Exam school tests suspended, while ed sec who never passed one keeps failing.
Charlie Baker
PANDEMIC PAYDAY: CONNECTED MA CONSULTANTS SECURE LARGE COVID ED CONTRACTS
Baker crony and former BPD commish among recipients of no-bid contracts
ELECTION FEATURE: CUTTING THEIR VOTES OFF DESPITE THE RACE
Mass Republicans double down on Trump, limp toward November and obscurity
100,000 AT RISK, AS EVICTION MORATORIUM ENDS
"We're preparing to resist evictions collectively, if they make it our only choice."
MARKETING FIRM WITH POLITICAL TIES IS PAID MILLIONS TO “HUMANIZE” MBTA
A consulting firm led by the son of Gov. Charlie Baker’s 2018 reelection campaign chairman is getting $5.5 million to “humanize the brand” of the MBTA as it embarks on a massive capital projects plan—and deals with bad publicity on a near-daily basis.
EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE MASS BAN ON MEDICAL CANNABIS VAPES GETTING (NOT REALLY) LIFTED
"The Commission’s quarantine order does not apply to medical-use marijuana vaping devices designed exclusively for marijuana flower."
WITH VAPE BAN ALREADY HOBBLING SMALL BUSINESSES, FLAVORED TOBACCO PROPOSAL FURTHER THREATENS STORES THAT SELL MORE THAN JUST SMOKES
“If policymakers move forward with these regulations, there is a wide network of gangs and organized crime that will be ready to fill the void."
CONSULTANTS TOLD STATE POLICE HOW TO AVOID TURMOIL. THE DEPARTMENT IGNORED THE ADVICE AND SPENT THE FOLLOWING DECADES SPIRALING TOWARD CORRUPTION.
From several dozen troopers facing criminal charges in an expansive payroll fiasco, to drunk-driving drill instructors and other one-offs, the follies continue.
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."
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.