During this Sunshine Week, when good governance advocates highlight the importance of public records and government transparency, there just might be a break in the usual clouds hanging over Beacon Hill.
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Community colleges are not Harvard — and that’s a good thing
Even traditional liberals are beginning to wonder whether progressive ideology, or “wokeness,” on college campuses has gone too far, and become its own form of discrimination and free speech suppression.
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Mass. on wrong track with child protection policy
In 2021, Massachusetts took children from their families at a rate 70 percent above the national average, when rates of child poverty are factored in.
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High electricity rates undermine heat pump expansion
What will it take to change course? Building more transmission from affordable Canadian hydropower in Quebec? Streamlining permitting for offshore wind? Permit reform for transmission? I’m all for any of those.
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One of our major climate challenges is our own trash
Calling incinerators “waste combustors” doesn’t change the fact that they are a major health hazard to local communities, emitting toxic air pollutants like particulate matter and heavy metals which are linked to a variety of health problems including asthma, heart disease, and high blood pressure.