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Feds shouldn’t stymie Mass. wind power

The Interior Department is slow-walking a critical federal permit and could bring a groundbreaking Massachusetts project to a screeching halt.

Budget sets stage for ed reform, drug cost controls

Massachusetts’ last in the nation spending plan clears the way for lawmakers to focus on, well, lawmaking.

Holding the line on casino expansion

No place for regional parochialism on gaming when maximizing state revenue is the name of the game.

How a ‘moonshot’ came to symbolize the potential of government

The moon landing gave politicians, policy advocates, and ordinary people a new way to talk about the astonishing potential of the federal government to change the world.

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Domestic workers deserve labor protections
An overdue federal law would grant basic labor protections for this widely exploited workforce.

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Children with mental illness need an advocate
An ombudsman could continue to prod the bureaucracy even if Baker administration shakes Rosie D. case court oversight.

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A racist blast from the White House exposes the reality of Donald Trump

President Trump’s racist rant about four US congresswomen was an outrage, even by his standards.

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Mass. DOC is making a mockery of new solitary confinement regulations

The state Department of Correction is making an end run around news regulations on solitary confinement.

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Body-cam bill is bad for public transparency

The proposal would restrict disclosure of police body camera video.

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Let’s rein in the CBD gold rush

Hemp-derived CBD is legal. But is it effective? And is it safe?

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Time for Staties to share the road in Seaport

A thriving new neighborhood cries out for a police force that knows its community, not just its roads.

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Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta must go

The labor secretary’s previous handling of the Jeffrey Epstein sex-trafficking case show him unfit to run a department charged with oversight of that crime.

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Rachael Rollins delivers on a campaign promise

In the face of criticism of her progressive agenda, the Suffolk DA should refine her approach, not abandon it.

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State budgeteers get a warning shot

Beacon Hill should feel the summertime heat from Moody’s as one of only two states in the nation without a 2020 budget.


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