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DiZoglio, advocates plan legislative audit newsmaker
12-03-2024 4:11 PM

By SAM DORAN

BOSTON — Auditor Diana DiZoglio plans to hold a press conference Wednesday marking a month since her legislative audit ballot question cruised to victory. But the victorious Question 1 will be staying on ice for at least another month.The Methuen...

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UMass Amherst profs pilot new PFAS detection method
12-08-2024 1:01 PM

By ZICHANG LIU

AMHERST — University of Massachusetts professors Chang Liu and Xiaojun Wei have discovered a new method to detect per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances — “forever chemicals” found in water, soil, air, food and other consumer products, paving the way for...


Home care providers see statewide crisis on horizon as demand outruns funding
12-05-2024 6:41 PM

By ALISON KUZNITZ

Thousands of older Bay Staters could lose access to home care services this spring or see support scaled back due to looming funding shortfalls totaling millions of dollars, elder advocates and providers say.Elder services organizations are urging...


Doula changes draw support at hearing
12-02-2024 5:16 PM

By ALISON KUZNITZ

BOSTON — MassHealth recently expanded access to its doula services program, and regulatory changes that state officials made on an emergency basis yielded scant public feedback Monday.During a roughly 10-minute hearing, only a state health official...


AG waiting to weigh in on audit of Legislature
12-01-2024 11:01 AM

By COLIN A. YOUNG

BOSTON — Attorney General Andrea Campbell plans to stay on the sidelines in the donnybrook between Auditor Diana DiZoglio and the Legislature, at least until the two sides wind up in a “legal dispute” if DiZoglio seeks to exercise her new auditing...


Markey predicts RFK Jr. hearing will spark ‘uproar’
11-27-2024 10:40 AM

By ALISON KUZNITZ

BOSTON — U.S. Sen. Ed Markey, joined by a cohort of Massachusetts health leaders, declared Tuesday he will vote against confirming Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as the next U.S. Department of Health and Human Services secretary, saying Americans need a leader...


Bill would gradually phase out tobacco products in Massachusetts
11-27-2024 10:06 AM

By ALISON KUZNITZ

BOSTON — Tobacco and nicotine products would eventually become banned in Massachusetts, under a regulatory trajectory that a trio of lawmakers hope will become law next session.Sen. Jason Lewis and Reps. Tommy Vitolo and Kate Lipper-Garabedian...


Wicked effort: Walkers in March for the Food Bank with Monte Belmonte slog way toward fundraising goal
11-26-2024 9:10 PM

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

Leading a roughly 100-person crowd across a two-day, 43-mile trek from Springfield to Greenfield, NEPM radio host Christopher “Monte” Belmonte raised more than $572,000 to end hunger during the 15th annual March for the Food Bank.Belmonte, dressed as...


Lawmakers push bill to combat deadly pancreatic cancer
11-22-2024 4:31 PM

By Zichang Liu

BOSTON — A day ahead of World Pancreatic Cancer Day this week, lawmakers and advocates gathered to bring hopes to a promising bill aimed at improving survival rates and treatments for pancreatic cancer patients.Pancreatic cancer ranks as the...


Health officials urging vaccination as whopping cough, pneumonia cases spike
11-21-2024 3:41 PM

By SOPHIA FALBO

BOSTON — A spike in whooping cough and pneumonia cases has prompted public health officials to closely monitor case levels at the local and state levels and emphasize vaccinations.Public Health Commissioner Robbie Goldstein said last week that these...


Lynch favors western rail pursuit over linking Boston train hubs
11-20-2024 1:01 PM

By SAM DRYSDALE

BOSTON — A Boston area congressman on Monday positioned himself opposite one of his colleagues from north of the city in one of the longest running debates about transforming the state’s public transit system.Congressman Stephen Lynch said that he...


Clean energy bill heads to governor
11-15-2024 3:36 PM

By SAM DRYSDALE

BOSTON — After months of delay, the Legislature sent a major clean energy bill to Gov. Maura Healey’s desk amid shifting national energy policy dynamics.The House voted 125-17 to approve the 139-page House-Senate compromise bill (S 2967), and both...


Dressed to impress: Monte Belmonte provides insight on costumes from 15 fundraising marches
11-15-2024 10:19 AM

By JULIAN MENDOZA

Making his way from Springfield to Greenfield during his annual walk to raise money for the Food Bank of Western Massachusetts, local radio personality Christopher “Monte” Belmonte looks to increase the visibility of one of the country’s greatest...


House vote instructs DiZoglio to pick independent auditor
11-14-2024 4:27 PM

By CHRIS LISINSKI

BOSTON — The House on Thursday moved to overhaul audits of the chamber’s business after voters overwhelmingly said the state auditor has the power to audit the Legislature. Representatives voted 135-10 to adopt a House rule change that provides...


Massachusetts voters reject Question 5, tipped wages changes for restaurant servers
11-06-2024 3:55 PM

By SAM DRYSDALE

BOSTON – Voters defeated a proposal to gradually increase how much employers must pay workers who collect tips, like servers in restaurants.The campaign opposed to phasing out the current tipped-wage structure and increasing the pay for waiters and...


Massachusetts breaks link between MCAS, graduation
11-06-2024 9:55 AM

By SAM DRYSDALEand ALISON KUZNITZ

BOSTON – Massachusetts students will no longer have to pass the MCAS exam to earn a diploma here.Question 2, which advanced with a hard push by the Massachusetts Teachers Association, prevailed in Tuesday’s election. The measure was favored by 59% of...


Massachusetts voters reject wage increase for tipped workers, OK audit of Legislature
11-06-2024 1:43 AM

By STEVE LeBLANC

BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts voters said yes to auditing the Legislature but rejected increasing the hourly wage for workers who collect tips.Those were among five measures on Tuesday’s ballot, including giving union rights to drivers for ride-hailing...


Healey splits time in MA, NH on Election Day
11-05-2024 6:30 PM

By COLIN A. YOUNG

Gov. Maura Healey cast her ballot at an Arlington elementary school Tuesday morning, and after dropping off Dunkin’ coffee and donuts for poll workers turned north to spend most of Election Day in her native — and more electorally active — New...


Antisemitism panel chair expects ‘strong, clear’ recommendations
11-03-2024 10:31 AM

By ALISON KUZNITZ

At their first meeting last week, members of a new state panel tasked with combating the scourge of antisemitism in Massachusetts outlined priority issues, as well as the vitriol they have personally experienced over the past year.The commission,...


Experts raise questions about financing on both sides of MCAS ballot question
10-30-2024 4:16 PM

By AVA BERGER

Some of the financial contributions to the committees behind the MCAS question on the November ballot follow unfamiliar practices or lack transparency, experts say.Question 2 on the Nov. 5 ballot seeks to end the MCAS as a graduation requirement. The...


UMass streamlines ‘free’ message to working families
10-29-2024 4:45 PM

By SAM DRYSDALE

BOSTON — The University of Massachusetts is simplifying its message for prospective in-state students and their families: If you make under $75,000, you can come to any one of the system’s campuses for free.There’s been a surge in state funding for...

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