With House Speaker Robert DeLeo eyeing a vote in the coming weeks on new transportation revenue, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker on Monday said a "big increase" in the gas tax would be a non-starter for his administration.
A teacher certified by the United Nations to teach about climate change has been named science educator of the year in Barnstable County by the Massachusetts Association of Science Teachers.
Richard Gifford, who goes by Rick, teaches in the Provincetown public schools.
