Clinic in works to help migrants with work authorizations
State officials next month plan to host a clinic to help migrants living in emergency shelters to obtain work authorizations.
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Lawsuit targets Healey shelter ‘cap’
Gov. Maura Healey's administration is facing a lawsuit after the governor announced earlier this month that the state would no longer guarantee housing for those protected under the state's right-to-shelter...
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MBTA boss cites new ‘spirit of partnership” with Chinese train maker
There's still no final delivery date, but after a long stretch of upheaval afflicting promised MBTA Red and Orange Line vehicles, the agency's top boss on Tuesday praised a "spirit...
MassHealth expecting ‘pretty steep uptick’ in disenrollments
About 76,000 people have been removed from the MassHealth rolls since March, and officials continue to forecast the biggest impacts are around the corner as a massive reevaluation of eligibility...
Revenge porn bill advances on Beacon Hill
After lawmakers failed to push a bill to punish "revenge porn" over the finish line last year, a new bill favorably reported out of the Judiciary Committee on Tuesday seeks...
Job applications spike at MBTA after labor pact
New MBTA personnel policies baked into the latest labor deal with its biggest union appear to be yielding early results, though the agency still has a long way to go...
Massachusetts municipal officials say greener power wrapped in red tape
Municipalities want to create programs to provide cheaper, greener power for their residents, and are backing a bill to cut through regulatory red tape and would allow them to get...
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MBTA workers widened faulty Green Line tracks during early morning operations
The MBTA resumed running trains on the Green Line Extension at full speed on Tuesday following a string of overnight maintenance efforts that involved physically pushing the tracks apart to...
Expanded plastic ban pushed on Beacon Hill
More than 10 states and 60 Massachusetts municipalities have passed various bans on polystyrene, which can be made as a hard plastic or foam, said Jess Nahigian, political director of...
Massachusetts regulators sign off on another wind contract cancellation
With legal deadlines looming on the path to more clean energy, Massachusetts has now lost three-quarters of the offshore wind capacity once in its pipeline after regulators allowed another developer...