Will Katcher

Reporter for @MassLiveNews in Boston / Proud alum of @UMassAmherst / Always available at [email protected] or [email protected].

[masslivenews @masslivenews]

At a burnt home in Needham, the scale of Wednesday’s tragic fire comes into focus https://t.co/I9yDXtICyh

[Will Katcher @will_katcher]

“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

[masslivenews @masslivenews]

Fantasy or fraud: Viral hobbit hotel startup in Mass. raises $300K — but is it real? https://t.co/ywDwCHMaga

[Will Katcher @will_katcher]

🚃⚽️🏆 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

[Will Katcher @will_katcher]

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

[Will Katcher @will_katcher]

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

[Will Katcher @will_katcher]

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

[Hadley Barndollar @hbarndollar]

NEW from me: Why a black market pharmacy in Framingham filled unmet needs of undocumented immigrants
https://t.co/yml5N2YjYO

[masslivenews @masslivenews]

Massachusetts cannabis prices just keep falling. Is an end in sight? https://t.co/wnryamIldV

[Will Katcher @will_katcher]

🚃 Lotta happy riders this morning

[Will Katcher @will_katcher]

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

[Will Katcher @will_katcher]

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

[Will Katcher @will_katcher]

Read their letter to the head of @USOPM:

[Will Katcher @will_katcher]

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

[Juliet Schulman-Hall @JSchulmanHall]

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

1/3

[Hadley Barndollar @hbarndollar]

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

[Will Katcher @will_katcher]

@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

[NYC DOT @NYC_DOT]

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

[Will Katcher @will_katcher]

🚗📸🚓 — @MassGovernor is proposing allowing @MassDOT and towns and cities to install speed cameras. For @masslivenews: https://t.co/H0HDtFpReE

[Will Katcher @will_katcher]

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

[masslivenews @masslivenews]

Boston councilor proposes new tax on sugary drinks https://t.co/DqZV0hOYCq