LONDON (AP) — Britain gained almost 330,000 people through migration in the year to March 31, official figures showed Thursday. It's the highest figure on record and a headache for the Conservative government amid a political storm about immigration.
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 about $3 billion, up from an estimated $2 billion in January. While almost $1 billion in federal money has been pledged to the project, the state may be on the hook for the rest. T officials have begun to discuss killing the long-delayed plan, listing that course of action among their cost-cutting options.
