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STATE HOUSE — With seven weeks until Election Day, registered Massachusetts voters can expect to find a red booklet in their mailboxes in the coming days that will detail each of the four ballot questions they will face in the voting booth. As required by the state Constitution, Secretary of State
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STATE HOUSE — Discussions of recidivism and community supervision slated for this fall are among the final steps in a process policymakers hope will result in reforms to the state's criminal justice system. After months studying recidivism trends, drivers of incarceration and other elements of criminal justice in Massachusetts,
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BOSTON — The bustling Red Line, the MBTA's busiest subway line, could transport an additional 10,000 passengers an hour and keep the time between trains to about three minutes if the agency upgrades the line's entire fleet, according to T projections. The 50 percent boost in
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Attorney General Maura Healey has not yet articulated a position for or against the ballot referendum expanding charter schools in Massachusetts, and Congresswoman Katherine Clark on Monday said she opposes the measure. During an appearance Sunday morning on "On The Record," Healey didn't stake out a
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BOSTON — With the right amount of encouragement, energy storage technology – a field that can range from batteries to more novel contraptions – could account for 600 megawatts of energy in Massachusetts by 2025, providing more than $800 million in savings and reducing greenhouse gases by the equivalent of removing 73,000
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STATE HOUSE — Nurse practitioners would be allowed to certify patients for medical marijuana and dispensaries would be allowed to post product prices on their websites, under new regulations proposed by the Department of Public Health. The changes, according to state health officials, build off of lessons learned during the first
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STATE HOUSE — With less than eight weeks until voters decide whether to legalize the adult use of marijuana in Massachusetts, Transportation Secretary Stephanie Pollack said Wednesday she is concerned that there is currently no way for police to test if a driver is under the influence of marijuana. "One
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STATE HOUSE — Prisoners' rights advocates pushed back Wednesday against the current makeup of the state's Parole Board, speaking against the reappointment of a member who has served on the board for five years but comes from a corrections background that's already well-represented on the board.