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House Speaker Ron Mariano wants to make a robust offshore wind industry, delivering electricity at reasonable rates, part of his legacy -- and he doesn't plan to stay in power as long as his predecessor, Robert DeLeo, to accomplish it.

What does Baker's exit mean for Mass. politics? by CommonWealth Beacon

The bullseye on Mass General Brigham's back by CommonWealth Beacon

Study brings transparency to plea deals by CommonWealth Beacon

HPC, Stuart Altman moving to next level by CommonWealth Beacon

Boston journalists Yawu Miller of the Bay State Banner and Gin Dumcius of the Dorchester Reporter look back at Michelle Wu's landslide win in the Boston mayor's race and look ahead to what a Wu administration in City Hall could portend.

GLX manager Dalton wants to stick around by CommonWealth Beacon

A fix for the crisis at Mass. and Cass? by CommonWealth Beacon

The great offshore wind debate by CommonWealth Beacon

Wu and Essaibi George in the homestretch by CommonWealth Beacon

Two takes on municipal harbor plan by CommonWealth Beacon

Fusion energy nears Kitty Hawk moment by CommonWealth Beacon

Annie Hawkins and her Vineyard Wind lawsuit by CommonWealth Beacon

Boston mayor's race -- in the homestretch by CommonWealth Beacon

8/19/21--On the finale episode of Mass Reboot, we examine the early days of the pandemic when elected officials' jobs quickly got even more complicated and important. State Senator Adam Hinds, State Representative and Boston Medical emergency room physician Jon Santiago, and State House News Service Reporter and president of the Massachusetts State House Press Association Katie Lannan discussed wh...

When the pandemic hit, just about every aspect of our lives changed. And that includes our relationships-- with family, friends, and partners. Whether you were single, dating, married, or divorced during the pandemic, chances are, dynamics changed at least slightly. Today, we hear from two sets up couples -- Honey Goodenough and Kenneth Dyer, and Eden Heller and Dan Hopkins -- about their experien...

8/5/21--School administrators, teachers, parents, and students were all thrown for a loop when COVID shut down school buildings and demanded immediate innovation. Some schools, and some students, were better off than others. So much depended on available resources like technology, Internet, and childcare. Families that lacked any one of these struggled with remote school and hybrid school. Learnin...

Senate President Karen Spilka and Senate Ways and Means Chair Michael Rodrigues say there is "wisdom in waiting" to spend the federal American Rescue Plan Act money.

7/28/21--Each episode of Mass Reboot thus far has touched on one thing over and over again-- a particular, consuming aspect of our lives: work. Restaurant workers lost jobs due to the pandemic. So did artists. Work has, for the most part, dictated where we live, and how and where we travel day to day. If any one event had the ability to upend work as a grounding force in our lives, it was the COVI...

This week on Mass Reboot, the pandemic’s impacts fell heavily on restaurants. What did industry professionals do to survive the pandemic, and how are they bouncing back as eager diners return in droves as the state reopens? Find out on Episode 4, Food. Bob Luz, President and CEO of the Massachusetts Restaurant Association, describes what it was like reckoning with an entire sector of the economy s...

7/8/21--Welcome to the third episode of Mass Reboot, a summer podcast series about restarting Massachusetts after COVID-19 and what we lost along the way. Each week, we’ll dive into a sector of life in the commonwealth, exploring how the pandemic hit it, how it adapted, and how the people inside it envision a new normal. This week: Transportation. The pandemic swiftly brought the traffic crisis we...

6/30/21--Welcome to the second episode of Mass Reboot, a summer podcast series about restarting Massachusetts after COVID-19 and what we lost along the way. Each week, we’ll dive into a sector of life in the commonwealth, exploring how the pandemic hit it, how it adapted, and how the people inside it envision a new normal. This week: Home. In a state where housing costs were already sky-high, what...

6/23/21 Welcome to the first episode of Mass Reboot, a summer podcast series about restarting Massachusetts after COVID-19 and what we lost along the way. Each week, we’ll dive into a sector of life in the Commonwealth, exploring how the pandemic hit it, how it adapted, and how the people inside it envision a new normal. This week: Art. Hosts Libby Gormley, Steve Koczela, and Jennifer Smith of The...

Hi Codcast listeners! We're taking a brief hiatus for the summer. We'll be back in the fall, but until then, please enjoy a 10-week podcast series created by our friends at The MassINC Polling Group called Mass Reboot. --- What happens when you reboot a whole state? Yesterday, after one year, three months, and five days, the COVID-19 state of emergency ended in Massachusetts. With millions vaccina...

Massachusetts Highway Administrator Jonathan Gulliver talks about the return of traffic and the challenge of finding room for all of the transportation infrastructure in the Allston I-90 project.