Patrick Kennedy wears his heart on his sleeve, his manner far more confessional than calculating. That said, his timing couldn’t be better. The youngest child of Ted Kennedy has written […]
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Watching Teamsters reruns
Federal charges of strong-arming film producers to force them to hire local Teamster drivers. Threats of violence and vandalism to send a message to nonunion production companies. Ties to an […]
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DCF continues to struggle
Ten years ago, Haleigh Poutre arrived at a Westfield hospital with grievous injuries inflicted by her aunt (who was also her adoptive mother) and stepfather. The 11-year-old was nearly removed from […]
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Globe hires chief growth officer
THE BOSTON GLOBE announced on Thursday that it has hired Tim Marken as its chief growth officer, a new position that reflects what appears to be a different approach to […]
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DeLeo undergoes weight-loss surgery
House Speaker Robert DeLeo, who often shies away from dealing with the press, opened up to the Boston Globe over the weekend about weight-loss surgery that has helped him shed […]
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Farmers: Animal Welfare Ballot Initiative Would Mean Higher Food Prices
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE The ballot initiative seeking to eliminate the “extreme confinement” and “lifelong immobilization” of farm animals is unnecessary and would lead to a sharp rise in food […]
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State House press gets free office space, parking
THE MEN AND WOMEN who are elected to state office are provided office and parking space at the State House when they arrive for work on Beacon Hill. The same […]
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Luck’s run out
WHEN THE SIX New England state lotteries started the Lucky for Life game, with the grand prize of $1,000 a day for the rest of your life, good fortune didn’t exactly […]
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The right question on Iraq
‘IF YOU KNEW then what you know now, would you have invaded Iraq in 2003?” Other than revealing basic IQ or blind family or party loyalty, is this question really […]
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Tribe: Pull plug on electric table games
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE AS MASSACHUSETTS’ FIRST GAMBLING FACILITY prepares to open near the end of June, the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe is asking Attorney General Maura Healey to investigate gambling […]
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Death by a billion clicks?
Many have been sounding the death knell for print and television news since the worldwide embrace of the Internet. Legacy media have been losing eyes and bleeding red ink as more […]
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Union chief criticizes T’s commuter rail oversight
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE A TRANSPORTATION UNION chief laid into the MBTA on Tuesday, referring to new equipment as “wrecks on wheels” and charging the transit agency with micro-managing the […]
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It’s time to dredge
Boston has some big decisions to make in the next few years that will impact one of the city’s greatest strengths, which is the diversity of its workforce and the […]
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Winter 2014 Editor’s note
Public policy at times can be very theoretical and dry, but this issue isn’t like that at all. It draws you in with great writing and photography that helps you […]
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Public defender blues
Malden District Court is 50 shades of grim. The defendants in the packed courtroom—men and women, some young, most not—appear somber, resigned, or just plain petrified. The female judge whispers […]
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Dell dating Middlebrooks
Red Sox third baseman Will Middlebrooks tweeted a photo of himself and NESN reporter Jenny Dell celebrating together on New Year’s Eve. The happy couple looked like they were having […]
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Target: Data breach could affect 40 million
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE Target, the major retailer with locations throughout Massachusetts, confirmed Thursday “unauthorized access to payment card data” that may have impacted 40 million credit and debit card […]
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Wynn: Gambling law changes needed
Las Vegas casino mogul Steve Wynn is urging Massachusetts lawmakers to make changes to the state’s gaming law, something they are reluctant to do for fear of reopening the debate […]
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Getting to yes, turning to no
Yes, yes, and yes. Those are the answers developers give communities when they want to get approval for their projects. But once those projects are underway, it seems, the deals […]
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UMass football losing more than games
A new report says the cost of the UMass Amherst football program keeps growing, and so does the support required from students and taxpayers. The Boston Globe reports that students […]
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Digital journalism guerrilla heads for Hub
New York Times media critic David Carr spends his days sifting through the wreckage, and the opportunity, that digital journalism has created. Now he’s coming to Boston to sort through […]
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T to go late night
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICETrolleys, subways and 15 key bus routes will begin running until 3 a.m. during the weekends under an MBTA pilot program set to begin next spring, according […]
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Patrick sues to block casino on Vineyard
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICEGov. Deval Patrick on Monday filed a lawsuit seeking to block a proposed gaming facility on Martha’s Vineyard. Patrick is asking the Supreme Judicial Court to affirm […]
