“For a planned shutdown, this is huge. That’s the entire trunk [of the Green Line], basically. That’s major.”
MBTA announces 15-day closure of a huge chunk of the Green Line while it replaces infrastructure from the 1890s. Details here:
https://t.co/pRAWYJuLDa
🚃⚽️🏆 Can the MBTA handle moving 20,000 World Cup fans to Foxboro per game? We're about 10 months from finding out. A look inside the T's monumental task and the extensive preparation it's doing for next summer's tournament @masslivenews https://t.co/3tjoyWMG7C
A wild tale of how the FBI discovered a Springfield Police officer had passed confidential information to a drug trafficking organization. For @masslivenews: https://t.co/doBj3CVmFC
Chelsea is a sanctuary city. Revere is not. Yet similar fear pervades both immigrant-heavy cities. And neither is immune to federal funding cuts. A deep dive into what's at stake, via a partnership between @masslivenews and @elplanetaboston: https://t.co/dQynytfCOF
What's on the line if Trump succeeds in freezing $2.2B in funding for Harvard? Breakthrough cancer therapies, new treatments for soldiers wounded in battle, and the potential to “significantly" reduce Alzheimer’s, MS and strokes. More here @masslivenews:
https://t.co/4MyhmXaxq5
Scenes from the Commuter Rail @MBTA_CR this morning: Applause as the first outbound train on the new Fall River/New Bedford Line leaves South Station at 6:45.
To my right is Dmitry Zinoviev, who got up at 3am and drove from Lexington to ride the first train from NB at 4:27 am
1st time in 65 yrs that South Coast cities like New Bedford & Fall River have passenger rail service.
👇@MBTA GM Phil Eng greets riders on 1st train from South Station this morning. He'll celebrate with Gov. Healey & other state leaders at E. Taunton station later this morning
New from @masslivenews: Massachusetts congressional delegation seeking specifics from Trump admin on federal workforce cuts in the Bay State, where 46K federal employees are based: https://t.co/StO0lgzVfC
Over two dozen Massachusetts colleges closed due to financial difficulties in the past decade.
I spent the past several months @masslivenews looking at what happens when they close and whether they can be a housing solution in Mass.
https://t.co/VY4JOuIsvJ
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From @will_katcher: Federal officials approved a new non-opioid painkiller developed by a Boston pharmaceutical company, calling it a “first-in-class” treatment that avoids the addictive risks of opioid-based drugs.
https://t.co/wIM2aXH8Ui
@MassGovernor@MassDOT@masslivenews Coincidentally, the NYC Dept of Transportation @NYC_DOT is out with a report today claiming a *94%* drop in speeding at locations where the city installed speed cameras
https://t.co/Z8QsWt7wy9
Speeding kills. That's why speed cameras are essential.
There has been a 94% reduction in speeding where we installed speed cameras. Traffic injuries and deaths have also declined.
Read our new report: https://t.co/SPY6tmHQxs
MA is wading into new waters. Two new laws allow ticketing drivers for illegally passing school buses and for blocking bus stops/bus lanes. Took a deep dive yesterday @masslivenews:
https://t.co/FGAAMN6v99