Governor proposes about $93 million in new child care spending in her 2025 budget plan, which will also request another $475 million in grants to continue supporting early education providers.
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Posted inTransportation
New Bedford to Boston train delayed until summer of 2024
MBTA rail service was supposed to start by “end of this year,” but safety and certification steps still need to be completed before riders can ride.
Posted inOffshore Wind
State energy department supports scrapping wind contract
“DOER recognizes the significant inflationary pressures and supply-chain issues facing projects like Commonwealth Wind and is committed to the development of a robust offshore wind industry in the region.” — DOER legal counsel Colin Carroll.
Posted inOffshore Wind
SouthCoast Wind also wants to terminate offshore wind contract
The company is effectively turning to the same playbook that another major wind developer, Commonwealth Wind, deployed after concluding that its own 1,200 megawatt installation “cannot be financed and built” under existing contract terms.
Posted inOffshore Wind
Gov. Healey’s big offshore wind foray lands in choppy waters
How much more the proposal moves the needle on the clean energy transition depends on the outlook of SouthCoast Wind and Commonwealth Wind. With as many as 2,400 megawatts of previously authorized wind power facing uncertainty, the next round of procurement might not be entirely additive.
Posted inCOVID-19
Gov. Healey lifting COVID health emergency, vaccine mandate
The move on May 11 will end six public health emergency orders, one of which requires Bay Staters to wear masks in some health care and congregate care settings.
Posted inOffshore Wind
Wind energy developer files to scrap power agreements
Declaring the project “cannot be financed and built” under existing contracts, Commonwealth Wind asked Massachusetts regulators to dismiss the power purchase agreements it reached with utility companies.
Posted inSouth Coast Rail
New Freetown rail station keeps South Coast Rail project on track
The MBTA also has a $403.5 million contract ongoing to extend the Middleborough secondary line through Taunton and into New Bedford. Once completed, that line will feature four new stations.
Posted inElection 2022
Poll: Voters favor ‘millionaire’ income surtax, preserving license law
Fifty-nine percent of voters said they would back imposing a 4% surtax on high earners, compared to 31% who would vote to keep the existing flat personal income tax rate.
Posted inElection 2022
Healey, Diehl make pitches and points in final gov debate
Both candidates said cutting taxes would be their first economic focus, and Healey voiced support for a package of Gov. Charlie Baker-proposed tax cuts the Legislature initially approved but never finalized.