Tewksbury gave the percolating casino gambling repeal movement some momentum this week. In what had become a raucous debate in the Merrimack Valley town, one featuring bar fights and disappearing […]
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“That’s not gridlock. That’s obstructionism.”
Sen. Elizabeth Warren on Wednesday said Republican obstructionism, not political gridlock, is to blame for the lack of action on high-priority issues in Washington.Speaking at a meeting with Gateway City […]
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Despite green costs, electric bills fall
The Aug. 8 CommonWealth Back Story, “Green energy costs raising concerns,” takes a narrow view of our energy landscape, looking only at the costs of renewable energy while ignoring the […]
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Twitter doesn’t have Pollsters running scared
Excuse the pun, but the polling world is all “atwitter” about a University of Indiana professor’s claim that the social media platform Twitter will “undermine the polling industry” and that […]
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Investigator: Dookhan cases exceed 40,000
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICEThe number of people accused of drug crimes based on faulty drug evidence has surpassed 40,000, special counsel David Meier said today. Former Department of Public Health […]
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Lottery fever
Most people probably don’t remember Candido Oliveira of Dorchester hit the Mega Millions jackpot two years ago. Or that Rosa DeLeon of Arlington and Reginald LeBlanc of Lexington, coworkers at […]
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Bezos: The perfect newspaper owner
Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos fished around in his pockets yesterday, plucked out some lint, and used it to buy the Washington Post. Bezos dropped $250 million in cash on the […]
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As the Globe turns
The timing did not suggest the best news sense in the world, but high-stakes deal-making evidently doesn’t take its cues from lowly ink-stained newsies. In the wee hours Saturday morning, […]
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What’s up at the Globe
The upcoming sale of the Boston Globe by the New York Times is getting really confusing. First, the Globe reported that there were six bidders. Then the field was narrowed […]
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The (destructive) power of social media
The Boston Marathon bombings, along with all their horror, became the latest event to showcase the incredible power of social media. Sometimes that was clearly for the better. A tweet […]
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Steve Wynn, poor rich guy
Egomaniacal casino billionaires do not generally make for the most sympathetic figures. But Boston officials are doing their best to make you root for Steve Wynn in the casino showdown […]
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On the cover of the Rolling Stone
Gonna see my picture on the cover Gonna buy five copies for my mother “The Cover of the Rolling Stone,” – Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show It’s been […]
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All over before the casino vote in Springfield
History did not repeat itself. With visions of dollars to city coffers dancing in their heads, Springfield voters weren’t about to chuck away MGM International’s $800 million casino opportunity.The MGM […]
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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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Marijuana sellers, buyers seek lower fees
The people who plan to sell marijuana under the Massachusetts medical marijuana program are urging state officials to lower the fees they would be charged or base them on the […]
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MassDOT takes on the last mile
In a classic episode of Sex and the City, “the girls” plan a trip to the suburbs to visit a friend who’s made the move to Connecticut. They rent a […]
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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 […]
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Feds seize AP phone records
The Obama administration, already under fire for Benghazi and politically motivated IRS audits, is now being accused of infringing on freedom of the press by secretly seizing Associated Press phone […]
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He buries dead bodies
The funeral home director at the center of the storm over what to do with Tamerlan Tsarnaev’s body is one of those people you can’t help but admire. Peter Stefan, […]
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Turning the page on the remains of Tamerlan Tsarnaev
Led by the Globe, the Boston news media covered itself in journalism glory in the early days after the marathon bombing with exhaustive 24/7 coverage of the Boylston Street carnage […]
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Grossman revives Gateway Cities debate
STATE TREASURER STEVEN GROSSMAN, a likely candidate for governor next year, is breathing new life into the debate over the criteria for designation as a Gateway City. In a recent […]
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Correcting the Marathon record
While the Globe is fixated on the Washington blame game and the Herald is aghast at welfare benefits going to a suspected bomber, newspapers from outside Boston are starting to […]
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Hacking AP: Separating the tweets from the chaff
In the wake of the Boston Marathon bombings last week, more than half of young people in Boston aged 18-29 used social media as their news conduit of choice. Daily […]
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The search for broader meaning
It’s inevitable that the horrific events of the last week, after reaching a certain denouement on Friday night, would give way to follow-up musings that look for some broader message. […]
