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Organizers at a North Shore culinary training program say adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities are an untapped pool of talent often overlooked in the workplace. https://bit.ly/3RjEU3v
Haverhill culinary program cooks up opportunities for adults with intellectual disabilitiesOrganizers say adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities are an untapped pool of talent often overlooked in the workplace.bit.lyMayor Michelle Wu announced that Chris Osgood would be named interim Chief of Streets weeks after a well-known cycling advocate was hit and killed by a driver. https://bit.ly/4fInSUH
Former Boston chief of streets again named to that role in wake of Louisa Gag’s deathMayor Michelle Wu announced that Chris Osgood, would be named interim Chief of Streets weeks after a well-known cycling advocate was hit and killed by a driver.bit.lyLawmakers have sent a bill to Democratic Gov. Maura Healey that would leave it up to doctors to decide whether it makes sense to perform an abortion after the first 24 weeks of pregnancy. https://bit.ly/4yQKhrL
Massachusetts is close to giving doctors the final word on whether to perform late abortionsLawmakers have sent a bill to Democratic Gov. Maura Healey that would leave it up to doctors to decide whether it makes sense to perform an abortion after the first 24 weeks of pregnancy.bit.lyRep. Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) shared takeaways from her recent visit to a controversial ICE facility in Texas with GBH's All Things Considered. https://bit.ly/4yX9bpQ
Pressley renews call for ICE facility closure after oversight visitRep. Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) shared with GBH's All Things Considered takeaways from her recent visit to a controversial ICE facility in Texas.bit.lyGBH’s Dave Goodman offered his playlist picks for GBH’s All Things Considered’s “Turntable” series. https://bit.ly/3RBr1xH
Turntable: Brushing up on protest songs by local artistsGBH’s Dave Goodman offered his playlist picks for GBH’s All Things Considered’s “Turntable” series.bit.lyJon Dodd, executive director of the Atlantic Shark Institute, joined GBH's Morning Edition to discuss how warming waters are impacting shark migration patterns. https://bit.ly/4w2VGlA
Happy shark week: Hammerhead shark tagged off Block Island for first time everJon Dodd, executive director of the Atlantic Shark Institute, joined GBH's Morning Edition to discuss how warming waters are impacting shark migration patterns.bit.lyNewton residents are upset about higher water and sewer bills after new water meters were installed and want abatements. https://bit.ly/4x7kObH
A Newton resident got a $4,500 water bill. She says new meters are partly to blame.The city installed new meters and is now using a new system that changes the way residents are alerted when there's a potential leak.bit.lyThe Town of Stoughton placed its police chief and town manager on administrative leave Wednesday while it investigates conflicting allegations against the officials. https://bit.ly/4pQwNYU
‘Yet another embarrassment’: Stoughton residents react to top officials placed on leaveThe Town of Stoughton placed its police chief and town manager on administrative leave Wednesday while it investigates conflicting allegations against the officials.www.wgbh.orgKevin Hayden is running for reelection for his second full term. He was appointed to the position in 2022 before officially running for the seat later that year. https://bit.ly/4bm1jE4
Suffolk DA Kevin Hayden says the work is ‘not done’ as he runs for a second termKevin Hayden is running for reelection for his second first full term. He was appointed to the position in 2022, before running for the seat officially later that year.www.wgbh.orgA new law dictates that people under the age of 18 would be unable to legally consent to sexual conduct with an adult who holds, or has held, supervisory or custodial authority over them. https://bit.ly/4bJNvDn
Under new state law, underage teens can’t consent to sex with coaches and teachersThe new law dictates that people under the age of 18 would be unable to legally consent to sexual conduct with an adult who holds, or has held, supervisory or custodial authority over them.bit.lyThe Markley Group’s massive facility in Lowell has been around for more than a decade. But amid the AI boom, and the company's attempts to expand, the center has become a target for residents’ frustrations. https://bit.ly/4w2CDI6
