when elected officials leave office, they take a lot of things with them: memories, the appreciation of colleagues and constituents, and a pension if they served long enough. Some also […]
Wilder Fleming
Posted inEducation, Politics
The university connection
scott brown and Elizabeth Warren have been running neck and neck in the polls for months, but when an October survey conducted by the University of Massachusetts Lowell became one […]
Posted inEconomy, Politics
Bottle deposit bill going for No. 15?
For 14 years, supporters of the state’s bottle deposit law have been pushing to expand its reach to include a host of non-carbonated, non-alcoholic beverages such as bottled waters, juices, […]
Posted inPolitics
Lowell teens lobby for the 17-year-old vote
When it comes to ranking the interests of teenagers, political activism would presumably come low on the list, somewhere between heeding good advice and doing the laundry. But teens in […]
Posted inEducation, Health Care, Transportation
Groups promote walking to school
Over the past 30 years, the number of overweight children in the United States has soared while the number of kids walking to school has plummeted. The two trends, and […]
Posted inCriminal Justice, Health Care
Calling for backup
the framingham police officer called for a different sort of backup. He was at a department store in a local mall where a woman suspected of shoplifting was acting strangely. […]
Posted inEconomy
Employers, economists push for paid sick leave
Employers, workers, and economists rallied and lobbied at the State House in support of legislation that would offer sick leave to the estimated 1 million Massachusetts employees who don’t have […]
Posted inPolitics, State House News Service
Civic booster shot
When it comes to civic engagement, Massachusetts teens could hit the ground running and automatically be registered to vote on their 18th birthday under legislation approved yesterday by a Beacon […]
Posted inEconomy, Politics
GOP touts plan for economic growth, jobs
Criticizing Democrats for inertia on job growth, Republican lawmakers today unveiled a package of proposals geared towards stimulating the economy and creating jobs in Massachusetts. “When we looked at the […]