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House wants to spend Fair Share cash on the MBTA, schools

House wants to spend $1.8B in Fair Share cash and tax dollars on the MBTA and schools — here's where every dollar would go.

News

The state has over $1 billion in &quot;Millionaire&#x27;s Tax&quot; money to spend and House leaders want it to go the <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="MBTA" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/boston/transit" data-vars-content-id="ee839a21-85bf-4f0e-b240-bd79c152bfb5" data-vars-headline="House wants to spend Fair Share cash on the MBTA, schools" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/boston/transit" target="_self">MBTA</a>, special education and early childcare.Why it matters: If passed into law intact, it would be one of the largest single deployments of Fair Share revenue since voters approved <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="the income surtax" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/boston/2025/04/29/millionaires-massachusetts-income-surtax-increase" data-vars-content-id="ee839a21-85bf-4f0e-b240-bd79c152bfb5" data-vars-headline="House wants to spend Fair Share cash on the MBTA, schools" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/boston/2025/04/29/millionaires-massachusetts-income-surtax-increase" target="_self">the income surtax</a> in 2022.

What we know about The Croft School's financial troubles

A month ago, The Croft School was planning to expand. Now, it's struggling to keep its doors open.

Education

A month ago, The Croft School was <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="discussing expansion plans" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/boston/2026/02/10/foodies-market-south-end" data-vars-content-id="ffd83883-b38a-40ca-a47d-2c15a406e25f" data-vars-headline="What we know about The Croft School&#x27;s financial troubles" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/boston/2026/02/10/foodies-market-south-end" target="_self">discussing expansion plans</a> in the South End.<ul><li>Now, the private school is struggling to keep its doors open amid allegations that its founder hid $13 million in debt.</li></ul>

AI-generated attack ads are already slopping up Mass. races

AI attack ads are already showing up in Massachusetts races — and the 2026 cycle is just getting started.

Politics

Deehan here with Spill of the Hill, my column unraveling Massachusetts politics.<a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Artificial intelligence" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/2026/02/24/ai-biggest-threats-2028-election" data-vars-content-id="5ae6c8eb-8ab5-4404-af1a-e50396c6af3a" data-vars-headline="AI-generated attack ads are already slopping up Mass. races" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/2026/02/24/ai-biggest-threats-2028-election" target="_self">Artificial intelligence</a> is becoming an active political weapon in Massachusetts.Why it matters: Two recent cases show that candidates are willing to use the technology as lawmakers struggle to regulate it.

Mass. startup aims to bring archival work into 21st century

Archives nationwide face decades-long backlogs. A startup aims to modernize their preservation.

Business

Countless records that shed light on this <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="250-year-old nation" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/2026/02/07/black-history-250-who-decides" data-vars-content-id="1089d381-1de9-45cb-a76f-cf64bc3ec76f" data-vars-headline="Mass. startup aims to bring archival work into 21st century" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/2026/02/07/black-history-250-who-decides" target="_self">250-year-old nation</a> have languished in boxes and warehouses for decades.<ul><li>A Massachusetts-based startup wants to modernize the cataloguing process to help preserve those items before it&#x27;s too late.</li></ul>

Why Mass. hasn't reformed cannabis workplace safety since worker's death

It's been four years since Lorna McMurrey died at a Holyoke cultivation site.

Four years since a Holyoke worker&#x27;s death after inhaling cannabis dust, Massachusetts <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="regulators" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/boston/2026/02/13/massachusetts-cannabis-cultivation-sites" data-vars-content-id="2e7dba20-ef69-40b3-80a3-d8ea4783a09c" data-vars-headline="Why Mass. hasn&#x27;t reformed cannabis workplace safety since worker&#x27;s death" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/boston/2026/02/13/massachusetts-cannabis-cultivation-sites" target="_self">regulators</a> haven&#x27;t imposed new rules or penalties to prevent exposure to the workplace hazard.<ul><li>And they don&#x27;t have the power to do so unilaterally.</li></ul>

Here's how much the Dubliner, Carrie Nation owed workers, per AG

Two Boston restaurants settled with the state to resolve allegations of wage law violations.

Two downtown Boston restaurants owed workers thousands of dollars in unpaid wages before the eateries settled with the state attorney general&#x27;s office, per the settlement agreement.Catch up quick: The AG&#x27;s office investigated allegations that <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="The Dubliner and Carrie Nation" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/boston/2026/03/10/carrie-nation-dubliner-settle-wage-theft-violations-with-mass-ag" data-vars-content-id="67daa121-98a2-4bb5-bfef-4b73de93a35d" data-vars-headline="Here&#x27;s how much the Dubliner, Carrie Nation owed workers, per AG" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/boston/2026/03/10/carrie-nation-dubliner-settle-wage-theft-violations-with-mass-ag" target="_self">The Dubliner and Carrie Nation</a> charged customers a 3% service fee and pocketed the money instead of giving it to its restaurant workers.

