transparency

NEW BEDFORD — City councilors reacted to the recent announcement of developing part of the Whaling City Golf Course into a business park during Tuesday's meeting with calls of greater transparency.

Governor Charlie Baker announced Monday the launch of the Baker-Polito Administration's hiring transparency initiative that will allow the public to search a database of Executive Department employees, according to a press release.

Six candidates running for a seat on the New Bedford School Committee discussed a variety of issues during a debate Wednesday evening at the New Bedford Whaling Museum.

The state Senate is considering a proposed set of rules for the 2015-2016 session that includes efforts to improve transparency. The new rules, set for a vote on Wednesday, would require the Senate to make a list of bills available to the public two days before any meeting scheduled to consider those bills...