Beltway Politics
FEC fines contractor that gave pro-Clinton super PACs illegal cash »
The Center for Public Integrity
The Federal Election Commission has fined Boston-based Suffolk Construction Co., a federal government contractor, for making illegal contributions to a pro-Hillary Clinton super PAC, according to a le…
John Fish's Suffolk Construction fined $34G for Hillary PAC donations »
Boston Herald
Federal campaign finance officials have fined the John Fish-led Suffolk Construction Company $34,000 for a pair of improper six-figure donations it made to a pro-Hillary Clinton super PAC, a political…
Business
EF Education First expands its Cambridge campus again »
Boston Globe
EF Education First is bringing the big top to Cambridge as it breaks ground for its latest campus expansion — a new 12-story building — on Monday. …
Old South Church puts a $19 million price on sunlight »
Boston Globe
That's how much the historic Copley Square church wants developer Boston Properties to pay as compensation for shadows a planned tower at Back Bay Station would cast on the 142-year-old church, potent…
Welcome, entrepreneurs: Boston hosts Forbes Under 30 Summit »
Boston Herald
Mayor Martin J. Walsh and Gov. Charlie Baker wooed millennials yesterday as more than 7,000 young entrepreneurs converged in the city for the Forbes Under 30 Summit.…
Boston's High-Tech Plan to Tackle Income Inequality »
WIRED
Hype about using enormous sets of sensor-collected data to “drive results†in US cities is getting pretty thick. …
Who will buy Worcester's Midtown Mall? Two potential buyers in talks over property standing in way of city's downtown renaissance »
The Republican
As New England's second largest city continues to undergo a massive transformation of its downtown, one key property has sat unaltered, a reminder of the urban core's once troubled past: The Midtown M…
Cape business leaders lower expectations after wet summer »
Cape Cod Times
Relatively damp and cool weather made the summer of 2017 a mixed bag for businesses on the Cape and Islands, but a warm September has raised hopes for a strong shoulder season.…
Springfield City Council To Endorse Pitch For Amazon Headquarters »
WAMC
Civil Rights
Brockton-area social media controversies shine light on First Amendment »
Wicked Local
A series of recent posts that a Brockton public official and a Bridgewater State University employee have made on social media about NFL players' protests and President Donald Trump have sparked outra…
Education
Trump policy halts loan relief for thousands of students »
Boston Globe
Panic overwhelmed Kennya Cabrera Garcia when she realized that her diploma — the one she had taken out loans to earn — was virtually worthless. …
Health Care
Nurse stabbed 11 times by patient: 'We have no protection' »
Worcester Telegram & Gazette
Injured ER nurse Elise Wilson considers the brutal stabbing she suffered at the hands of a troubled patient in June the third time she's survived “a death sentence. 
Congress Lets CHIP Expire, and States Scramble »
Governing
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Governing
Rosenberg: Senate health care bill due out this month »
State House News Service
Baker calls for bipartisan effort on health care reform »
Boston Globe
Baker frets about federal inaction on health care »
Boston Business Journal
Housing
A bill too broad »
Cape Cod Times
A new legislative proposal designed to give Barnstable more control over nonprofit educational organizations in residential areas, including group homes, may sound like a good idea to residents facing…
Cambridge authority makes a little room for people displaced by three hurricanes »
Cambridge Day
The Cambridge Housing Authority is making it easier for people displaced by hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria to qualify for Cambridge public housing. Agency commissioners approved a temporary policy …
Human Services
As advocates push for state resolution, New Bedford educates its TPS holders »
South Coast Today
SouthCoast immigrants, particularly those with Temporary Protected Status, are seeking options after federal immigration law changes leave them fearful of losing their status that resulted from danger…
Insurance
Massachusetts Attorney General probes addiction-center insurance scam »
Insurance Business
The Massachusetts attorney general is investigating a wide-ranging insurance scam that recruited drug users to go to treatment centers in other states and exploit their benefit payments. …
Judiciary
Lawyer: Jailing addict for relapse is 'unfair' »
Boston Herald
Attorneys for a recovering opioid addict will try to convince the state's high court today ordering her to stay drug-free as a condition of probation is “cruel, arbitrary, and fundamentally unfa…
If Addiction Is a Disease, Should Relapse Mean Jail Time? »
US News and World Report
A unique case before Massachusetts' highest court is challenging the practice of ordering people with addiction to stay drug free as a condition of probation.…
Celebration of diversity in Lowell District Court »
Lowell Sun
Lowell District Court looked, smelled and sounded a lot more festive than usual Thursday as judges, attorneys, probation officers and other staff celebrated the numerous cultures represented by those …
Legislative
Task force starts with debate over definition of retail »
