While Transportation Secretary Stephanie Pollack sees a distinction between MBTA fares and the monthly passes purchased by regular users, she has no plans to raise pass costs more frequently than fares are allowed to increase.
A 2013 state law limits fare increases on the T to no more than once every two years. Pollack has identified a distinction between fares and the passes, which she describes as "discounts" because they allow for unlimited travel for a flat cost. For regular riders that works out to a smaller cost per-ride.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders were locked in an extremely tight duel in Iowa's leadoff presidential caucuses Monday as the two rivals offered Americans a stark choice between political pragmatism and revolution.
Deep into the vote count, Clinton appeared before voters to declare she was "breathing a big sigh of relief." But she refrained from claiming victory and declared herself ready to press forward in "a real contest of ideas."
