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Massachusetts can protect data privacy without hurting small businesses
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Editorial coverage from the Massachusetts USA Wire newsroom.
HealthState grants schools $1.75M to teach healthy social media use
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GovernmentQuestion 3 debate highlights disagreements over fixing the lack of competition in Mass. elections
At Northern Essex Community College in Haverhill, Danielle Allen, a Harvard University professor who founded the group advancing Question 3, and Jordan Berg Powers, chair of Voting Rights MA, which is opposing the ballot question, face off…
EducationSchool enrollment decline raises big education, economic questions
School bus in Boston traffic.
HealthWhy three red states are suing Mass. over abortion
THREE RED STATES have launched a broadside against laws in Massachusetts and two other states that protect providers of abortions.
GovernmentComplexity isn’t the issue. The Legislature’s dysfunction is.
The House Chamber in the Massachusetts State House in Boston.
GovernmentRather than a defense of their productivity, the Legislature’s reliance on omnibus bills should be an indictment
The golden dome of the State House. (Photo by Andy Metzger)
EducationMassachusetts needs to rethink how it improves schools. Here is a blueprint for doing it.
MASSACHUSETTS HAS DONE this before. It’s time to do it again.
EnvironmentEversource CEO tells industry conference he expects Healey to turn down the ‘volume’ on utility criticism post-election
Gov. Maura Healey listens at a legislative hearing on February 11, 2026.
GovernmentTrump is the elephant in the room during first Healey-Minogue debate
Republican gubernatorial candidate Mike Minogue (left) and Democratic Gov. Maura Healey (right).
GovernmentState, CSX agree to rail upgrades in the Berkshires
An Amtrak Downeaster train heads towards the north out of North Station. (Photo by Andy Metzger)
Real EstateChelsea considering eliminating parking minimums to promote housing production
The Tobin Bridge looms over homes in Chelsea. (Photo by Michael Jonas)