In one Mass. city, the fight over a data center has hit a crisis pointThe Markley Group’s massive facility in Lowell has been around for more than a decade. But amid the AI boom, and the company's attempts to expand, the center has become a target for residents’ frustra...bit.lyA project launched Wednesday by the Green Ribbon Commission is looking into the feasibility of thermal energy networks to heat and cool some of the area's largest buildings. https://bit.ly/4wG5XVO
Could Boston’s waterways provide thermal energy for some of its largest buildings?A project launched Wednesday by the Green Ribbon Commission is looking into the feasibility of thermal energy networks to heat and cool some of the area's largest buildingsbit.lyLayoffs of Haitian workers could impact the continuity and quality of care for people who benefit from human service programs. https://bit.ly/4pOVt42
Haitians facing TPS termination grapple with a confusing processLayoffs of Haitian workers could impact the continuity and quality of care for people who benefit from human service programs.bit.lyThe Massachusetts governor says she’s awaiting bills to come out of the conference committee to get to her desk, including laws to better shield immigrants from ICE actions. https://bit.ly/4yMn1uZ
‘Sickened’ by crackdown on immigrants, Healey again urges lawmakers to pass PROTECT ActThe Massachusetts governor says she’s awaiting bills to come out of conference committee to get to her desk, including laws to better shield immigrants from ICE actions.bit.lyMassachusetts Public Health Commissioner Dr. Robbie Goldstein joined GBH's Morning Edition to talk about how the state is monitoring diseases and infections that have been detected this summer. https://bit.ly/4wp3e2Z
Cyclospora! Polluted water! Alpha-gal! How to guard against summer health risks in Mass.Massachusetts Public Health Commissioner Dr. Robbie Goldstein joined GBH's Morning Edition to talk about how the state is monitoring diseases and infections that have been detected this summer.bit.lyUnder new rules, Mass. lawmakers can schedule formal sessions to take up any of the numerous bills that they have been dumping into six-person conference committees after the end of July. https://bit.ly/4yOaiYw
July 31 isn't the hard deadline anymore, so when will Beacon Hill actually finish up?Under new rules, Mass. lawmakers can schedule formal sessions to take up any of the numerous bills that they have been dumping into six-person conference committees, after the end of July.bit.lySCOOP: The ACLU of Mass has filed a first-of-its-kind records lawsuit against the Department of Defense related to the use of active-duty military personnel as immigration judges. https://bit.ly/4pKWPNb
ACLU of Mass. sues feds over records on military personnel used as immigration judgesThe organization says the program, which appears to have placed at least three assigned active duty military personnel in Boston and Chelmsford’s immigration courts, “raises a number of troubling and ...bit.lyA recent report by civil engineers in the state warns that Massachusetts’ stormwater infrastructure requires billions of dollars in funding as extreme rain events become more frequent. https://bit.ly/4vVszka
With more heavy storms and possible flooding this week, Mass. stormwater infrastructure gets a ‘D+’“The state of Massachusetts has some of the oldest infrastructure in the country,” said the incoming regional director of the American Society of Civil Engineers.bit.lyThe House plans to take up bills on Wednesday addressing Alzheimer's and dementia and home care services for people with ALS, as well as several local bills that emerged from the jam-packed Ways and Means Committee on Tuesday. https://bit.ly/4x8J65g
House tees up Alzheimer's, dementia, ALS home care billsThe House plans on Wednesday to take up bills addressing Alzheimer's and dementia and home care services for people with ALS, as well as several local bills that emerged from the jam-packed Ways and M...bit.lyIn addition to continuing to offer half-off commuter rail passes through November, the T will launch three new pilot programs in the fall that could save MBTA riders hundreds of dollars. https://bit.ly/44Udnst
MBTA extends commuter rail discounts into the fall, lowers some bus and subway costsIn addition to continuing to offer half-off commuter rail passes through November, the T will launch three new pilot programs that could save MBTA riders hundreds of dollars in the fall.bit.ly