Some speed restrictions on the Orange Line that have befuddled riders and slowed trips will stay in place into December, more than two months after the MBTA completed a 30-day end-to-end shutdown aimed at fixing those issues, the agency disclosed Tuesday.
Massachusetts lawmakers are weighing how to fix years of problems at the MBTA while state government stands on the threshold of a major change, and in the opinion of a former U.S. transportation secretary, they should use that timing as an opportunity to “think very seriously” about dismantling and reimagining the entire transit system.
The path forward on Boston’s high-profile and seemingly-intractable homeless encampment in the South End, Mayor Michelle Wu said, relies on getting Beacon Hill to take on a more active role.
A new ad from the coalition opposed to the proposed 4 percent surtax on annual household income above $1 million is causing a stir and, with ballots already being cast, supporters are trying to combat what they see as “misinformation.”
A coalition that has long called for increasing investment in the MBTA has its eye on the income surtax voters will decide in less than three weeks, pitching it as a viable source of funding for the under-fire agency while calling out billionaire Robert Kraft’s spending in opposition to the measure.
Massachusetts employers added 13,800 jobs in September, a significant increase after a revision cut down previously reported August gains, while the statewide unemployment rate ticked downward to 3.4 percent, labor officials announced Friday.
Doug Howgate, a policy analyst who has helped shape state budgets for nearly two decades as a top Senate staffer and a trusted voice of business interests, has been chosen to take over as president of the influential Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation.
It will ultimately be up to the next administration to decide how a new program allowing a group of cities and towns to restrict fossil fuel infrastructure buildings will operate, but the outgoing Baker team will propose its own plan all the same.
Nearly 6 in 10 likely voters support a proposed constitutional amendment to impose a higher tax rate on income above $1 million, a new poll shows.
Housing advocates warned Tuesday that a Baker administration policy limiting rental aid eligibility has put help out of reach for tenants who are struggling to make ends meet, urging lawmakers to intervene and unwind the measure in the coming weeks.
The route to improvement for the MBTA is an intimidating one. And for several of the expert panelists at a virtual forum organized by the MBTA Advisory Board, one common factor looms beneath many of the MBTA’s current problems: money.
To hear Gov. Charlie Baker tell it, the House and Senate are about ready to dive into “end of year” activities, like passing a spending bill to close out the books on the fiscal year that ended more than three months ago. But legislative leaders gave no such indications Monday.
The threat coastal flooding poses to property values and property taxes could ding the state’s credit rating in future years, a ratings agency warned this week.
Candidate for governor Maura Healey on Sunday denied she’s abandoning some of her boldness to avoid making a campaign misstep and promised to help create a “whole climate corridor” in Massachusetts to help the world move away from fossil fuels and toward renewable energy.
Confidence among Massachusetts employers dropped in September after three months of growth, reflecting increased concerns about inflation and financial strain on the horizon.
Lawmakers should expect to weigh legislation next year that would stand up a more independent MBTA oversight system, one senator said Thursday, contending that the existing approach by the Department of Public Utilities is part of a “mass failure” that allowed T safety issues to fester.
Ridership during the shutdown smashed prior Bluebikes records, and more cities in the Boston area are joining the bike rental network.
As the election nears, Democrats who control the House and Senate remain unable to agree on how to revive stalled economic development and tax relief plans they once called as essential.
West Tisbury’s decision to withdraw tips over a domino that could lead to groundbreaking new regulations on new buildings in Boston or Somerville.
Most of the roughly 50 Venezuelan migrants who were flown to Martha’s Vineyard last month at the behest of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis are still being lodged at Joint Base Cape Cod.
