Experienced Phillip Eng bringing energy, optimism to MBTA
NEWTON — Incoming MBTA General Manager Phillip Eng is walking into an agency where slow zones cover more than a quarter of subway tracks, service cuts persist on heavy rail...
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Phillip Eng pledges ‘new way of doing business’ at MBTA
Phillip Eng, a longtime engineer and former president of the Long Island Rail Road, will become the next top leader at the MBTA as Gov. Maura Healey's administration sets out...
Maura Healey lifting COVID health emergency, vaccine mandate
Some of the last vestiges of the COVID-19 emergency declaration will end in May when Gov. Maura Healey will lift the modified public health emergency and walk back a vaccine...
Ban bill aims to slow spread of PFAS damage
What's the first step in dealing with an overflowing bathtub? That's the question MASSPIRG legislative director Deirdre Cummings asks to make her pitch for a sweeping new bill aimed at...
Mass. doctors feeling burned out, survey finds
Half of Massachusetts doctors surveyed have already or intend to soon cut back their clinical hours, and one in four plan to leave medicine altogether in the coming years, according...
Diana DiZoglio launching audit of MBTA performance
Less than two months after taking office, State Auditor Diana DiZoglio's office will kick off a review of the MBTA's performance during a span when its safety and operational issues...
Maura Healey restarts tax relief debate with $859M plan
Attempting to restart a debate that skidded out last summer, the Healey administration on Monday rolled out an $859 million tax relief proposal that would offer new breaks to hundreds...
Senate traction fuels optimism over device repair bill
Buoyed by Senate support last year, consumer protection advocates are hopeful they can secure a law this session that would expand access to the parts and information necessary to repair,...
IRS: Most one-time refunds won’t count toward income
Many, but not necessarily all, Massachusetts taxpayers will not need to count one-time state tax rebates they received last year as income when they file federal tax returns, the Internal...
Reformers take transparency votes into rules debate
Around the country, state legislatures use their public websites to publish reams of written testimony submitted in support or opposition to proposals, name special interest groups and people who offer...