New report urges state to think small on housing crisis
ADVERTISEMENT New from CommonWealth Beacon HIGH STAKES: A new state program aims to prevent problem gambling in youth — a growing concern borne out by a recent survey showing about a third of 11- to 17-year-old boys gambled in the last year. Caralee Adams of The Hechinger Report digs in. OPINION: Family, friend, and neighbor caregivers are the reason parents can get to work, keep their jobs, and provide for their families, write Natalicia Tracy, executive director of Community Labor United, and Noemi Ramos, executive director of New England Community Project. The families who depend on FFN care already know what it’s worth, they argue, and it’s time state policy did too. REGIONAL TRANSIT: Following a fight that resulted in eight arrests at Union Station in Springfield earlier this month, Mayor Domenic Sarno called for ending the region’s universal fare-free bus system and replacing it with a voucher system — a move that immediately drew criticism from local officials, and now ...