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OPINION: IN LATE SEPTEMBER, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), an external panel that sets US vacc...
10/10/2025

OPINION: IN LATE SEPTEMBER, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), an external panel that sets US vaccine policy, voted to recommend that COVID-19 vaccines, previously recommended as an annual shot [& #8230;]

IN LATE SEPTEMBER, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), an external panel that sets US vaccine policy, voted to recommend that

📈 POPULAR NOW- Municipalities crank up the heat with report warning of financial ‘perfect storm’ http://commonwealthbeac...
10/10/2025

📈 POPULAR NOW

- Municipalities crank up the heat with report warning of financial ‘perfect storm’ http://commonwealthbeacon.org/government/municipalities-crank-up-the-heat-with-report-warning-of-financial-perfect-storm/
- Healey pledges “zero tolerance” for violent street takeovers http://commonwealthbeacon.org/shns/healey-pledges-zero-tolerance-for-violent-street-takeovers/
- Massachusetts offered up $35M in offshore wind tax breaks. They’ve gone unclaimed for two straight years. http://commonwealthbeacon.org/energy/massachusetts-offered-up-35m-in-offshore-wind-tax-breaks-theyve-gone-unclaimed-for-two-straight-years/

A state tax program meant to catalyze the offshore wind industry in Massachusetts hasn't drawn any interest.

New in OPINION: Because of one bad policy move after another, Massachusetts has been backsliding on education for more t...
10/10/2025

New in OPINION: Because of one bad policy move after another, Massachusetts has been backsliding on education for more than a decade. We will face up to this reality and change course?

After nearly 15 years of decline, the question is whether things have finally gotten bad enough for state leaders to return to the high standards, accountability, and strategic access to high quality...

New in OPINION: Trump administration handling of vaccine guidelines causes unnecessary rift with scientific community
10/10/2025

New in OPINION: Trump administration handling of vaccine guidelines causes unnecessary rift with scientific community

IN LATE SEPTEMBER, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), an external panel that sets US vaccine policy, voted to recommend that

ENERGY: A state tax program meant to catalyze the offshore wind industry in Massachusetts hasn't drawn any interest.
10/09/2025

ENERGY: A state tax program meant to catalyze the offshore wind industry in Massachusetts hasn't drawn any interest.

A state tax program meant to catalyze the offshore wind industry in Massachusetts hasn't drawn any interest.

ICYMI: State school building program favors wealthier districts, leaving lower-income urban students in aging, dilapidat...
10/09/2025

ICYMI: State school building program favors wealthier districts, leaving lower-income urban students in aging, dilapidated buildings, according to new study

Despite efforts by the Legislature aimed at adequately funding school building projects, “students in Boston and the Gateway Cities continue to learn in buildings that are deteriorating, lacking in...

NEW: Massachusetts offered up $35M in offshore wind tax breaks. They’ve gone unclaimed for two straight years.
10/09/2025

NEW: Massachusetts offered up $35M in offshore wind tax breaks. They’ve gone unclaimed for two straight years.

A state tax program meant to catalyze the offshore wind industry in Massachusetts hasn't drawn any interest.

ECONOMY: A new report from the Massachusetts Municipal Association could put more pressure on Beacon Hill to reconsider ...
10/09/2025

ECONOMY: A new report from the Massachusetts Municipal Association could put more pressure on Beacon Hill to reconsider stalled reforms amid bigger-picture economic uncertainty and a persistent “affordability” debate.

A new report from the Massachusetts Municipal Association could put more pressure on Beacon Hill to reconsider stalled reforms amid bigger-picture economic uncertainty and a persistent “affordability”...

📈 POPULAR NOW- Mass. begins 2030 Census prep amid national redistricting fights http://commonwealthbeacon.org/politics/m...
10/09/2025

📈 POPULAR NOW

- Mass. begins 2030 Census prep amid national redistricting fights http://commonwealthbeacon.org/politics/mass-begins-2030-census-prep-amid-national-redistricting-fights/
- State school building program favors wealthier districts, leaving lower-income urban students in aging, dilapidated buildings, according to new study http://commonwealthbeacon.org/education/state-school-building-program-favors-wealthier-districts-leaving-lower-income-urban-students-in-aging-dilapidated-buildings-according-to-new-study/
- Municipalities crank up the heat with report warning of financial ‘perfect storm’ http://commonwealthbeacon.org/government/municipalities-crank-up-the-heat-with-report-warning-of-financial-perfect-storm/

A new report from the Massachusetts Municipal Association could put more pressure on Beacon Hill to reconsider stalled reforms amid bigger-picture economic uncertainty and a persistent “affordability”...

NEW: Municipalities crank up the heat with report warning of financial ‘perfect storm’
10/09/2025

NEW: Municipalities crank up the heat with report warning of financial ‘perfect storm’

A new report from the Massachusetts Municipal Association could put more pressure on Beacon Hill to reconsider stalled reforms amid bigger-picture economic uncertainty and a persistent “affordability”...

OPINION: MASSACHUSETTS STATE AUDITOR Diana DiZoglio recently called in to Boston Public Radio and accused Attorney Gener...
10/08/2025

OPINION: MASSACHUSETTS STATE AUDITOR Diana DiZoglio recently called in to Boston Public Radio and accused Attorney General Andrea Campbell of “working with the legislative leaders to block the audit that the [& #8230;]

MASSACHUSETTS STATE AUDITOR Diana DiZoglio recently called in to Boston Public Radio and accused Attorney General Andrea Campbell of “working with the

New in OPINION: DiZoglio misfires in attack on attorney general
10/08/2025

New in OPINION: DiZoglio misfires in attack on attorney general

MASSACHUSETTS STATE AUDITOR Diana DiZoglio recently called in to Boston Public Radio and accused Attorney General Andrea Campbell of “working with the

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