Chris Lisinski

Steward Health Care filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, jettisoning its financial crisis into a new phase. The for-profit health care system that has become the biggest boogeyman in Massachusetts announced overnight its move to seek bankruptcy proceedings, which it said would help restructure debt. “Steward does not expect any interruptions in its day-to-day operations, which […]

The week is two-fifths done according to the calendar, but if we’re counting by debate on the House‘s $57.9 billion budget for fiscal year 2025, it’s just now about to get started. Representatives will set off later this morning on several days of deliberations about the spending plan. The House will appear inactive for most of […]

A familiar face from administrations past will be on hand today when the MBTA‘s overseers gavel in for a meeting jam-packed with newsy topics. Rich Davey, who helmed the MBTA and then served as transportation secretary under former Gov. Deval Patrick, is set to brief the T’s board of directors on how funding works at his current […]

Massachusetts will hit a turning point today in its years-long campaign to embrace the clean energy generated by offshore wind. The only catch is that we don’t yet know in what direction we’ll turn. Bids for new offshore wind developments are due to state energy regulators by noon, and the proposals that come in could […]

What a difference a year can make. Around this time last year, municipal leaders were imploring the Legislature to take Gov. Maura Healey‘s proposed state budget and pack on even more local aid to cities and towns. They felt that a years-long surge in state tax collections should translate to even more funding headed to city and town […]

If state government’s message that cities and towns need to embrace more housing development was not clear enough, Attorney General Andrea Campbell doubled the font size and underlined it in red ink. Campbell’s lawsuit against the town of Milton filed Tuesday is not just about bringing the town of about 28,000 into line with the MBTA Communities Act after […]

Gov. Maura Healey already has a long list of goals that are awaiting legislative action, and she might be on the verge of making another one official. This morning, Healey will headline a Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce event, where her office said she plans to “outline her administration’s housing and economic development priorities.” It could be a […]

There’s no shortage of unanswered questions swirling around Steward Health Care, whose financial crisis exploded into public view last month. Let’s add a new question to the list to kick off the week: now what? The deadline Gov. Maura Healey attached to her demand for access to Steward’s long-opaque financial information came and went Friday, seemingly without the […]

Do you feel a sudden warmth in the air? No? Still cold and windy? Maybe the uptick in activity on Beacon Hill has us thinking it’s spring or practically summer. After all, next week is the biennial bill-reporting deadline known well around these parts as Joint Rule 10 day, and that will help clarify which bills remain […]

The procedural bickering is, for now, in the rearview mirror, and senators will dive in today on a proposal to overhaul the state’s constellation of gun laws. Based on the response gun owners groups have given, the fierce debate is not likely to end with the final bang of the gavel nor if and when House and Senate negotiators reach a […]