Amanda Bryson

Apr 13, 2023 | commonwealthmagazine.org | Chris Lisinski |Jennifer Smith |Amanda Bryson

THE MBTA is projecting that fare revenue will decline by 12 percent in the fiscal year starting in July, an indication that the T's riders are not returning even as nearly all of the pandemic restrictions that drove them away are about to end. A preliminary budget for fiscal 2024 indicates fare revenue will fall by nearly $56 million to $418.5 million, and that's with a ridership projection that is on the optimistic side.

Apr 13, 2023 | commonwealthmagazine.org | Jennifer Smith |Amanda Bryson |Susan Wiener

THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES voted overwhelmingly on Thursday to pass its $1.1 billion tax relief bill exactly as pitched earlier this week . A provision that would adjust an obscure tax giveback law dominated most of the tax plan debate but ultimately made it through to the final bill unchanged.

Apr 13, 2023 | commonwealthmagazine.org | Amanda Middle |Amanda Bryson |Susan Wiener

DEMAND FOR ELECTRICITY from the New England power grid fell to an all-time low on Easter Sunday, another telling sign that solar power continues to expand across the region. Solar is an energy source that can be hard to track, in part because much of the electricity is generated and used behind the power meter of a home or business and never makes it on to the grid. But the power grid operators at ISO-New England are seeing more and more evidence of solar's growth.

Apr 13, 2023 | commonwealthmagazine.org | Susan Wiener |Jennifer Smith |Amanda Bryson

MASSACHUSETTS TEENS deserve to live healthy lives free from violence, but our public schools are failing them. As pediatricians, we see how the inadequacy of sex and relationship education in our schools puts children and teens at risk for sexual assault. We have cared for teens in our medical practices who have experienced sexual violence.

Apr 12, 2023 | commonwealthmagazine.org | Amanda Bryson |Susan Wiener |Jennifer Smith

By Bruce Mohl,Amanda Bryson,Susan Wiener,Jennifer Smith On Easter Sunday, power needs from grid hit record lowDEMAND FOR ELECTRICITY from the New England power grid fell to an all-time low on Easter Sunday, another telling sign that solar power continues to expand across the region. Solar is an energy source that can be hard to track, in part because much of the electricity is generated and used behind the power meter of(...)