STATE HOUSE — The Senate on Thursday unanimously passed a bill aimed at increasing veterans' access to public housing and providing other supports for current and former military service members and their families.
"It is our duty as American citizens to honor our dead, but it is equally important to honor our living veterans for their service, and this bill does both of those things," said Sen. Michael Rush, a West Roxbury Democrat who co-chairs the Veterans and Federal Affairs Committee and serves in the Navy Reserves.
BOSTON — Improvements at the MBTA are moving the transit system "in the right direction," Gov. Charlie Baker said Thursday, but an "enormously significant climb" remains ahead.
Speaking at a Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation forum exploring the future needs of the state's transportation infrastructure, Baker reiterated his call for a focus on the T's "core system" to create a "reliable, predictable and dependable product" for riders.
