Author: Isabella Oland
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Metro West Eyes Transit Options
Economic group’s priority for lawmakers: Help us get around Expanded public transportation options are key to MetroWest’s growth as an economic engine, according to legislators and officials from the 495/MetroWest Partnership, a Westbor-ough-based public-private collabora-tion between businesses and munici-palities. Currently,…
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MA health panel delays vote on proton beam therapy center. Here’s why
The Massachusetts Public Health Council has delayed a vote on a proposal from the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute to build a new proton beam therapy center in Boston, citing concerns about equity and access. Proton beam therapy is a highly precise form of radiation treatment…
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In MA, Doctors’ Day becomes rallying point for health care reform
While Doctors’ Day has traditionally celebrated physicians’ contributions — specically the date of the first use of general anesthesia in surgery by Dr. Crawford W. Long on March 30, 1842 — this year Massachusetts physicians are redefining it as a…
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Framingham ban of nicotine products challenged
The City of Framingham is seeking to dismiss a complaint brought against it by a New Hampshire wholesale business that claims Framingham’s health board conducted an unscientic “smell test” of nicotine products supplied by the wholesaler, then banned them after…
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Student Opportunity Act enters its final year in MA. What’s next?
Gov. Maura Healey’s fiscal 2027 budget proposal of $63.36 billion calls for cutting the minimum per-pupil aid increase in half from the current year, reflecting declining enrollments and changes in federal aid. But Senate President Karen Spilka said MetroWest communities have seen significant increases…
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Why Bill Galvin is concerned about Gov. Healey’s fiscal ’27 budget
Secretary of the Commonwealth William Galvin has said that Gov. Maura Healey’s fiscal 2027 budget proposal may not include enough money to cover what he says will be significantly higher costs for local and state elections later this year. At least two MetroWest…