STATE HOUSE — Long, hot, rainless days mean plenty of time for people to enjoy the outdoors, but the mostly pleasant summer weather is disguising an underlying problem.
"I hope everybody has a chance to enjoy the rest of this beautiful summer," Gov. Charlie Baker said Thursday, before catching himself. "I get the fact that it's creating drought issues okay, which we worry about a lot. I mean, there's the downer," the governor added.
A complaint filed Tuesday calls on federal transportation officials to require implementation of an alternative to the late-night service scrapped by the MBTA earlier this year, alleging that the cancellation violated anti-discrimination measures.
The complaint was written by the Conservation Law Foundation, Alternatives for Community & Environment, and the Greater Four Corners Action Coalition. Rafael Mares, a transit advocate and vice president at the Conservation Law Foundation, said the groups mailed the complaint to the U.S. Department of Transportation Tuesday afternoon.
