“An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure” is a Ben Franklin maxim advocated in public health. Preventing or finding and treating a disease before it emerges lessens pain and suffering and reduces health care costs. Prevention works, and that goes well beyond health care. Here in Massachusetts, our transportation system is way past being able to have a prevention
Although Boston in 2021 voted overwhelmingly to restore an elected school committee, signs of a slowdown have frustrated some advocates and city council members, who say they will continue to push for an elected body.
The Massachusetts Board of Higher Education voted unanimously Tuesday to advance a set of recommendations, calling for reforms and reinvestment in the public.
Doubling the amount of state-funded financial aid for public higher education students to $400 million a year is among the recommendations a state board is making to capitalize on a "unique moment of opportunity" in education funding.