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At rally, union workers resist MBTA privatization

BOSTON — Concerned that the Baker administration's effort to privatize some MBTA services could cost workers their jobs, union members gathered in protest on Wednesday, vowing to continue to call attention to the issue. Wearing matching orange shirts, nearly 80 members of Boston Carmen's Union 589 turned

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Costs balloon on Green Line Extension, a Big Dig legacy

The Green Line Extension, one progeny of Boston's $15 billion Big Dig, took on a starker resemblance this week to its figurative parent when its estimated cost ballooned by as much as 50 percent. The latest update from the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority shows the extension may consume