State House News Service
Local Government
Central Mass. communities get Complete Streets money for road, sidewalk, bike infrastructure upgrades »
Worcester Telegram & Gazette
Several Central Massachusetts communities are among the recipients of nearly $7.8 million in state Complete Streets money for road, sidewalk and bike infrastructure upgrades.…
Lancaster must repay $400K in taxes to Atlantic Union College »
Worcester Telegram & Gazette
The town must abate approximately $400,000 in taxes to Atlantic Union College under an state Appellate Tax Board ruling that the college is exempt from property taxes.…
Opinion
Donald Trump's sporting spirit »
Boston Globe
There is no doubt that our president's latest beef, against pro football players who protest during the national anthem, arises from his addiction to conflict and his keen instinct for race-baiting.…
Don't give up on building with wood »
Boston Globe
Devastating fires at local building sites this summer have prompted calls for more regulation or even restrictions on wood-frame construction, which is on the rise thanks to new building codes that al…
Look to the harbor to ease Boston's transportation woes »
Boston Globe
Finally, Boston Harbor is getting the attention it deserves as an option for easing the region's transportation woes. …
As I See It: We must stop bee die-off before it's irreversible »
Worcester Telegram & Gazette
Bees and other pollinators have been dying off at unsustainable rates and Massachusetts has to do something about it now. We rely on bees for the health of our food system and our agricultural economy…
GAY: With 'friends' like these... »
The Sun Chronicle
According to my Facebook page I have 697 "friends" ranging from family to people who are friends of friends and asked to become one with me. I almost always say yes.…
Letter: No time for congratulations on opioids »
The Salem News
As noted in your Sept. 4 headline story, Massachusetts public health officials have noted opioid fatalities are on the decline for the first time in many years.…
Editorial: The art of bullying »
Boston Herald
Senate President Stan Rosenberg recently issued a call for a larger public investment in the arts in the state, noting with pride that the Massachusetts Cultural Council, which supports the nonprofit …
Drug dealers hit with heavy dose of legal reality »
Sentinel & Enterprise
Gov. Charlie Baker was on the right track a month ago when he proposed new legislation that would impose a minimum mandatory sentence of five years in jail for drug dealers found guilty of distributin…
Carr: Won't (a) somebody run against Marty Walsh? »
Boston Herald
Marty Walsh has to be the luckiest man in Massachusetts politics. Has the guy ever had a tough fight?…
Politics
Democratic Challenger Criticizes Baker's Puerto Rico Effort »
Cape Cod Online
Democratic gubernatorial candidate and Newton mayor Setti Warren is dissatisfied with Republican Gov. Charlie Baker's response to the devastation in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria.…
Is this City Council race the most interesting contest on the November ballot? »
Boston Globe
Lydia Edwards and her team had assembled at her East Boston headquarters Tuesday night to watch the election results trickle in. There were sandwiches, roast beef, and chips, and someone grabbed some …
Attleboro candidates now playing a numbers game »
The Sun Chronicle
How mayoral candidates Kevin Dumas and Paul Heroux handle the numbers may determine who's sitting in the corner office come January.…
In Salem mayoral race, it's a matter of style »
The Salem News
When it came time to vote on a new senior center in 2007, City Councilor Paul Prevey said he was undecided until the very end.…
Easthampton at-large candidate William Lynch IV touts teamwork and management skills »
The Republican
Public Health
CAASA plans community forum on opioid epidemic »
The Canton Citizen
The Canton Alliance Against Substance Abuse (CAASA) is sponsoring a community forum on the opioid epidemic to be held on Tuesday, October 17, at 7 p.m. in the Community Room at the Canton Public Libra…
How much battering can a brain take? »
Boston Globe
As researchers in Boston release one high-profile study after another about the effects of head injuries, a biomechanical engineer 50 miles to the west is pursuing a project that might someday help pr…
Harvard event aims to combat opioid crisis through education »
Harvard Medical School will be hosting a symposium to explore the state of the opioid crisis and ways to stem it.…
Public Safety
FLANAGAN: What we need is another holiday »
The Sun Chronicle
The squirrels have been doing their part for weeks, running nervously across my view through the window behind the desk where I place the laptop, stopping to decide where to bury the acorns they carry…
Chabot: Officials urging intel on ID theft by inmates »
Boston Herald
Bay State prisons and jails could be housing hundreds of illegal immigrants posing as legal citizens — raising the risk that criminals who should be deported could be released back into the Uni…
State Finance
Weekly Roundup from Beacon Hill: A seven-ten split »
Newburyport News
Line 'em up and knock 'em down. That's been the House's approach to Gov. Charlie Baker's budget vetoes since returning from summer recess.
