Should Massachusetts implement a program providing universal basic income?
It will be hard to pull people out of poverty and promote self-sufficiency in the long term
The difference of opinion over UBI generally comes down to what’s valued most by either side of the argument: reducing the effects of poverty now or increasing self-sufficiency in the future.
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‘Water doesn’t know property lines’: Where Massachusetts’s climate and housing crises meet
Demand for the sandy, tony shores of the Cape and Islands is conflicting with the need to literally shore up the coastline
BY THE NUMBERS
To understand 2024 results, hindsight is not 2020
Why it’s misleading to compare this year’s presidential vote to results from four years ago
Trump’s shadow looms as offshore wind price negotiation deadline missed
Negotiating pricing deal is proving difficult amid federal uncertainty
Boston developer Tom O’Brien decides against mayoral run
The abrupt reversal comes after his entry in the race was all but assured last week
Boston nursing home may have to be sold or closed, court-appointed overseer says
Receiver has started discussions with brokerage firm about historic Benjamin Healthcare Center in Mission Hill
New poll: Mass. residents want back-up plan for funding transportation projects
Just 21 percent say state can rely on federal funds for transportation
MBTA can be sued over assault by bus driver, SJC rules
The transit authority is not protected from negligence lawsuits when its on-duty employees cause foreseeable direct harm
Meet Beacon Hill’s new top House lawmaker on transportation
Westford state Rep. Jim Arciero takes helm of transportation panel
Judge orders HUD to release $30 million in grants to fair housing groups
Anti-discrimination organizations across the country argued that the cuts would decimate their work
Mass. exploring possible third state-run veterans’ home
Borrowing authorization to expand long-term care was part of 2021 law
Anti-discrimination housing orgs sue to ‘quite literally keep the lights on’
HUD cuts imperil ongoing work as state starts to flesh out its new fair housing office
Mass. education secretary’s votes reflect growing Democratic hostility toward charter schools
Gov. Maura Healey’s top education aide, Patrick Tutwiler, opposed every charter expansion proposal brought to state board
Voc-tech admissions saga zigzags toward finish line
New proposed regulations face heat from both sides
Mass. education secretary casts string of anti-charter school votes
Healey’s top education official opposes each expansion plan brought before state board
‘Cut hay, not USDA’: Mass. farmers rally in Hadley against agriculture program cuts
Frozen grants, state layoffs, and the closure of the Natural Resources Conservation Service office in Amherst upend spring growing season
Mass. agriculture commissioner urges federal government to release funds and rehire USDA staff
As the spring growing season grows closer, frozen funds are pushing farmers ‘further to the edge of risk’
Mass. legislators visited Canadian renewable power operations
Trip comes as contrast grows between state and federal energy priorities
Fresh allegations of mismanagement swirl around Benjamin Health Center, court documents show
One year into receivership, the nursing home in Mission Hill is back in court to sort out its finances
Health care cash rained on Mass. lobbying world in 2024
Same major firms continued to wield influence, represent clients in 2024
State orders open access to free prenatal vitamins, birth control
Orders apply to eligible MassHealth, Health Safety Net members