There will be twice as many Massachusetts high school state champions in basketball and hockey this year due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Instead of playing out the state championship basketball and hockey games scheduled for this weekend, the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association canceled the games. Association officials decided that the teams who would have played in these championship bouts will be crowned co-state champions.
The cost of the Transportation and Climate Initiative fuel fee may be 50 percent higher than initial estimates, a new study this week reports.
The initiative is a 12-state pact of New England and Mid-Atlantic states that have expressed openness to charging fees to fuel providers based on their carbon emissions. The funding is supposed to be targeted for public transportation, with the idea of decreasing the number of cars on the road and therefore decreasing emissions.
