House Democrats want to inject hundreds of millions of new dollars into the MBTA, calling for a sharp increase in operating budget support and funding for new initiatives such as a hiring and training program.The fiscal 2025 budget proposal...
Boston has placed significant aspects of its plan to protect the city from rising sea levels on the actions of private developers. Amid a post-Covid commercial development slump, though, efforts to build protective infrastructure have stalled.When officials approved major...
Electric vehicle sales have surged in the Boston area, making the region one of the biggest EV markets in the U.S. But experts warn that the pace isn't enough to help the state reach its emission goals, or to...
BOSTON & DENVER—Signal Infrastructure Group (“SIG”) has announced that they have purchased Sony Electronics Inc.’s interest in Public Media Management (“PMM”), the cloud-based content distribution and master control solution for public television stations. Public Media Venture Group (“PMVG”) retains its...
It's no joke: There was once a plan to make Cambridge the capital of Massachusetts. On this April Fool's Day, at least once city councilor in the city wants that moniker back.Field Guide to Boston: Discover — and rediscover...
The state of Massachusetts has a little under 8,000 bridges, with the Tobin Bridge being the largest in New England.
The Tobin is also a truss bridge like the one that collapsed in Baltimore, Maryland, and after the bridge tragedy,...
BOSTON - The safety of Massachusetts bridges is top of mind for Gov. Maura Healey and Boston Mayor Michelle Wu after the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore early Tuesday morning.Several people were unaccounted for after...
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey was supposed to be meeting with Maryland Gov. Wes Moore on Tuesday but instead found herself offering the state's support over the Baltimore bridge tragedy, which she called "absolutely devastating and heartbreaking."
Healey said she...
The tragic and instant collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore in the early hours of Tuesday, March 26, after a cargo ship apparently lost power and consequently lost steering, causing it to ram into one of...
A $335 million federal funding award clears a "major, major hurdle" for an infrastructure megaproject in Allston that will provide long-awaited access to the Charles River waterfront and push the state closer to a westward passenger rail expansion, a...
