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Gov Charlie Baker

Opinion: Trouble with a Capital T

Written by PAT JEHLEN Posted September 6, 2022 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed

Sen. Pat Jehlen and Reps. Mike Connolly, Paul Donato, and Steve Ultrino on a trip to see how the Orange Line shuttle would work. Photo courtesy of Sen. Pat Jehlen.

"The Fair Share Amendment is our best chance to raise more revenue and say that safety, public transit, education, and our future are worth paying for."

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed Tagged With: analysis, background, crisis, Gov Charlie Baker, legislature, Massachusetts, MBTA, opinion, Politics, public transportation, Sen. Pat Jehlen, SOMERVILLE, transit

MASSHOLES LIKE BAKER BECAUSE REASONS

Written by BENADRYL CRACKERJACK Posted April 1, 2021 Filed Under: April Fools' Day, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

Charlie Baker is tall

Suffolk/Globe poll finds governor’s height to be much admired

Filed Under: April Fools' Day, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Boston Globe, Gov Charlie Baker, Massachusetts, Politics, poll, suffolk university

STATE ADDS 400,000 EDUCATORS TO LIST FOR VACCINE

Written by MARC LEVY AND JASON PRAMAS Posted March 3, 2021 Filed Under: COVID, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

Gov. Charlie Baker announces an educator vaccine program Wednesday in a WCVB screen capture.

Cambridge Health Alliance says it is working with schools, has received 2,400 doses of J&J

Filed Under: COVID, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Cambridge, Cambridge Health Alliance, Gov Charlie Baker, Health, Jason Pramas, Marc Levy, Massachusetts, teachers, vaccination, vaccine

WORKER SAFETY GROUP GIVES GOV. BAKER’S REOPENING PLAN FAILING GRADES

Written by MASSCOSH Posted May 19, 2020 Filed Under: COVID, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed

Baker gets an F

We are in the midst of an unprecedented worker health and safety crisis and need a plan for reopening the economy that truly protects workers and the public. The plan released by Governor Baker does not accomplish this vital task, and thus the Massachusetts Coalition for Occupational Safety and Health gives it failing grades.

Filed Under: COVID, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed Tagged With: coronavirus, COVID-19, fail, Gov Charlie Baker, grade, Health, Massachusetts, MassCOSH, reopening, safety, slider, worker

MASSACHUSETTS WAS NOT READY FOR THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted April 3, 2020 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, COVID, NEWS+OPINIONS

Bunker Hill Monument

But we can be ready for the next one

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, COVID, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Apparent Horizon, Boston, Column, coronavirus, COVID-19, Democracy, Gov Charlie Baker, Health, Jason Pramas, Massachusetts, pandemic, policy, Politics, public health, slider

LETTER FROM STATE, CITY OFFICIALS PUSHES BAKER FOR MORE AGGRESSIVE ACTION ON COVID-19 CRISIS

Written by MIKE CONNOLLY Posted April 3, 2020 Filed Under: COVID, Letters, NEWS+OPINIONS

Gov. Charlie Baker at coronavirus press conference

36 signatories so far

Filed Under: COVID, Letters, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: action, coronavirus, COVID-19, demand, Gov Charlie Baker, government, letter, letter to the editor, Massachusetts, Rep. Mike Connolly, slider

STATE WIRE: MASS SEES MAJOR CUTS TO LOW-INCOME HEATING ASSISTANCE

Written by LAURA ROSBROW-TELEM Posted November 25, 2019 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

“Public utilities, while they can’t be shut off in the middle of the winter, they run up bills and debts such that when the winter’s over and utility companies are in a position to seek payment, they might take steps to shut people off."

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: cold, Gov Charlie Baker, Heat, heating, LIHEAP, Massachusetts, poverty, winter

MARCHING SEASON: JOIN THE RALLY FOR RENT CONTROL

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted October 23, 2019 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

Throwback screenshot via WBZ from the '90s. When TV reporters like Liz Walker still covered housing justice.

 

Mass State House, Oct 29, noon-1:30 pm

 

Twenty-five years after the real estate industry destroyed rent control in Massachusetts, ...  read more

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Apparent Horizon, Ben Simon, Boston, Boston Democratic Socialists of America, Boston DSA, California, Column, Democracy, DSA, Gov Charlie Baker, House Speaker Robert DeLeo, Housing, Jason Pramas, justice, Massachusetts, massachusetts state house, New York, Oregon, Protest, rally, reform, rent control, Rep. Mike Connolly, Rep. Nika Elugardo

DISPATCH FROM THE MARCH AGAINST CAGES

Written by GINO CANELLA Posted August 7, 2019 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

ACA Rally. Photo by Gino Canella.

 

Prison reformers protest Baker and Walsh-endorsed corrections conference

 

Activists from 19 grassroots organizations marched through downtown Boston Sunday afternoon to protest the American Correctional Association (ACA), which was holding its annual conference at the Hynes Convention Center.

 

The ACA is one of the largest ...  read more

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: ACA, Black Lives Matter, Boston, children, Deeper Than Water, Gov Charlie Baker, immigrant, immigration, March Against Cages, Massachusetts, mayor Marty Walsh, prison, Protest, rally, SURJ

NO MOONSHOT REQUIRED

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted July 24, 2019 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

MBTA Red Line train on the Moon (with astronaut and Moon Lander)

 

Can a neoliberal columnist for a billionaire’s newspaper understand that a better MBTA is possible if we tax the rich (and make public transportation truly public)?

 

It’s hardly a secret that I’m no fan of Boston Globe columnist Shirley Leung’s writing on matters political and economic. Which clearly reflects her belief that bringing big corporations to Boston and shovelling public money at them is the best way ...  read more

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Amazon, Apparent Horizon, Boston Globe, Civil Rights Movement, Column, Democracy, General Electric, Gov Charlie Baker, Jason Pramas, MBTA, Moon, neoliberal, neoliberalism, public transportation, Shirley Leung, socialism, socialist, Suren Moodliar, Wayfair

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