
11/01/2023
More than half of Massachusetts residents think the state’s best days are ahead, or already here, and more than two thirds say their family enjoys a good quality of life, according to a new CommonWealth Beacon poll.
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More than half of Massachusetts residents think the state’s best days are ahead, or already here, and more than two thirds say their family enjoys a good quality of life, according to a new CommonWealth Beacon poll.
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Healey announces 3-state offshore wind procurement. Hopes joint effort will lead to lower pricing https://buff.ly/3tn19cq
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The President of New England’s power grid operator is urging Congress to start regulating the natural gas industry more closely to increase the reliability of both gas and electricity service. https://buff.ly/3tiFd24
Sree Chaguturu, executive vice president and chief medical officer of CVS Health, acknowledges that there is a need for more transparency in the way that PBMs operate, but argues that PBMs are essential market players in regulating prices. https://buff.ly/46drEQ8
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If a public school employee is made aware of the possibility –or likelihood– of a student hurting themself but does nothing about it, they are probably immune from legal liability should the student die by su***de, the Massachusetts Appeals Court ruled https://buff.ly/3rzU9Z2
A report issued by the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation, “Urban Economies on the Precipice,” paints a dire picture of the state of things in Boston and five other major US metropolitan areas. https://buff.ly/3ZGESSX
Roxbury Community College has come up with a more comprehensive, long-term intervention for students facing food insecurity: a food pantry housed on its Roxbury campus. https://buff.ly/3ZHgyAh
Electric grid operator seeks tighter regulation of natural gas industry. Van Welie tells Congress electricity, gas markets are interdependent https://buff.ly/3tiFd24
DPU approves termination of SouthCoast wind contract. Avangrid also seeks to terminate Park City deal in Connecticut https://buff.ly/3F8dL9H
Massachusetts regulators fined Fidelity Brokerage Services $750,000 for failing to properly vet customers who applied to be approved for more risky options and margin trading. https://buff.ly/46ARxZE
The costs of drug pricing middlemen. CVS officer defends role of pharmacy benefit managers in drug pricing https://buff.ly/46drEQ8
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Skepticism, exhaustion at state of the T. Red Line riders gear up for a 16-day October closure of a southern spoke while new Green Line extension revealed to have such serious track defects that trains are crawling along at 3 miles per hour https://buff.ly/3F0rr6H
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The tax relief bill released by legislative leaders last week significantly changes a law approved by voters in 1986, requiring that excess tax collections be returned in equal amounts to all taxpayers rather than proportional to the taxes they paid. https://buff.ly/3PIyTbw
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