Will Katcher

At a burnt home in Needham, the scale of Wednesday’s tragic fire comes into focus masslive.com/news/2025/12/a…

“For a planned shutdown, this is huge. That’s the entire trunk [of the Green Line], basically. That’s major.” MBTA announces 15-day closure of a huge chunk of the Green Line while it replaces infrastructure from the 1890s. Details here: masslive.com/boston/2025/11…

Fantasy or fraud: Viral hobbit hotel startup in Mass. raises $300K — but is it real? masslive.com/news/2025/08/f…

🚃⚽️🏆 Can the MBTA handle moving 20,000 World Cup fans to Foxboro per game? We're about 10 months from finding out. A look inside the T's monumental task and the extensive preparation it's doing for next summer's tournament @masslivenews masslive.com/boston/2025/08…

A wild tale of how the FBI discovered a Springfield Police officer had passed confidential information to a drug trafficking organization. For @masslivenews: masslive.com/westernmass/20…

Chelsea is a sanctuary city. Revere is not. Yet similar fear pervades both immigrant-heavy cities. And neither is immune to federal funding cuts. A deep dive into what's at stake, via a partnership between @masslivenews and @elplanetaboston: masslive.com/news/2025/05/s…

What's on the line if Trump succeeds in freezing $2.2B in funding for Harvard? Breakthrough cancer therapies, new treatments for soldiers wounded in battle, and the potential to “significantly" reduce Alzheimer’s, MS and strokes. More here @masslivenews: masslive.com/news/2025/04/t…

NEW from me: Why a black market pharmacy in Framingham filled unmet needs of undocumented immigrants masslive.com/news/2025/03/w…

Massachusetts cannabis prices just keep falling. Is an end in sight? masslive.com/cannabis/2025/…

🚃 Lotta happy riders this morning

1st time in 65 yrs that South Coast cities like New Bedford & Fall River have passenger rail service. 👇@MBTA GM Phil Eng greets riders on 1st train from South Station this morning. He'll celebrate with Gov. Healey & other state leaders at E. Taunton station later this morning

Scenes from the Commuter Rail @MBTA_CR this morning: Applause as the first outbound train on the new Fall River/New Bedford Line leaves South Station at 6:45. To my right is Dmitry Zinoviev, who got up at 3am and drove from Lexington to ride the first train from NB at 4:27 am

Read their letter to the head of @USOPM:

New from @masslivenews: Massachusetts congressional delegation seeking specifics from Trump admin on federal workforce cuts in the Bay State, where 46K federal employees are based: masslive.com/politics/2025/…

Over two dozen Massachusetts colleges closed due to financial difficulties in the past decade. I spent the past several months @masslivenews looking at what happens when they close and whether they can be a housing solution in Mass. masslive.com/news/2025/02/c… 1/3

From @will_katcher: Federal officials approved a new non-opioid painkiller developed by a Boston pharmaceutical company, calling it a “first-in-class” treatment that avoids the addictive risks of opioid-based drugs. masslive.com/news/2025/01/f…

@MassGovernor @MassDOT @masslivenews Coincidentally, the NYC Dept of Transportation @NYC_DOT is out with a report today claiming a *94%* drop in speeding at locations where the city installed speed cameras x.com/NYC_DOT/status…

🚗📸🚓 — @MassGovernor is proposing allowing @MassDOT and towns and cities to install speed cameras. For @masslivenews: masslive.com/politics/2025/…

MA is wading into new waters. Two new laws allow ticketing drivers for illegally passing school buses and for blocking bus stops/bus lanes. Took a deep dive yesterday @masslivenews: masslive.com/news/2025/01/b…

Boston councilor proposes new tax on sugary drinks masslive.com/boston/2025/01…