When it comes to Boston’s notoriously tangled matrix of streets, which are a challenge for local drivers and a nightmare for visitors brave enough to try navigating them, a seventh-floor […]
Alyssa Martino
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Boston’s online radio frontier
Boston’s two daily newspapers look at news very differently, so it’s no surprise that they are experimenting with online radio very differently. Boston Herald Radio, which launched this week, is […]
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UMass satellite center explored for Springfield
The University of Massachusetts is taking tentative steps toward opening a satellite campus in Springfield that would be overseen by UMass Amherst and provide on-site and online courses offered by […]
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Rosenberg corrals votes to become Senate president
Sen. Stanley Rosenberg, an Amherst Democrat, announced on Wednesday that he had the votes necessary to replace Therese Murray as president of the Senate when she leaves office, setting the […]
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Revenue smoke signals
THE BATTLE OVER transportation funding on Beacon Hill came down to how much to raise and how to raise it. Gov. Deval Patrick pushed for more than $1 billion in […]
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Markey edging Brown
NEWLY ELECTED SEN. ED MARKEY leads Republican Scott Brown by 5 points in a new poll, a significant shift from December when Markey was trailing Brown in a head-to-head matchup […]
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The worker’s champion
Boston-based lawyer Shannon Liss-Riordan has represented cab drivers, baristas, exotic dancers, and waiters in class action lawsuits, but as the new owner of a Harvard Square-based pizzeria she’s hoping to […]
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Frenzy over firearms
Gun lobbyists and gun control activists butted heads at a legislative committee public hearing in Worcester but were able to find some common ground over the importance of mental health […]
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The push for an $11 minimum wage
Hundreds of union workers and advocacy groups packed the State House’s Gardner Auditorium on Tuesday to push for a steep hike in the state’s minimum wage, arguing that a boost […]
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Ex-MassHealth COO gets $25,000 fine
THE FORMER CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER of MassHealth, the state’s Medicaid program, agreed on Wednesday to pay a $25,000 civil penalty to the State Ethics Commission to settle charges that […]
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Mass. ranks second in clean tech index
MASSACHUSETTS RANKED SECOND behind California in a clean tech leadership index released on Tuesday by Clean Edge, a research and advisory firm based in San Francisco. Boston ranked 10th in […]