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Archive of Massachusetts on Thursday November 05, 2009
MA: Rape treatment plan facing big budget cut
The program was 12 years in the making. Nurses and victims advocates learned that the best way to work with a person who had been raped was with a deeper sense of care than even the most sensitive emergency room could provide. Read More
MA: Housing sales havens
Home sales may be in the tank statewide, but more than a dozen communities in Greater Boston are bucking the trend. Read More
MA: Dismissed agency chief continues to draw pay
The former head of the state Division of Administrative Law Appeals, forced to resign in August amid allegations of mismanagement, continues to draw $6,300 a month in consultant pay for work she failed to complete during her two-year tenure. Read More
MA: SJC says newborn removed too fast
In a sharply worded rebuke, the state's high court yesterday said that a judge and the state Department of Children and Families moved too fast to remove a newborn from a Western Massachusetts mother who had already lost custody of two older children because they were not being properly cared for. Read More
MA: State slashes school bus aid
CAPE COD, Mass -- Regional schools on Cape Cod and Martha's Vineyard are facing deep reductions in money for student busing under Gov. Deval Patrick's most recent budget cuts. Read More
MA: Historic wins for black, Latino and female mayors
Minority candidates made history in Massachusetts mayoral elections Tuesday, while it was a mixed result for many long-term incumbents. Read More
MA: Report -- State must step up fight against overdoses
Tamper-proof prescription pads, jail diversion programs and school-based drug counselors are some of the steps Massachusetts should adopt to stem OxyContin and heroin overdoses, according to a new report. Read More
MA: Critics say safety fixes should trump Deval Patrick's MBTA expansion projects
Gov. Deval Patrick's vow to continue more than $2 billion in MBTA expansion projects despite a blistering report ripping the T as unsafe and fiscally unstable makes little sense, analysts said. Read More
NH: Be on beetle lookout
New Hampshire officials hope homeowners will check to see if the destructive Asian longhorned beetle has crossed state lines from Massachusetts and set up residence in their trees. Read More
Report: 11 states emerging from recession
It’s going to be a long, hard climb out of the current economic downturn for many recession-ridden states hit hard by the housing crash, unemployment and shrinking revenues. But as the national economy starts its slow recovery, 11 states and the District of Columbia are showing signs of emerging from the recession, according to a new report. Read More |
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