New GLX Tracks To Be Fixed During Nighttime Closures
The MBTA will shut down service a few hours earlier than usual on the Green Line Extension on more than a dozen nights starting laterRead More
Shelter Approach Leaves Democrats at State House Divided
The separate scrums held back-to-back on opposite sides of the State House early Thursday morning were telling. House and Senate Democrats downplayed the obstacles ofRead More
MBTA needs $24.5 billion to fix system, officials say
MBTA officials have long been sounding the alarm about the poor state of the system’s infrastructure and lamenting years of disinvestment, and on Thursday theyRead More
Big Month Shows Sports Betting Is Growing
People in Massachusetts wagered more than $571.76 million on sporting events that took place in October, pumped another $794.1 million into slot machines and riskedRead More
Democrats On Beacon Hill Punt Shelter, Spending Talks To Conference
The Massachusetts Legislature ended formal sessions for the year early Thursday morning with no agreement on a spending bill to steer money toward the emergencyRead More
Bill Bans Native-American Mascots At Mass. Public Schools
The 23 schools in Massachusetts that use an image of an indigenous person as their school mascot would have to start looking for new namesRead More
Big College Aid Expansion Will Lift 25,000 Students
A third of all UMass students will qualify for free tuition paid for by the new income surtax on the state’s highest earners, under aRead More
Dems on Beacon Hill Face Short Window For Spending Deal
The Massachusetts Senate on Tuesday night approved a plan that injects $250 million more into the state’s emergency shelter system, opening a window of justRead More
Boston Bows Out Of Running For Fossil Fuel-Free Program
Northampton or Somerville will take the final spot in a pilot program allowing a limited number of cities and towns to restrict fossil fuels inRead More
Tibbits-Nutt named new state transportation secretary
Gov. Maura Healey removed the acting prefix and made Monica Tibbits-Nutt its full-fledged transportation secretary Monday, putting her fully in charge of trying to stabilizeRead More