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The MWRA cleaned up Boston Harbor. It's time to do the same for the Charles and Mystic rivers. We must hire a new MWRA executive director who is committed to finishing the job of cleaning our major waterways from these polluting combined sewer overflows.

OPINION: We must hire a new MWRA executive director who is committed to finishing the job of cleaning our major waterways from these polluting combined sewer overflows.

The MWRA cleaned up Boston Harbor. It's time to do the same for the Charles and Mystic rivers. We must hire a new MWRA executive director who is committed to finishing the job of cleaning our major waterways from these polluting combined sewer overflows.

New in OPINION: The MWRA cleaned up Boston Harbor. It’s time to do the same for the Charles and Mystic rivers.

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Competitiveness fears weave through budget hearings "There is almost perfect correlation between expensive states and outmigration, and we are a very expensive state," testified Eric Paley, Gov. Maura Healey’s secretary of economic development, at...

NEW: Competitiveness fears weave through budget hearings

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‘Frustration’ remains among lawmakers despite shrinking unemployment delays Although a legislative response appears not to be a priority, some lawmakers used Labor Secretary Lauren Jones’s appearance at a budget hearing to prod the Healey administration on the unemployment...

NEW: ‘Frustration’ remains among lawmakers despite shrinking unemployment delays

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ICYMI: Why Massachusetts needs a climate bank #OPINION
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How energy affordability in Massachusetts reached crisis mode This week on The Codcast, we unpack how increasingly expensive utility bills are shaping the energy debate in Massachusetts and reaching a fever pitch on Beacon Hill. With energy costs now the top household...

On this week's Codcast: How energy affordability in Massachusetts reached crisis mode

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How energy affordability in Massachusetts reached crisis mode This week on The Codcast, we unpack how increasingly expensive utility bills are shaping the energy debate in Massachusetts and reaching a fever pitch on Beacon Hill. With energy costs now the top household...

New on the Codcast: How energy affordability in Massachusetts reached crisis mode

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Two veteran Democrats sue to block all-party primary ballot question A pair of Democratic state committee members want the state’s highest court to toss a ballot question that would shift state elections to an all-party primary system, teeing up a legal fight over a...

BALLOT QUESTIONS: Two veteran Democrats sue to block all-party primary ballot question

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Two veteran Democrats sue to block all-party primary ballot question A pair of Democratic state committee members want the state’s highest court to toss a ballot question that would shift state elections to an all-party primary system, teeing up a legal fight over a...

NEW: Two veteran Democrats sue to block all-party primary ballot question

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Salem, Quincy receiving millions in tax credits for Gateway Cities despite no longer qualifying for the designation Massachusetts has awarded more than $10 million in tax credits to market-rate housing developers in Salem and Quincy based on their status as Gateway Cities even though the two communities no longer met...

ICYMI: Salem, Quincy receiving millions in tax credits for Gateway Cities despite no longer qualifying for the designation

Holding the line on Gateway Cities designation There should be no hasty changes to the pool of Gateway Cities . Any future consideration of adjustments should be based on good data, a coherent framework, and involve collaboration with Gateway City...

ICYMI: Holding the line on Gateway Cities designation #OPINION

Why Massachusetts needs a climate bank It is a fiscally responsible path to achieve three critical goals: address affordability challenges, strengthen the economy, and remain a leader in addressing the challenges of a changing climate. 

OPINION: It is a fiscally responsible path to achieve three critical goals: address affordability challenges, strengthen the economy, and remain a leader in addressing the challenges of a changing climate.

Our three-pronged strategy for supporting our immigrant neighbors Forces opposing justice and equity have always existed, and when they get louder and push harder against what we know is right, history shows we must not only hold our ground, but we must be prepared...

ICYMI: Our three-pronged strategy for supporting our immigrant neighbors #OPINION

Why Massachusetts needs a climate bank It is a fiscally responsible path to achieve three critical goals: address affordability challenges, strengthen the economy, and remain a leader in addressing the challenges of a changing climate. 

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What Norway’s dominance at the Winter Olympics can teach us about youth sports American sports culture clings to the belief that early competition builds champions—that competition produces toughness, and that lowering the stakes makes kids soft. Norway offers the most compelling...