32BJ, airport workers sue Trump admin. for revoking security clearances

The workers are TPS holders, asylum seekers and green card applicants.

Immigration

The union 32BJ SEIU is suing <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="U.S. Customs and Border Protection" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/2026/03/11/noem-dhs-contracts-backlog" data-vars-content-id="ac1c0e3f-000a-4a39-87ef-0fc1216ea602" data-vars-headline="32BJ, airport workers sue Trump admin. for revoking security clearances" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/2026/03/11/noem-dhs-contracts-backlog" target="_self">U.S. Customs and Border Protection</a> after workers with temporary immigration protections were kicked off their jobs at Boston&#x27;s Logan International Airport.Why it matters: Union leaders say the Trump administration is ostracizing foreign-born workers with legal permission to work in the U.S.

FIFA, Kraft Group agree to cover World Cup security costs at Gillette Stadium

Foxborough has refused to issue World Cup organizers an event license without a funding commitment.

FIFA and the Kraft Group have reached a deal to cover security costs for the <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="2026 World Cup matches" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/boston/2026/02/18/world-cup-foxborough-funding-security" data-vars-content-id="e4b67d5c-2057-498c-a0c6-d71250c73d36" data-vars-headline="FIFA, Kraft Group agree to cover World Cup security costs at Gillette Stadium" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/boston/2026/02/18/world-cup-foxborough-funding-security" target="_self">2026 World Cup matches</a> at Gillette Stadium.Why it matters: Foxborough officials refused to issue World Cup organizers the license to host the seven soccer matches without an assurance that the town wouldn&#x27;t be stuck footing the $7.8 million bill, threatening the future of the Massachusetts games.

Mass. medical cannabis patients ask lawmakers to consider "universal" access

Patients and advocates want lawmakers to let them get medical cannabis at any dispensary.

As Massachusetts lawmakers negotiate an overhaul of the cannabis industry, some <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="medical patients" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/boston/2025/05/29/massachusetts-medical-cannabis-parks-dcr" data-vars-content-id="3f9e3b03-a23e-4d77-a68b-6c59311471b3" data-vars-headline="Mass. medical cannabis patients ask lawmakers to consider &quot;universal&quot; access" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/boston/2025/05/29/massachusetts-medical-cannabis-parks-dcr" target="_self">medical patients</a> are urging an option no state has undertaken — letting any dispensary sell medical cannabis. Why it matters: Massachusetts is home to 79,000 medical cannabis patients, and some of the most vocal ones say their access to tax-free cannabis is diminishing as more medical facilities close.

RFK Jr. took aim at Dunkin'. Mass. residents threatened revolts

RFK Jr. took aim at Dunkin's sugary coffee drinks. Massachusetts residents blew up.

The United States&#x27; <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="250th anniversary" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/2026/02/07/black-history-250-who-decides" data-vars-content-id="c892d6ba-a617-43da-98dc-fc962d4a2d41" data-vars-headline="RFK Jr. took aim at Dunkin&#x27;. Mass. residents threatened revolts" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/2026/02/07/black-history-250-who-decides" target="_self">250th anniversary</a> may be remembered as the year a Kennedy declared war on Massachusetts.Why it matters: <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Dunkin" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/boston/2026/02/25/dunkin-boston-iced-coffee-mitten-bucket" data-vars-content-id="c892d6ba-a617-43da-98dc-fc962d4a2d41" data-vars-headline="RFK Jr. took aim at Dunkin&#x27;. Mass. residents threatened revolts" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/boston/2026/02/25/dunkin-boston-iced-coffee-mitten-bucket" target="_self">Dunkin</a>&#x27;, the Bay State&#x27;s beloved coffee chain, is the Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy&#x27;s latest target.

Boston-area things to do, 2/23-3/1

The Femmes bring back "Gay Prom" and the Museum of Science talks psychedelics.

Things to Do

Monday, 2/23🎤 Tracy Palandijan, CEO and cofounder of the nonprofit Social Finance, discusses how investing and partnerships can drive change in education, workforce development, housing and more at the <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Kennedy Institute," data-vars-click-url="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/in-person-event-tracy-palandjian-on-investing-in-opportunity-tickets-1980734758984" data-vars-content-id="f14c517e-43cb-456f-a692-0a282a56020e" data-vars-headline="Boston-area things to do, 2/23-3/1" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/in-person-event-tracy-palandjian-on-investing-in-opportunity-tickets-1980734758984" target="_blank">Kennedy Institute,</a> 5:30pm-6:30pm.

Travel platform Navan opens Boston office

Navan is ramping up its Northeast presence.

Navan, the travel and expense platform, is expanding into Boston.Why it matters: The California-based company says the move positions it to better serve customers in the Northeast and recruit top talent from Boston-area colleges.

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Why Mass. hasn't reformed cannabis workplace safety since worker's death

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Mass. startup aims to bring archival work into 21st century

Here's how much the Dubliner, Carrie Nation owed workers, per AG

32BJ, airport workers sue Trump admin. for revoking security clearances