Todd Prussman

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City Editor at Boston Herald

City editor at the Boston Herald, dad, photographer

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Ticker: Massport to build massive solar farm; Mortgage rates bump up

1 week ago | bostonherald.com | Todd Prussman

Massport is set to build a massive 20-megawatt solar farm on a swath of acreage at the Worcester airport. The state’s port operator announced the deal to build the clean-energy array with Kearsage Solar. The annual power generated, 22.3M kw, is roughly equal to Massport’s own energy use every year.
Trump sues Maine over transgender athletes

1 week ago | bostonherald.com | Todd Prussman

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Wednesday sued Maine for not complying with the government’s push to ban transgender athletes in girls and women’s sports, escalating a dispute over whether the state is abiding by a federal law that bars discrimination in education based on sex. The lawsuit follows weeks of feuding between the Republican administration and Democratic Gov.
Judge escalates deportation fight

1 week ago | bostonherald.com | Todd Prussman

WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Wednesday said he has found probable cause to hold the Trump administration in criminal contempt of court and warned he could seek officials’ prosecution for violating his orders last month to turn around planes carrying deportees to an El Salvador prison. The ruling from U.S District Judge James E.
Healey's economic secretary stepping down

1 week ago | bostonherald.com | Todd Prussman

Economic Development Secretary Yvonne Hao is stepping down from her post at the end of the month, with Undersecretary of Economic Foundations Ashley Stolba in line to take over the secretary’s duties on an interim basis, the Healey administration said Tuesday. Officials said Hao is leaving state government to address pressing family matters but will continue to be available as an advisor to Gov. Maura Healey and Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll. Hao will remain in the job through the end of April.
Ticker: Judge orders BofA to pay $540M; State to launch supply chain support network

1 week ago | bostonherald.com | Todd Prussman

A federal judge has ordered Bank of America to pay more than $540 million to resolve long-running litigation from a U.S. regulator that alleged the company underpaid mandatory assessments for deposit insurance. The order, reached March 31 and published publicly on Monday, arrives over eight years after the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation sued Bank of America in 2017. “We are pleased the judge has ruled and have reserves reflecting the decision,” Bank of America said in a statement.
NPR, PBS cuts to go before Congress

1 week ago | bostonherald.com | Todd Prussman

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration will ask lawmakers to cut more than $9 billion in funding for the Public Broadcasting Service, National Public Radio and foreign aid in the current fiscal year, an attempt to employ a little-used legislative tactic for reducing spending already approved by Congress. The proposal — known as a rescission package — would codify cuts identified by President Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency.
Setting sail for spring

1 week ago | bostonherald.com | Todd Prussman

In one of the surest signs of spring yet, crews at the Public Garden got to work Monday assembling the beloved Swan Boats for a season of leisurely cruising the park’s lagoon. The Swan Boats officially open on Saturday, when Mayor Michelle Wu and her family are due for a float through the lagoon at 11 a.m., along with a group of students from Boston’s schools.
Driver acquitted in deadly Jarheads New Hampshire bikers crash pleads guilty to impaired driving in Connecticut

1 week ago | bostonherald.com | Todd Prussman

HARTFORD, Conn. — A commercial truck driver who was acquitted in the 2019 deaths of seven motorcyclists in New Hampshire pleaded guilty and was sentenced Monday for driving under the influence in Connecticut a month before the deadly crash — an offense that should have resulted in his license being revoked.
Convalescing Pope Francis opens Holy Week

1 week ago | bostonherald.com | Todd Prussman

VATICAN CITY — A convalescing Pope Francis greeted the crowd in St. Peter’s Square on Palm Sunday, wishing more than 20,000 faithful a “Happy Palm Sunday, Happy Holy Week,” in yet another reassuring public sign of his recovery from a life-threatening battle with double pneumonia. Many in the crowd reached out to touch Francis’ hand or garments as he was brought in a wheelchair down a ramp to the main altar, where he issued his brief greeting into a microphone.
Ticker: Fake eggs an option this Easter; Wholesale inflation fell in March

1 week ago | bostonherald.com | Todd Prussman

With egg prices stubbornly high, the internet has offered up a host of alternatives, with crafters painting rocks and influencers dyeing everything from marshmallows to potatoes. “Finally a use for B sized potatoes!!” one commenter wrote in response to a video posted on Facebook.