ICYMI: What Norway’s dominance at the Winter Olympics can teach us about youth sports #OPINION

Salem, Quincy receiving millions in tax credits for Gateway Cities despite no longer qualifying for the designation Massachusetts has awarded more than $10 million in tax credits to market-rate housing developers in Salem and Quincy based on their status as Gateway Cities even though the two communities no longer met...

GATEWAY CITIES: Salem, Quincy receiving millions in tax credits for Gateway Cities despite no longer qualifying for the designation

Were MBTA Communities costs unfair, or a self-imposed expense? DID THE controversial MBTA Communities housing law force towns to shell out money to devise carefully crafted multifamily zoning plans, or were any

ICYMI: Were MBTA Communities costs unfair, or a self-imposed expense?

Holding the line on Gateway Cities designation There should be no hasty changes to the pool of Gateway Cities . Any future consideration of adjustments should be based on good data, a coherent framework, and involve collaboration with Gateway City...

OPINION: There should be no hasty changes to the pool of Gateway Cities . Any future consideration of adjustments should be based on good data, a coherent framework, and involve collaboration with Gateway City leaders.

Salem, Quincy receiving millions in tax credits for Gateway Cities despite no longer qualifying for the designation Massachusetts has awarded more than $10 million in tax credits to market-rate housing developers in Salem and Quincy based on their status as Gateway Cities even though the two communities no longer met...

NEW: Salem, Quincy receiving millions in tax credits for Gateway Cities despite no longer qualifying for the designation

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Lawmakers and DIZoglio clash again – this time over public records reform Auditor Diana DiZoglio showed up ready to fight, and some lawmakers indulged her, at a hearing about a ballot question that would subject the Legislature and governor’s office to the public records...

ICYMI: Lawmakers and DIZoglio clash again – this time over public records reform

Holding the line on Gateway Cities designation There should be no hasty changes to the pool of Gateway Cities . Any future consideration of adjustments should be based on good data, a coherent framework, and involve collaboration with Gateway City...

New in OPINION: Holding the line on Gateway Cities designation

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Our three-pronged strategy for supporting our immigrant neighbors Forces opposing justice and equity have always existed, and when they get louder and push harder against what we know is right, history shows we must not only hold our ground, but we must be prepared...

OPINION: Forces opposing justice and equity have always existed, and when they get louder and push harder against what we know is right, history shows we must not only hold our ground, but we must be prepared to do more.

Our three-pronged strategy for supporting our immigrant neighbors Forces opposing justice and equity have always existed, and when they get louder and push harder against what we know is right, history shows we must not only hold our ground, but we must be prepared...

New in OPINION: Our three-pronged strategy for supporting our immigrant neighbors

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For this week's Codcast, reporter Hallie Claflin spoke to Department of Early Education and Care Commissioner Amy Kershaw and Executive Director of Strategies for Children Amy O’Leary about what it will take to make Pre-K truly universal. Check it out:
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Housatonic Valley residents grapple with a PCB disposal site planned for construction this spring People and wildlife in the Housatonic River Valley have been living among PCBs since the 1930s, when GE began disposing of them improperly during the manufacture of electrical transformers.

ICYMI: Housatonic Valley residents grapple with a PCB disposal site planned for construction this spring

What Norway’s dominance at the Winter Olympics can teach us about youth sports American sports culture clings to the belief that early competition builds champions—that competition produces toughness, and that lowering the stakes makes kids soft. Norway offers the most compelling...

OPINION: American sports culture clings to the belief that early competition builds champions—that competition produces toughness, and that lowering the stakes makes kids soft. Norway offers the most compelling counterexample imaginable.

What Norway’s dominance at the Winter Olympics can teach us about youth sports American sports culture clings to the belief that early competition builds champions—that competition produces toughness, and that lowering the stakes makes kids soft. Norway offers the most compelling...

New in OPINION: What Norway’s dominance at the Winter Olympics can teach us about youth sports

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Were MBTA Communities costs unfair, or a self-imposed expense? DID THE controversial MBTA Communities housing law force towns to shell out money to devise carefully crafted multifamily zoning plans, or were any

UNCATEGORIZED: Were MBTA Communities costs unfair, or a self-imposed expense?

Were MBTA Communities costs unfair, or a self-imposed expense? DID THE controversial MBTA Communities housing law force towns to shell out money to devise carefully crafted multifamily zoning plans, or were any

NEW: Were MBTA Communities costs unfair, or a self-imposed expense?

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