Keith Regan

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu knows that abundant and effective communication is critical in managing a metropolis, which explains her new role as an author — and so far, a prolific one — on the Substack platform. Why let the media muddle the message when you can go directly to the people? Her latest missive is something of a […]

Apparently Bay State transportation has already improved so darn much since Gina Fiandaca has been in the Healey cabinet that she decided to take some – out of town. Forgive the newsroom snark there, but it’s a good a theory as any we’ve heard in the 21 hours since Fiandaca dropped some news no one […]

It’s Back-To-School week in many Massachusetts communities, and no doubt back to the book challenges or complaints that have hit record levels, with the hyper-partisanship infecting our national conversation working its way into schools and onto bookshelves. In 2022, Massachusetts saw 45 challenges on more than 30 books, The American Library Association said. Bay State […]

When former Speaker Bob DeLeo and his deputies moved to eliminate a short-lived reform effort limiting the number of terms House Speakers could serve, the Herald and others were quick to dub him Speaker for Life. Now comes Senate President Karen Spilka’s Ways and Means chair Michael Rodrigues, proposing that the Senate remove the bonds […]

It’s been a busy year for the MASSterList job board, reflecting two phenomena: job growth and a shrinking labor pool. As the year closes, and with Matt off this week and thus no one around to stop me, I’m free to get a little nerdy with job data and gaze into the crystal ball. The question […]

George Donnelly’s hopelessly misguided ML lede yesterday proved he hasn’t cruised out West on the Pike lately, or he might not be so sanguine about the playful harmlessness of the cannabis industry, which bombards every tween riding in a car between Charlton and Chicopee with a relentless billboard campaign extolling the virtues of THC. But […]

I haven’t gotten very far in my Christmas shopping (hey, it’s not Dec. 23rd yet), but I’m remembering a Yankee swap gift I brought to a gathering that was a surprise hit: a pack of THC gummy edibles. I thought it would be a fun gag, and instead it turned out to be a hotly contested […]

Warnock wins: The state’s all-Democratic delegation was among those cheering from afar Tuesday night as Sen. Raphael Warnock won a narrow victory in the Georgia Senate runoff over Republican Herschel Walker. Boston.com’s Susannah Subdborough has a rundown of how local pols greeted the news, mostly via Twitter.  The money chase is on: We’ve never been here before. Billions in […]

The ballot campaign to reform the state’s liquor license laws had been shaping up to be a one-sided affair. Not anymore. Total Wine & More, the big-box alcohol retailer headquartered in Maryland, has stepped up in the absence of opposition with more than $2.1 million in media spending to oppose Question 3. The ad campaign comes after the […]