officials offered suggestions in reducing aircraft noise from new flight paths.
View ArticleTrump reverses Obama guidance on transgender students
The Trump administration on Wednesday returned transgender education policy to state and local jurisdictions, withdrawing a 2016 Obama administration guidance letter that had demanded schools treat...
View ArticleLawmakers considering pesticide restrictions to limit bee die-offs
A type of pesticide many beekeepers blame for mass bee die-offs would come under tighter regulation under a bill filed in the Massachusetts legislature in January.
View ArticleMassachusetts gets best state ranking from US News & World Report
It ranks 47th in affordability but when more than 60 other metrics were applied Massachusetts emerged as the best state in the country, according to rankings released on Tuesday.The state's supreme...
View ArticleSuicides up 40 percent over 10-year period across Massachusetts
There were 608 suicides in Massachusetts in 2014, more than the combined number of deaths attributable to homicide and motor vehicle accidents, according to a report placed on file with the Legislature...
View ArticleObama visiting Boston in May to receive Kennedy award
With his signature health care law targeted for repeal by the new White House, former President Barack Obama will visit Boston's Columbia Point in early May to receive the 2017 Centennial John F....
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View ArticleTrack, temps alter storm outlook, but officials urge vigilance
Warmer temperatures along the coast and a changing storm track have lowered the projected snow totals in eastern Massachusetts, but Gov. Charlie Baker early Tuesday morning warned that high winds and...
View ArticlePower outages top 60,000 as nor'easter rips through Massachusetts
As snow whipped across Massachusetts, Gov. Charlie Baker said power outages, which numbered around 60,000 in the early afternoon Tuesday, were a major concern from the nor'easter.At a noon press...
View ArticleMunicipalities want new, clear path to outlaw pot shops
Westborough voters this month voted overwhelmingly to bar retail marijuana shops from their town, and other towns are looking into forbidding establishments or temporarily prohibiting them. The...
View ArticleRetailers weighing sales tax cut ballot question
There may be a major tax cut competing with the significant tax increase that's already being prepared for the 2018 ballot in Massachusetts.Retailers have conducted polling and are encouraged by...
View ArticleTax-form donations fuel select charitable causes
More than $1 million in state income tax refunds goes to fund special causes each year, the result of taxpayers voluntarily checking off donation boxes on their tax forms.
View ArticleGroups renew push to raise tobacco age to 21
BOSTON – While 140 Massachusetts cities and towns have raised their legal tobacco sales from 18 to 21, there’s a renewed push to enact a similar restriction statewide.
View ArticleImprovements planned at key Milton intersection
The state has unveiled preliminary plans to improve the intersection of Granite Avenue and Squantum Street in Milton.
View ArticleNew vendor takes over MBTA parking
Republic Parking System begins its five-year management contract to operate the MBTA’s parking system on Saturday. The company will manage 10 garages and 91 surface parking lots, with more than 44,000...
View ArticlePrivacy advocates call for toll reforms
Months after the Massachusetts Department of Transportation replaced manned tollbooths with a new electronic tolling system, some lawmakers and privacy advocates are calling for new restrictions on the...
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