Email from Mike Barrett The Barrett Report, September 2026  Dear Friend, We’re at the end of summer, the beginning of fall, accelerating, fast, towards the November elections, and something about

A recent study found there is no statistical evidence that increased spending on replacing old gas pipes has improved safety.

New England states to partner on power line from far northern Maine.

It’s the third energy affordability bill to be proposed in the state.

After years of starts and stops, construction on Vineyard Wind, the country's first large-scale offshore wind project, wrapped up this week.

As the state urges wider electric vehicle adoption, Concord groups are weighing their own projects.

Classroom, Massachusetts School for the Feeble-Minded, ca. 1890s. Courtesy Massachusetts Archives. Following decades of secrecy surrounding former state

Gov. Healey is expected to sign legislation giving family members access to the medical records of their developmentally disabled loved ones who lived in Massachusetts institutional housing.

“The discriminatory application of criminal laws can take the form of selective prosecution or selective enforcement,” Justice Frank M. Gaziano wrote for a unanimous court.

Healey’s bill would give public access to records over 75 years old.

Email from Mike Barrett Barrett Report, July 2025 Dear Friend, Progress: The Massachusetts Legislature has reformed the internal rules by which it operates. Each branch is now freer to handle its prio

Massachusetts’ 2024 climate law aims to hasten the clean energy transition to meet the state’s climate goals, but a dispute over whether natural gas utility companies have an “obligation to serve” nat...