Influencers can make ideas visible, but they can also trap them inside social bubbles. Real change happens when an idea leaves the bubble and becomes part of everyday…
Read more The Influencer Silo: The Limits of Personality-Driven Social ChangeBOSTON — Lawmakers are seeking more support for the state’s safety net hospitals amid rising concerns about the fiscal health of a fund that helps cover medical costs…
Read more Safety net hospital fund shortfall wideningBOSTON — Money for free community college, regional transportation and increased spending on housing and child care are among the highlights of the Senate’s version of next year’s…
Read more Senate unveils $59.7B budgetBOSTON — Nursing homes would be required to meet stringent staffing requirements under new Biden administration rules that the long-term care industry says are “unattainable” and could force…
Read more Biden’s nursing home rules face pushbackBOSTON — A proposal that would authorize physicians to administer lethal doses of drugs to terminally ill patients is advancing on Beacon Hill after winning support from two…
Read more Medical aid in dying plan inches forwardANDOVER — After a turbulent first day of Town Meeting, a noticeably more subdued crowd approved millions of dollars in capital improvements while voting down ballot questions Tuesday…
Read more Andover voters approve capital improvements, reject ballot questionsSALISBURY — Standing before a smattering of local officials at Blue Ocean Music Hall, state Sen. Bruce Tarr detailed what he called a “new threat” to Salisbury Beach.…
Read more Tarr details ‘new threat’ to Salisbury BeachANDOVER — Voters approved a zoning district on Tuesday that allows for the potential construction of up to 2,121 multifamily housing units. Only a day after more than…
Read more Andover voters approve MBTA zoningWASHINGTON — The US Drug Enforcement Administration will move to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug, The Associated Press has learned, a historic shift to generations of…
Read more US poised to ease marijuana restrictions | News – Medical Marijuana Program ConnectionBEVERLY — The Beverly Public Library has announced the winners of the 28th annual Teen Poetry Contest. Winners in the Middle School Division were Sydney Brown, first place for…
Read more Beverly library announces teen poetry contest winnersBOSTON — Nearly 100 cities and towns are sharing more than $11.8 million in state funding aimed at helping them reduce their energy usage and greenhouse gas emissions…
Read more State grant money to pay for green projectsBOSTON — Nearly 100 cities and towns are sharing more than $11.8 million in state funding aimed at helping them reduce their energy usage and greenhouse gas emissions…
Read more State grant money to fund green projectsROCKPORT — Alan Battistelli and his fellow Zoning Board of Appeals members said the Planning Board’s effort to create an MBTA housing district in town may have missed…
Read more Rockport ZBA: Affordable housing missing from MBTA measuresNORTH ANDOVER — About 80 teachers and school advocates turned out at the School Committee meeting Thursday night with signs supporting School Superintendent Gregg Gilligan after he was…
Read more Teachers, others back suspended North Andover school superintendentMANCHESTER-BY-THE-SEA — Considering 21 articles on the warrant was no easy task but annual Town Meeting wrapped it up in about three hours. Town Moderator Alan Wilson banged…
Read more Manchester-by-the Sea Town Meeting backs senior center plan. lauinch serviceBOSTON — Downtowns, youth sports programs, churches, food pantries and nonprofits are among the myriad interests angling for a piece of the state’s nearly $58 billion budget. State…
Read more Lawmakers load up budget with earmarksBOSTON — State education officials are being sued over claims that they aren’t providing adequate special-needs services for older, incarcerated youth serving time in county jails. A lawsuit…
Read more State sued over special education for young convictsBOSTON — A Japanese high-tech corporation has filed a $158 million federal lawsuit against the MBTA, claiming the public transit agency violated the terms of a contract to…
Read more Lawsuit targets MBTA over train safety systemMANCHESTER-BY-THE-SEA — To residents Gretchen Wood and Lisa Bonneville, the town’s library is a dream. But Wood and Bonneville want that dream to be accessible for all who…
Read more Article would move library renovation plans aheadBOSTON — Massachusetts was the first state in the country to legalize same-sex marriages but still lags behind others in granting LGBTQ couples parental legal rights. Advocates have…
Read more Healey urges passage of parentage rights bill
