The women’s “eight” rowing entry representing the United States is poised to make history in London. These eight stellar athletes are heavily favored to win the gold, besting the British […]
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Gateway Cities caucus flexing its muscle
The four-year-old Gateway Cities legislative caucus began flexing its muscle this term, winning support for a host of new and expanded tax credits, grants, and enhanced education programs. The caucus, […]
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38 Studios post mortem: Not enough mac and cheese
It’s been roughly a month since the highly publicized collapse of Curt Schilling’s 38 Studios, and while a recent Boston magazine feature pieced together a startling story of an overconfident […]
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Public relations misstep at gaming agency
Internal emails indicate the Massachusetts Gaming Commission earlier this year failed to anticipate public and media reaction to the hiring of Carl Stanley McGee, a Patrick administration official who had […]
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South Coast casino fears
For years, South Coast politicians were the lonely voices in the gambling wilderness. Even when legislative leadership stood solidly against legalizing casinos in Massachusetts, politicians from the state’s southeastern region […]
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Gateway Cities veto draws fire
Legislators and municipal officials from Gardner slammed Gov. Deval Patrick for vetoing a budget provision that would have allowed their city and two others to be designated as Gateway Cities […]
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Lowell teens rally to vote at age 17
After receiving a green light from the Secretary of State, a group of teenagers rallied at the State House on Thursday in support of legislation that would allow 17-year-olds in […]
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Tribe and tribulation for Indian gaming
Since Gov. Deval Patrick signed a law authorizing casino gambling last year, a giant contradiction has been hanging over the race for the state’s three casino licenses. The law carves […]
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Rhode Island rolls the dice
If the tensions in Massachusetts over casino legislation seemed high, it’s really nothing compared to the time Rhode Island is having trying to stem the impending financial calamity that will […]
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Domain bonanza
The World Wide Web is getting crowded, or so they say, so the international nonprofit that governs the way the Internet operates decided to see if there was any interest […]
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Committee buries expanded bottle bill
Backers of expanding the state bottle bill, who insist they have the majority support in the state Legislature, will have to wait at least another year before the measure can […]
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As the Globe turns
Rumblings inside the New York Times Co. indicate that the Boston Globe may be heading toward the auction block. But the Times Co.’s exit plan got a lot cloudier yesterday, […]
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Proposal would boost Gateway Cities a third
The number of Gateway Cities would increase by 33 percent if two separate amendments tweaking the qualifications become law, the Patrick administration says. Gateway Cities are currently defined as cities […]
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Patrick defends support for green power firms
Gov. Deval Patrick gave a spirited defense of his and President Obama’s support for renewable energy companies, embracing the notion that the state and federal governments should subsidize the development […]
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FNX signing off
No, wise guy, WFNX has not already been off the air for a couple years. But the alternative rock icon will be signing off after Phoenix publisher Stephen Mindich sold […]
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No bend in raging Rivers
Gene Rivers has always been the skunk at the garden party, the guy who interrupts the echo chamber of chatter among the politically correct to offer an impolitic pronouncement that […]
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Bonin book stirs the pot
A book on Robert Bonin’s ouster in the late 1970s as chief justice of the Massachusetts Superior Court is rekindling some old feuds. The book, The Vidal Lecture: Sex and […]
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“A constitutional crisis”
Seven of the state’s top jurists say a constitutional crisis is brewing in Massachusetts, with legislatively-imposed budget cuts creating a court system that is undermanned, overwhelmed, and increasingly unsafe. At […]
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Finding her voice
Attorney General Martha Coakley at a financial literacy workshop at East Boston High School.Martha Coakley has a cold. The attorney general apologized for this fact as she took the […]
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Spring 2012 Correspondence
Museum defends $1 per year lease Your article, “Freeloading” (Winter ’12) raised concerns over a number of state Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) leases, including one with the Museum […]
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All the news that’s fit to post
How are you reading this? On your smartphone? Your tablet? If so, you are part of the exploding audience that gets its news from traditional sources but through changing delivery […]
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“C” on integrity report nothing to write home about
When everyone around you is getting Ds and Fs, a C can feel pretty good. Beacon Hill insiders probably breathed a sigh of relief at the Bay State’s fair-to-middling ranking […]
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The casino gamble
If you’re a state leader or a casino mogul lustily eyeing the gambling licenses up for grabs in Massachusetts, did you smile giddily or break into a cold sweat when […]
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GateHouse bonuses give clue they don’t have one
(A correction has been added to this story) The problem with being a publicly traded company is all your missteps are there for everyone to see. The problem with being […]
