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MA SHOULD JOIN CA, ND IN STARTING A PUBLIC BANK
Support needed for the Massachusetts Infrastructure Bank bill (H.935/S.579) A fast take this time out on an interesting West Coast development that could lead to the creation of much-needed state institution here in the Commonwealth. It seems California passed a law last week allowing the formation of up to 10 public banks in […]
LESSONS LEARNED IN THE YEAR AFTER WINNING THE BU CANNABIS STARTUP COMPETITION
“The hardest part of being an entrepreneur is recognizing something isn’t working and changing course.”
EDITORIAL: DIGBOSTON SEEKS ADS FROM COLLEGES & COMMUNITY BANKS
Have a connection for us? Drop us a line. Regular readers will recall that my DigBoston colleagues, Chris Faraone and John Loftus, and I love to pull back the curtain on our operations now and again to give our audience a look at how an alternative weekly newspaper like ours runs. The better […]
MAINE EVENT: THE VAPE BAN IS ONLY THE LATEST REASON THAT IT’S WORTH TRAVELING OUT OF MASS FOR CANNABIS
“As I see this playing out, the culprit is likely to be illicit THC cartridges—the same cartridges that the DPH, however inadvertently, pushed people to use by letting big cannabis take over.”
SAY WHAT YOU WILL ABOUT WHISTLEBLOWERS, BUT THEY’RE MORE COURAGEOUS THAN YOU
“I hope to pass on such lessons to future officials in similar circumstances and to all the citizens who should hold them accountable.”
SIDDIQUI TAKES A DIVE: JOINS MAYOR MCGOVERN, OTHER CAMBRIDGE COUNCILORS IN GREENLIGHTING BACKROOM COURTHOUSE DEAL
The fix was in. While the world was gearing up for the global climate strike last week, the years-long fight over the future of the Sullivan Courthouse in East Cambridge ended in a fast flurry of political maneuvers. Whose outcome surprised no one. Only the manner of the violation of the public trust […]
BOSTON BETTER BEER BUREAU: CZARFACE DOUBLE IPA + FLUME DOUBLE IPA
Like most of the beers in Bent Water’s arsenal and the Czarface musical catalogue to date, Don the Armor is the best kind of punch to the jaw.
BOSTON’S CLIMATE STRIKE: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
Gov Baker has failed to lead on climate change, so it’s time for him to come face to face with the climate catastrophes around the state he is ignoring.
THE CLIMATE MOVEMENT TO COME: HOW CAN WE BUILD THE MAJORITARIAN SOCIAL FORCE WE NEED TO SLOW GLOBAL WARMING?
If brilliant Boston and the supposedly clever state surrounding it can’t get their climate remediation and preparedness acts together, how are less wealthy parts of the country supposed to manage the job?
