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Governor Baker

MARKETING FIRM WITH POLITICAL TIES IS PAID MILLIONS TO “HUMANIZE” MBTA

Written by DAN ATKINSON Posted March 4, 2020 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

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.

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: accountability, blue line, Charlie Baker, condembta, delays, Governor Baker, marketing, MBTA, money, orange line, privatization, red line, T, transit

BOSTON’S CLIMATE STRIKE: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

Written by Posted September 18, 2019 Filed Under: COLUMNS, News, NEWS+OPINIONS

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.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: #CoveringClimateNow, Alternatives for Community and Environment, Beacon Hill, Bill McKibben, Boston, Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, Charlie Baker, climate crisis, climate crisis issue, Columbia Journalism Review, compressor station, Covering Climate Now, Democracy Denied, energy, Environment, environmental reporting, Falter, Fore River Residents Against the Compressor Station, fracking, FRRACS, gas, global warming, Governor Baker, Green New Deal, Jason Pramas, Koch brothers, Logan Airport, Lyft, Mass Department of Public Utilities, Massachusetts, natural gas, pollution, Red-Green Revolution, Special Climate Crisis Issue, spectra, The Nation, Uber, Victor Wallis, Weymouth, Weymouth Compressor Station

RECORD OF INACTION: MILLENNIALS SHOULD BE FURIOUS ABOUT THE LACK OF CLIMATE LEADERSHIP IN MASS

Written by JORDAN MEEHAN Posted October 3, 2018 Filed Under: COLUMNS, News, Op-Ed

At a time when the federal government refuses to acknowledge the very existence of climate change, it is incumbent on states to take the lead.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, News, Op-Ed Tagged With: Charlie Baker, climate, Governor Baker, Mass, Massachusetts, millennials

BAKER’S MASS MEDICAID PURGE

Written by LAURA KIESEL Posted March 19, 2018 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

Wrestling with new MassHealth changes and (not so) accountable care organizations

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: #mapoli, ACO, Charlie Baker, Commonwealth, Donald Trump, Governor Baker, Healthcare, MassHealth, Medicaid

MORE BOOS FOR BAKER

Written by MAYA SHAFFER Posted May 3, 2016 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

The other reason I generally avoid the subject is because I’m transgender, and I already get enough threats for my reporting.

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Boston, Boston City Council, Charlie Baker, Department of Correction, discrimination, Governor Baker, HB2, incarceration, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Legislature, North Carolina, prison, Prostitution, rape, transgender

CHARTER TANK: A ROUNDUP OF ARCANE AND ONGOING ‘SCHOOL REFORM’ SNOW JOBS IN MASS AND BEYOND

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted October 29, 2015 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

As one of the few writers who cover charter shenanigans, I’ve become something of a “Dear Abby” in this niche.

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Bain Capital, Beacon Hill, Boston Public Schools, BPS, Charlie Baker, charter cap, Charter Schools, consultants, DESE, ed reform, Governor Baker, Massachusetts, school reform, teacher's unions, venture capitalists

MCAS-HOLES: MASS ‘ED REFORM’ HEAVYWEIGHTS CONDESCEND ON BEACON HILL

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted June 15, 2015 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

The administering teacher is to open the barf bag, insert the soiled exam, and return it as evidence.

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: #mapoli, accountability, Charlie Baker, Charter Schools, ClassDojo, DESE, General Catalyst Partners, Governor Baker, H.340, Mass Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, MCAS, Mitchell Chester, NAGB, PARCC, Paul Sagan, venture capital

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