Attorney General Martha Coakley said today she plans to seek a third term as the state’s top lawyer. “Right now, first of all my focus is on doing my job. […]
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Posted inPolitics, Transportation
T backs subway fare hike of 17%
Bay State commuters who rely on the MBTA will be slapped with an average 23 percent fare hike under a budget proposal that state transportation officials unveiled today. “The proposal […]
Posted inPolitics
DeLeo benches Murphy during tense caucus
House Majority Whip Charles Murphy resigned today from his leadership post moments before he was about to be removed from that position by House Speaker Robert DeLeo, who elevated three […]
Posted inPolitics, State House News Service
DiMasi sentenced to eight years
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE Former House Speaker Salvatore DiMasi, once arguably the most powerful man in Massachusetts, was hit Friday with an eight-year jail sentence for his conviction on charges […]
Posted inState House News Service, Uncategorized
UMass chief calls debt ‘untenable’
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICEThe growing cost of covering debt is crowding out the ability of the University of Massachusetts’s five campuses to invest in faculty, staff and other projects and […]
Posted inPolitics, State House News Service, Transportation
Murray calls Brown a ‘last-minute Larry’
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICELt. Gov. Tim Murray sharpened the Democratic Party’s attack on Republican U.S. Sen. Scott Brown on Wednesday, labeling him a “last-minute Larry” reluctant to lead on controversial […]
Posted inPolitics, State House News Service
Split Governor’s Council confirms picks
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE With Gov. Deval Patrick on hand to ensure a tiebreaking vote, Rep. Christopher Speranzo won a lifetime appointment today as clerk magistrate of the Pittsfield District […]
Posted inPolitics, State House News Service
Coyne’s connections focus of hearing
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE Peter Coyne, a 10-year assistant clerk magistrate in the Suffolk County Juvenile Court, as well as the brother of a prominent Beacon Hill lobbyist, rejected assertions […]
Posted inHealth Care
State workers embrace lower-cost health plans
Ninety-nine percent of active state employees have re-enrolled in health plans under an initiative state officials predict will save more than $20 million this year as more employees agree to […]
Posted inPolitics, State House News Service
DiMasi, McDonough guilty but not Vitale
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE After a six-week trial, a jury needed only hours before finding former House Speaker Salvatore DiMasi guilty on seven of nine counts in his public corruption […]
Posted inPolitics, State House News Service
Patrick refused to honor DiMasi Cognos request
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE When the Boston Globe began publishing stories in 2008 questioning Speaker Salvatore DiMasi’s role in the passage of a state contract for Cognos, the speaker met […]
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Salesman, lobbyist crafted Cognos contract
Officials working to sell Cognos software to Massachusetts carefully crafted legislative language to ensure that Cognos would be virtually assured to win a $15 million software contract that lawmakers included […]
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Lobbyists, DiMasi met ‘all the time,’ aide says
Lobbyists constantly called the office of former Speaker Salvatore DiMasi to arrange meetings between their clients and the speaker, DiMasi’s former administrative assistant testified Monday in federal court.Katie Quinn, the […]
Posted inHealth Care, Politics
44 reps disclose health care conflicts
More than a quarter of the 160 members of the Massachusetts House disclosed last week that their votes on municipal health care legislation, hotly debated by unions, mayors and selectmen, […]
Posted inEconomy, Health Care, State House News Service
House health vote enrages union officials
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE Labor unions were in open revolt Tuesday against the Democratic leaders of the House, promising political consequences for House Speaker Robert DeLeo and other state representatives […]