Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey to deliver State of the Commonwealth
The governor will reflect on the progress made in her second year and look ahead to her biggest priorities for 2025.
The MBTA stopped announcing new slow zones. That doesn’t mean they disappeared
With that, the T quietly stopped reporting new slow zones to the public. Its speed restrictions dashboard, which once mapped scores of such zones across the transit network, has not been updated since ...
Take it from a Milton resident: Needham should vote ‘yes’ on the controversial housing plan
Residents of the suburban town head to the polls on Tuesday to vote on a plan to create more housing under a new state law.
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MA high court upholds MBTA state housing density law
The MBTA Communities Act requires 177 cities and towns that host or are near MBTA service to zone for multifamily housing in ...
More than 800 state employees earned more in overtime than in base pay in 2024
The uptick in overtime pay came as the overall state payroll climbed to $10.26 billion in 2024, an increase of nearly 10 ...
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Map: Who is — and isn't — complying with the MBTA Communities Act?
In communities with MBTA service, the multifamily zoning districts must be located less than half a mile from a subway station, commuter rail station, ferry terminal or bus station. The districts ...
Massachusetts Unveils $8 Billion Funding Plan for Public Transit
Massachusetts officials are planning to inject $8 billion into advancing improvement projects for the state’s aging roads, ...
What to expect in Gov. Healey’s 2nd State of the Commonwealth address
The Democratic governor’s second State of the Commonwealth address comes at roughly the halfway point of her term in the ...
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Longtime TransitMatters Leader Announces Departure
Jarred Johnson, who has led the Boston-based advocacy organization TransitMatters since 2019, has announced plans to leave ...
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Spill of the Hill: What to expect from Healey's State of the Commonwealth
Gov. Maura Healey will make her case to Bay Staters that she's lowering the cost of living, fixing the MBTA and making ...
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What to expect in Gov. Healey’s Address To The State
Massachusetts has reason to both celebrate accomplishments and fret over serious challenges as Gov. Maura Healey gets set to check in with a joint session of the Legislature and the roughly 7 ...