CommonWealth Magazine

2 min read 2021-12-01 22:40:09

Baker, Polito say they won’t seek re-election

IT’S THE NEWS all of the Massachusetts political world has waited for, and now that it’s here, it will set off a flurry of activity on the

2 min read 2021-12-01 19:32:46

THE CANCELLATION of the Transportation Climate Initiative (TCI), a centerpiece of the Commonwealth’s efforts to combat climate change, is deeply

2 min read 2021-12-01 10:21:37

STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE HOUSE AND SENATE leaders said Tuesday night that they had struck a deal to spend $4 billion in American Rescue Plan Act and

3 min read 2021-12-01 07:12:24

MASSACHUSETTS OFFICIALS are counting on a Maine court to overturn a law passed in early November by 59 percent of Maine voters so a power line

2 min read 2021-12-01 00:31:30

A DAY AFTER Gov. Charlie Baker revealed that states are in discussions about a scannable code that could be used as proof of COVID vaccination, the

5 min read 2021-11-30 21:55:56

Gov. Charlie Baker was talking on Monday about what makes him run for elected office, but it seemed like he also could have been talking a bit of

2 min read 2021-11-30 21:38:30

GOV. CHARLIE BAKER was talking on Monday about what makes him run for elected office, but it seemed like he also could have been talking a bit of

4 min read 2021-11-30 06:22:21

THERE IS NO question that the residential treatment facilities operated by The Home for Little Wanderers for teenagers with mental health problems

3 min read 2021-11-30 06:21:58

THE BAKER ADMINISTRATION said on Monday that it still hasn’t completed a financial accounting of the state’s unemployment insurance trust fund

3 min read 2021-11-30 03:09:34

GOV. CHARLIE BAKER said Monday that a deal could be reached “soon” with a number of other states to create a scannable code that could be

5 min read 2021-11-29 21:36:04

Mass General Brigham, the state’s largest hospital system and its largest employer, has been down this road before. In 2015, when it went by the

3 min read 2021-11-29 21:26:22

MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM, the state’s largest hospital system and its largest employer, has been down this road before. In 2015, when it went by the

4 min read 2021-11-29 05:08:22

MASSACHUSETTS HAS DISTRIBUTED about 80 percent of the $7.9 million it was given by the federal government to help current and former foster

7 min read 2021-11-29 05:08:04

THERE’S A LOT of federal and municipal leadership in Massachusetts working hard to address the existential problem of global warming and the local

4 min read 2021-11-28 09:07:51

DURING THIS EXCITING time of growth for biotech and the life sciences industry in Massachusetts, the future of this industry depends on growing the