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Articles by Alicia Barton
Decarbonization road map has some gaping holes
GOV. MAURA HEALEY has gotten off to a good running start on implementing the Commonwealth's plans to combat climate change by establishing an Office of Climate Innovation and Resilience within the governor's office and appointing a climate chief.
Tepper names former colleague to head DOER
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE THE DEPARTMENT of Energy Resources will be under new management as the Healey administration looks to implement its own vision and strategy to advance the state's clean energy shift. Energy and Environmental Affairs Secretary Rebecca Tepper announced Tuesday that she appointed Elizabeth Mahony, a veteran of the attorney general's office, as commissioner of the Department of Energy Resources effective March 27.
Bring back Boston's elected school committee
SINCE 1991, Boston has been the only one of the 351 municipalities in Massachusetts without an elected school committee. In 2021, Boston voters sent a resounding message that the 30-year experiment is over when they overwhelmingly voted in favor of a non-binding referendum to return to an elected school body.
Debating vocational school admissions policies
IN THE END, it comes down to a question of how to allocate a scarce public resource when the demand exceeds the supply. In this case, the scarce resource is seats at the state's vocational-technical high schools, where there are roughly twice as many applicants as there are slots available each year.
Debating vocational school admissions policies
IN THE END, it comes down to a question of how to allocate a scarce public resource when the demand exceeds the supply. In this case, the scarce resource is seats at the state's vocational-technical high schools, where there are roughly twice as many applicants as there are slots available each year.
Report says millions from new tax on high earners could be lost to loophole
STATE BUDGET-WRITERS have begun planning to spend $1 billion in new revenue to fund education and transportation needs thanks to the so-called "millionaires tax" approved by voters. But a new report says Massachusetts could lose out on anywhere from $200 million to $600 million from the new tax on high earners unless legislators close a loophole in state tax law.
The debate over vocational school admission policies
CommonWealth Magazine · The debate over Massachusetts vocational high school admission policies
Clean energy generators are already proving their worth
AS HAS BEEN widely reported, the arctic cold snap that swept through New England on Christmas Eve, combined with an unexpected system shortfall due to generator outages and reduced energy imports, left grid operators struggling to meet demand. For over two hours, a shortfall of over 2,000 megawatts required a swift dispatch of the grid's peaker plants to fill the gap.
Baker all talk on regional carbon limits
AS PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP moves forward with his efforts to dismantle the Clean Power Plan and accelerate the extraction of coal, oil, and gas on federal lands, it's worth taking a look at our own record here in Massachusetts. While state officials speak the language of "climate leadership," their actions have often fallen short. Case in point: Last August, officials in Gov.
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