There are only four speed restrictions along Greater Boston’s entire subway system, nearing the end of safety-based restrictions that have been throttling commutes and frustrating riders since March 2023, the MBTA says.

Carbon dioxide emissions from electricity generation slid 4%, mainly due to reduced demand for coal and oil power generation.

Chelsea Scanner was up before the new sunrise this morning to capture dawn's early light over the Tobin and the Mystic River.

New heat pump technology under construction will pull energy out of the river and convert it to steam for heating industrial buildings in Boston and Cambridge

The 2024 climate bill builds on the progress Massachusetts is making to quickly and equitably transition to a cleaner, more renewable energy system. Here, in plain English, is what's in the bill.

Hundreds of acres in the greater Boston area have already burned in the past week, with new fires cropping up in the western and central parts of the state. On Saturday, a Boston man was arrested in connection to a brush fire in Milford.

A tree on the banks of Jamaica Pond, with the still green willow on the pond's one island, this afternoon.

It is one of several marches happening across the country.

The city of Boston, in partnership with local organizations, is holding its third annual pumpkin smash event. The messy fun is an effort to keep pumpkins from ending up in landfills, where they would release greenhouse gases.

Many local election and law enforcement officials expect Massachusetts will escape the brunt of any potential election security disruptions, and authorities say they've spent months preparing to ensure voting goes smoothly.

The landlord of St. Elizabeth Medical Center in Brighton has made good on its promise to fight the state's takeover of the hospital by eminent domain.

Massachusetts must keep technology inside every precinct that ensures voters with disabilities, like people who are blind or low vision, can vote independently. Problems with the machines are rare, but disability advocates say past malfunctions or printer jams have forced voters to wait to cast thei...

Nick Schmidt moseyed onto the mock-up of a proposed next-gen Green Line trolley, the one that will have multi-segments, on City Hall Plaza today. He reports: Read more.

The number of registered voters in the state has grown by about 242,000 since the last presidential election to 5 million people.

On both sides of the Charles, people called 911 to report the smell of smoke this morning, as bone-dry brush in greater Boston started flaming overnight. Read more.

Banker & Tradesman reports state environmental officials have given the OK for a $500-million, 750-MW battery-storage facility for energy from offshore wind farms on what is now a series of abandoned oil tanks along the Everett waterfront - the first part of a redevelopment plan by the Davis Cos. th...

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Auditor Diana DiZoglio on Monday escalated her long fight with the Legislature, publishing a report slamming lawmakers for a lack of transparency that the top House Democrat derided as "pure political self-promotion and electioneering."

House Speaker Ronald Mariano did not rule out his branch seeking an outright repeal on any of this year's five ballot questions, if they become law on Election Day.

In the year since city police and public-works crews cleared out a growing encampment of homeless people and drug users on Atkinson Street, Mass and Cass has seen a significant decrease in crime and quality-of-life problems, officials from Boston's police and public-health departments told city coun...

Striking hotel workers at the Omni Boston Seaport and Omni Parker House hotels have ratified a new contract, with union leaders calling the new deal "historic."

Boston Public Health Commission announces free flu and COVID-19 vaccine clinics across city in coming weeks.

The Chelsea Record reports the Chelsea zoning board has approved plans by Flatiron Energy for a two-story building full of lithium batteries on Eastern Avenue to serve the local electrical grid. The company has proposed a similar facility on Electric Avenue in Brighton.

Three local newsrooms have won $100,000 grants to bolster local news coverage in the Boston area, from a group called Press Forward, which is trying to reinvigorate really local journalism. Read more.

The Boston Licensing Board today approved plans by the McDonald's at 500 Geneva Ave. in Dorchester's Fields Corner to extend its current midnight closing time to 3 a.m. - but only for pick ups by third-party delivery services, so burger-mad night owls will have to punch in their orders at home. Nobo...

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Bay Staters enrolled in SNAP benefits, MassHealth and other public assistance programs will get receive discounts on their natural gas and electric bills under a new partnership between the state and utility companies.

Mary Ellen took a morning walk along the Charles in Millennium Park.

Non-emergency elective surgeries that require certain types of IV fluids remain on hold.

Following Steward hospital closures throughout the state, Gather Health looks to fill a void.

Researchers say fire-prevention practices have passed the point of needing two staircases.

Tom Leonard spotted the aurora right over his house in Lower Allston - looking west on Athol Street - around 7:20 p.m. Kevin D. Jordan spotted the lights around the Needham TV towers - and he reports that unlike last time, they were definitely visible with the naked eye, even if only briefly: Read m...

The city of Boston will award 225 new liquor licenses over the next three years, which officials say will help create new small businesses across diverse communities. Applications for the first round of licenses are due December 6th.

The State House News Service reports Mayor Wu is continuing to push for the state Senate to approve a measure that would let city assessors temporarily increase the total amount they can level in taxes on commercial property as a way to help reduce impending increases on residential property. Read m...

City rat fighters have largely stopped using anti-coagulants that kill not only rats, but any wild predators and pets that might eat them and is instead now relying on relying on pumping carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide into burrows to asphyxiate them, according to John Ulrich, who oversees ISD's ...