But if Speaker Robert DeLeo was hoping to see the Senate quic…
Legislature still spending like it has a blank check »
Lowell Sun
The Democrat-dominated House of Representatives is at again. Having already restored $275 million in overrides of Gov. Charlie Baker's budget vetoes, state reps of the majority party continued their s…
House votes to overturn spending cuts »
Sentinel & Enterprise
Beacon Hill Roll Call records local representatives' and senators' votes on several of the roll calls on overriding some of Gov. Charlie Baker's cuts of $320 million in spending in the $39.4 billion f…
State Government
Keller @ Large: State Treasurer Deb Goldberg Talks Marijuana Regulation »
CBS Boston
The State Treasurer's Office is at the center of some of the biggest issues going in Massachusetts.…
New rules aim to toughen Mass. law requiring transparency »
Lowell Sun
Some changes are in store for the state law that requires transparency on the part of governmental bodies in Massachusetts.…
AG Maura Healey postpones tonight's town hall meeting in Leominster citing mass killing in Las Vegas »
Sentinel & Enterprise
Baker on Vegas shooting: "This could be anyone's kids including ours" »
State House News Service
Gov. Charlie Baker calls Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval after mass shooting »
The Republican
Transportation
MBTA keeps mum on train uncoupling »
Boston Herald
The MBTA is refusing to release records that could shed light on what caused a commuter rail coach car to suddenly break away from a moving train three weeks ago, an incident that prompted a federal a…
Utilities
Plymouth: Interview on Pilgrim Shutdown with Former Senator Dan Wolf »
95.9 WATD
When the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station in Plymouth stops producing electricity in 2019, its owner will file what's called a Post Shutdown Activity Report. It will detail the plan to decommission the p…
Northern Pass hits another obstacle »
Commonwealth Magazine
THE TROUBLED NORTHERN PASS power line project was dealt another blow as the federal Environmental Protection Agency called for an additional 40-mile stretch of the transmission line to be buried under…
Weekend News
Region's businesses have learned to adapt and succeed for decades »
Milford Daily News
When PC giant Dell bought homegrown EMC Corp. in a historic $67 billion merger last year, the company became the largest privately-controlled tech company in the world. But some feared sizable layoffs…
Nitty-gritty of health care policy focus of 2-day hearing »
The Associated Press (AP)
The nitty-gritty of health care policy will be on the table when the Massachusetts Health Policy Commission hosts its annual health care cost trends hearing in Boston.…
THE COLUMN: Primary vote a wake-up call for councilors »
Lowell Sun
FOLLOWING NEARLY a nearly a dozen interviews Wednesday following Tuesday's City Council preliminary election that saw candidates who support keeping Lowell High School downtown dramatically rise to th…
Local lawmakers urge caution over online lottery proposal »
The Sun Chronicle
The head of the Massachusetts Lottery Commission thinks the state needs to look at expanding the games online to reach younger customers. But area legislators fear the impact that change would have on…
Belvidere voters show their clout »
Sentinel & Enterprise
Democracy belongs to those who vote. It was clear in Tuesday's Lowell City Council preliminary election, as Belvidere's three voter-rich precincts turned out in force to back candidates favoring pro-d…
Ventura working to pull GOP together in special election »
The Sun Chronicle
After a tough primary fight, state Senate candidate Jacob Ventura is working to bring his Republican Party together for an Oct. 17 showdown with Democrat Paul Feeney and independent Joe Shortsleeve.…
MetroWest Veterans Consortium Tours Natick National Guard Readiness Center »
Framingham Patch
On Friday morning, the Massachusetts National Guard hosted the September meeting of the MetroWest Veterans Consortium at the new Natick Readiness Center. Attendees were welcomed by Major General Gary …
Island Housing Trust breaks ground on Scott's Grove »
Martha's Vineyard Times
On a picture-perfect fall afternoon with dappled sunlight cascading through trees beginning to change color, local and state housing leaders pushed shovels into the ground as the first step in buildin…
Brockton schools receives STEM grant »
The Enterprise
With everyday items like rubber bands, pencils and plastic straws, fifth grade students Lauren Holland and Naomi Yeme Castillo were challenged to engineer the highest towers they could.…
Letter: Bosley would offer
a fresh perspective »
Berkshire Eagle
The election for state representative for the 1st Berkshire District is an important election to replace Gail Cariddi. The Berkshires have many needs and we need someone who will go to Boston and work…
