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OPINION: Absent extraordinary circumstances, it is not for unelected judges to decide whenand how litigation should be pursued in the name of the Commonwealth's citizens. commonwealthbeacon.org/opini…

DiZoglio strikes back, but is she firing blanks?

Absent extraordinary circumstances, it is not for unelected judges to decide whenand how litigation should be pursued in the name of the Commonwealth's citizens.

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ICYMI: In Wellesley, a determined effort to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory #OPINION commonwealthbeacon.org/opini…

In Wellesley, a determined effort to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory

What’s unfolding in the wealthy Boston suburb is not that different from other situations across the state when communities and leaders with the best of intentions lose their resolve.

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OPINION: What’s unfolding in Wellesley is not that different from other situations across the state when communities and leaders with the best of intentions lose their resolve. commonwealthbeacon.org/opini…

In Wellesley, a determined effort to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory

What’s unfolding in the wealthy Boston suburb is not that different from other situations across the state when communities and leaders with the best of intentions lose their resolve.

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OPINION: Much of today’s investment is a direct response to years of deferred maintenance and staffing shortages—conditions that worsened under the austerity-driven approach of the T's control board. commonwealthbeacon.org/opini…

Reviving the MBTA’s Fiscal and Management Control Board would set the agency back

Much of today’s investment is a direct response to years of deferred maintenance and staffing shortages—conditions that worsened under the austerity-driven approach of the T's control board. 

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ICYMI: The ‘Right to Read’ bill must include teacher preparation #OPINION commonwealthbeacon.org/opini…

The ‘Right to Read’ bill must include teacher preparation

The state Legislature appears poised to pass the “Right to Read Act” -- legislation that would require school districts to adopt evidence-based literacy

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OPINION: The state Legislature appears poised to pass the “Right to Read Act” — legislation that would require school districts to adopt evidence-based literacy curricula. With more than half of students […] commonwealthbeacon.org/opini…

The ‘Right to Read’ bill must include teacher preparation

The state Legislature appears poised to pass the “Right to Read Act” -- legislation that would require school districts to adopt evidence-based literacy

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ICYMI: In the face of efforts to erase parts of US history, Massachusetts must take a stand #OPINION commonwealthbeacon.org/opini…

In the face of efforts to erase parts of US history, Massachusetts must take a stand

As the federal government creates gaps in the record, we can support organizations filling the voids with voices from the past and present who speak to the core values of the Declaration of Indepen...

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OPINION: Boston has learned, slowly and imperfectly, that inclusion doesn’t happen at the finish line. It comes from institutions and leaders who invest in pipelines and relationships long before that point. commonwealthbeacon.org/opini…

How Boston – of all places – offers lessons for the NFL on hiring diversity

Boston has learned, slowly and imperfectly, that inclusion doesn’t happen at the finish line. It comes from institutions and leaders who invest in pipelines and relationships long before that point.

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ICYMI: Gov. Healey’s budget plan is spending Massachusetts into a corner #OPINION commonwealthbeacon.org/opini…

Gov. Healey's budget plan is spending Massachusetts into a corner

Tax revenues are slowing, costs are rising, and the Healey administration continues to grow state government as if the bill will never come due.

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ICYMI: As Super Bowl betting surges, Kayshon Boutte’s story highlights a growing risk for young people #OPINION commonwealthbeacon.org/opini…

As Super Bowl fever -- and betting -- surge, Kayshon Boutte's story highlights a growing risk for...

WITH THE PATRIOTS heading back to the Super Bowl this Sunday after an improbable turnaround following two straight losing seasons, excitement across New

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OPINION: Tax revenues are slowing, costs are rising, and the Healey administration continues to grow state government as if the bill will never come due. commonwealthbeacon.org/opini…

Gov. Healey's budget plan is spending Massachusetts into a corner

Tax revenues are slowing, costs are rising, and the Healey administration continues to grow state government as if the bill will never come due.

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ICYMI: Transparency in procurement can help close the racial wealth gap #OPINION commonwealthbeacon.org/opini…

Transparency in procurement can help close the racial wealth gap

Procurement transparency may sound technical. In reality, it goes to the heart of how wealth is built—or excluded—in the Commonwealth. 

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OPINION: With the Patriots heading back to the Super Bowl this Sunday after an improbable turnaround following two straight losing seasons, excitement across New England is reaching fever pitch. But the […] commonwealthbeacon.org/opini…

As Super Bowl fever -- and betting -- surge, Kayshon Boutte's story highlights a growing risk for...

WITH THE PATRIOTS heading back to the Super Bowl this Sunday after an improbable turnaround following two straight losing seasons, excitement across New

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ICYMI: Canceling citizenship ceremonies at Faneuil Hall was an affront to its history #OPINION commonwealthbeacon.org/opini…

Canceling citizenship ceremonies at Faneuil Hall was an affront to its history

This wasn’t just a canceled ceremony; it was the quiet erasure of a tradition that once made American citizenship visible, contested, and public.

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OPINION: Procurement transparency may sound technical. In reality, it goes to the heart of how wealth is built—or excluded—in the Commonwealth. commonwealthbeacon.org/opini…

Transparency in procurement can help close the racial wealth gap

Procurement transparency may sound technical. In reality, it goes to the heart of how wealth is built—or excluded—in the Commonwealth. 

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OPINION: This wasn’t just a canceled ceremony; it was the quiet erasure of a tradition that once made American citizenship visible, contested, and public. commonwealthbeacon.org/opini…

Canceling citizenship ceremonies at Faneuil Hall was an affront to its history

This wasn’t just a canceled ceremony; it was the quiet erasure of a tradition that once made American citizenship visible, contested, and public.

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ICYMI: The MBTA Communities law was a good start. But it won’t deliver transit-oriented development – or solve our housing shortage. #OPINION commonwealthbeacon.org/opini…

The MBTA Communities law was a good start. But it won’t deliver transit-oriented development – or...

The MBTA Communities law is better understood as a leveling up exercise, or a fair-share zoning law.

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OPINION: The MBTA Communities law is better understood as a leveling up exercise, or a fair-share zoning law. commonwealthbeacon.org/opini…

The MBTA Communities law was a good start. But it won’t deliver transit-oriented development – or...

The MBTA Communities law is better understood as a leveling up exercise, or a fair-share zoning law.

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ICYMI: Proposals to remove dams unleash debate over which history to honor #OPINION commonwealthbeacon.org/opini…

Proposals to remove dams unleash debate over which history to honor

Across Massachusetts, communities are confronting a centuries-old legacy that is now doing more harm than good. The preservation of an obsolete dam implicitly privileges colonial and industrial...

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ICYMI: Here’s how modernizing the licensing of physician assistants will help Mass. compete for federal dollars #OPINION commonwealthbeacon.org/opini…

Here's how modernizing the licensing of physician assistants will help Mass. compete for federal...

MASSACHUSETTS HAS LONG benefited from its reputation as a national leader in health care policy and delivery. That leadership, however, also brings fiscal

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