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AL native’s fundraiser for homeless Bostonian nears $90K mark

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MONTGOMERY, AL (WSFA) - The donation amount continues to rise for a homeless Bostonian who found a backpack with more than $40,000 in cash and checks inside and returned it without taking a single penny. After hearing the story of Boston resident Glen James' extraordinary honesty, an Alabama native stepped up as well, giving the situation a two-fold reason to restore faith in humanity. Ethan Whittington took action and is now making headlines of his own. A friend had recently told him about a website for crowd-funding, and he decided to set up an account. If strangers stopped giving right now, Continue reading >>>

AL native’s fundraiser for homeless Bostonian nears $90K mark

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MONTGOMERY, AL (WSFA) - The donation amount continues to rise for a homeless Bostonian who found a backpack with more than $40,000 in cash and checks inside and returned it without taking a single penny. After hearing the story of Boston resident Glen James' extraordinary honesty, an Alabama native stepped up as well, giving the situation a two-fold reason to restore faith in humanity. Ethan Whittington took action and is now making headlines of his own. A friend had recently told him about a website for crowd-funding, and he decided to set up an account. If strangers stopped giving right now, Continue reading >>>

‘Roberta’s Rebels’ raring to go

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For seven years, Marbleheader Mia Klein has participated in Hospice of the North Shore and Greater Boston’s annual Walk for Hospice, not knowing one day she would turn to the organization to help her own family. Hospice of the North Shore and Greater Boston, the largest non-profit hospice organization in Massachusetts, has for 35 years provided terminally ill patients and their families with hospice and palliative care services. “The amount of sensitivity, warmth, understanding and commitment everyone from administration to custodial staff give to their patients along Continue reading >>>

Map: Greater Boston, Springfield Led State’s Economic Growth Last Year

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BOSTON — Economic growth was mixed across Massachusetts metros last year, with the broadly defined Boston and Springfield areas leading the way. Real gross domestic product increased 2.3 percent in 2012 in both Greater Boston — which also includes parts of southeast New Hampshire — and the Springfield metro, according to figures released Tuesday by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. Other areas in Massachusetts did not fare as well (PDF). The Barnstable Town metro (Cape Cod) saw its real GDP grow 1.6 percent last year, the Worcester area — which also contains Continue reading >>>

Attracting doctors to Western Massachusetts a difficult proposition, survey says

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SPRINGFIELD - Doctors find it is twice as hard to recruit colleagues to work in the Pioneer Valley compared with Greater Boston, according to the results of a survey released Wednesday by the Massachusetts Medical Society. Recruiting doctors to Berkshire County is three times as hard, doctors said in a survey that also revealed that 77 percent of Massachusetts physicians find their careers in medicine rewarding, a one-percent drop from 2012's finding. Seventy-five percent of responding physicians in Hampden, Hampshire and Franklin counties told The Massachusetts Medical Society that the pool Continue reading >>>

Massachusetts Exceptionalism — A Forum on Costs

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Here are some reasons why, I believe:First, the CEOs at the front of the room tonight all live and work in Massachusetts and run state-based organizations, six of eight of them non-profits.  This is not true in most other states where national for-profit hospital systems and health insurers rule the land.  Second, every one of the eight companies has stories to share about tackling rising costs and improving their care systems; every CEO mentioned how they are moving away from fee-for-service reimbursement fast, toward global payment and accountable care.  Third, the GBIO members in the audience Continue reading >>>

SPLC confident Accountability Act case will move forward

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MONTGOMERY, AL (WSFA) - Alabama's Attorney General Luther Strange said Tuesday that the Southern Poverty Law Center's case to block the Alabama Accountability Act was, "without merit." "They're not alleging there's anything unconstitutional about the act" said Strange after an event in Wetumpka. The state filed to have the case dismissed in Federal Court. The SPLC filed a lawsuit last month alleging that the school reform measure that allows students to leave failing schools to attend better public or non-public schools, violated the Equal Protection Clause of the US Constitution. Attorneys Continue reading >>>

Arrest made in Montgomery’s 39th homicide of 2013

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MONTGOMERY, AL (WSFA) - The Montgomery Police Department says it has made an arrest in the city's 39th homicide of 2013, a stabbing death Monday night. Authorities are now arresting and charging 23-year-old Demetrius McBride of Montgomery with one count of murder in connection to the death of 30-year-old Zamian Land, also of Montgomery. McBride was taken to the Montgomery County Detention Facility where he's being held on a bond of $75,000. MPD and Fire Medics responded to the 4500 block of Rainbow Road at about 8:30 p.m. after receiving a report of a person stabbed. At the scene, they located Continue reading >>>