It's time for automatic voter registration »
Jamaica Plain Gazette
If you're like me, you're wondering what is happening to our country right now. I have been riding this rollercoaster of anger, sadness, and a desire to take action since last November. We're very for…
How Would An Amazon HQ2 In Boston Change The Area's Tech Scene? »
WBUR
Amazon has been on the hunt for a second headquarters. And cities across the country, including Boston, are desperately trying to lure the giant tech company to their own neighborhood. Part of Amazon'…
How The Boston Common And Public Garden Are Trying To Address Uptick In Crime »
WBUR
The Boston Common and Boston Public Garden are dealing with some old challenges that have reached a new level of intensity.…
Greenbush station renamed for long-time legislator »
Patriot Ledger
Local lawmakers and Scituate residents gathered on Saturday to honor Rep. Frank Hynes, a state representative who served Marshfield and Scituate for more than 25 years.…
When lies are told in political campaigns, prosecution isn't the remedy »
Boston Globe
In a unanimous decision two years ago, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court struck down a state law that had criminalized the making of “any false statement†in a political campaign. S…
Why isn't Niki Tsongas worried? »
Boston Globe
The president is terrifyingly inept, some in his circle seem determined to dismantle government, the GOP is hell-bent on uninsuring millions and slashing taxes for the rich, Congress is utterly despis…
Gloria Steinem offers unlikely praise for Charlie Baker »
Boston Globe
Consider it a sign of the times that Gloria Steinem, the feminist firebrand who has spent nearly five decades fighting the establishment, has lately been lauding centrist Republicans like Governor Cha…
For 3rd Congressional seat to be vacated by Niki Tsongas: Sen. L'Italien launches exploratory committee »
Tewksbury Town Crier
Now that frontrunner Ellen Murphy Meehan is no lonÂger in the running for the Congressional seat to be freed by Niki Tsongas, things might just be looking up for Senator Barbara L'Italien. Meehan r…
State Senate Overrides Restore Funding to Local Programs »
Cape Cod Online
The Massachusetts State Senate voted this week to override 26 of Governor Charlie Baker's line item budget vetoes, restoring nearly 25 million dollars to the commonwealth's Fiscal Year 2018 budget.…
San Juan mayor attacked by Trump is a Boston University graduate »
Boston Globe
The San Juan mayor who found herself under attack by President Trump on Saturday spent time in Boston, graduating from Boston University as a political science major in 1984.…
Let's build Massachusetts by building the arts »
Boston Globe
The Legislature's override of Governor Baker's veto of its arts budget on Thursday was a bittersweet victory for artists, advocates, and others who care about arts and culture in the Commonwealth.…
Mass. studies use of dental therapists »
Boston Globe
Some families travel for hours to get to Children's Dental Services in Minneapolis, seeking relief from a mouthful of cavities or a painful tooth.…
SUNDAY NOTEBOOK: Voter apathy - at what cost? »
Sentinel & Enterprise
WITH ONLY 94 of the registered voters in Leominster's Ward 2 showing up to the polls for Tuesday's preliminary School Committee election, it's safe to say the turnout was dismal.…
Seth Moulton — who? — plants his flag in Iowa »
Boston Globe
Eight days after a wedding, most newlyweds are still on their honeymoon. Not US Representative Seth Moulton, who instead found himself in Iowa Saturday — without his wife — learning to f…
Democrats running for Massachusetts governor in 2018 support single-payer health care: Why? »
The Republican
As Democrats nationally become increasingly supportive of single-payer health care, the three Democrats running for Massachusetts governor in 2018 have jumped on the single-payer bandwagon.…
Gov. Charlie Baker on ICE raids: Feds should focus on criminals »
The Republican
In the wake of federal immigration raids targeting "Sanctuary Cities," Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker said he thinks the U.S. government should focus on arresting dangerous criminals who are here il…
Rep. John Velis trained with the army in South Korea amid Kim Jong Un's missile tests: Here's what he saw »
The Republican
It has been a summer of high tension on the Korean peninsula, between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's threats of nuclear annihilation and President Donald Trump's warning that the U.S. would "totall…
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The Republican
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South Coast Today
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Lynnfield Patch
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