Officials cited delays in existing contract talks as well as uncertainty from the federal government pertaining to offshore wind permitting.
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Posted inStatehouse
Legislature sends $61 billion budget to Gov. Healey, mindful of storm clouds
The compromise annual budget ramps up spending on health care, education, and transportation. It continues funding for free bus rides on the South Coast.
Posted inSouth Coast Rail
South Coast Rail disruptions lead to fines, pressure on Keolis
MBTA General Manager Phil Eng pledged to hold the commuter rail operator “accountable” for cancellations on New Bedford’s train line.
Posted inOffshore Wind
Delay leaves offshore wind contracts a year behind schedule
Massachusetts’ 2030 emissions goal could face a “big headwind,” says the state energy secretary.
Posted inTransportation
Free weekend rides planned to lure South Coast Rail users
The new train to Boston will be free on weekends from March 29 to April 27.
Posted inGovernment
Mass. leaders in panic over Trump’s freeze on federal funds
Court ruling puts “really, really harmful” spending pause on hold until Monday.
Posted inhealth care
Steward Health Care seeking bankruptcy
Steward Health Care, operator of the third-largest hospital system in Massachusetts, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in Texas, seeking the legal protection to restructure its debt while leaving its hospitals open.
Posted inTransportation
Another delay for start of South Coast Rail
“We’re anxiously awaiting the opening, as well as even a date for the opening at this point. But we’re confident that it will happen sooner rather than later.” — Paul Chasse, leader of the Rail to Boston Coalition
Posted inMassachusetts State House
Westport state Rep. Paul Schmid III won’t run for re-election
The 8th Bristol District that Schmid represents covers parts of Fall River, New Bedford, Acushnet, Freetown and all of Westport.
Posted inHealth
Steward last year protested health care ‘market failure’
When Steward submitted testimony to the Health Policy Commission last fall, it urged policymakers to take “bold actions to correct a hospital marketplace that has been functionally broken since the 1990s.”