by traditional definitions, the percentage of children living in “single-parent” households has risen steadily over the past few decades, both nationally and in Massachusetts. One measure is the share of […]
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Correspondence
The BRA and Faneuil Hall I read your stories about the Boston Redevelopment Authority carefully. (See “Money Machine” and “City Workers Tap BRA Housing Program,” CW, Winter 2010.) I think […]
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Duquette’s ticket absurdity
By Bruce Mohl The ethics charges against former Red Sox general manager Dan Duquette, detailed in today’s Boston Globe, highlight once again the absurdity of the state’s ticket resale law. […]
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Yin and yang
By Bruce Mohl The Boston Globe and the Herald cover the same city, but sometimes you’d never know if from reading the respective newspapers. Today, for example, the two papers […]
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The big bet
If the “conservative” estimates by House Speaker Robert DeLeo’s casino bill hold up, Massachusetts would quickly be giving Las Vegas a run for its money. According to the speaker’s calculations, […]
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What’s the “next stop” for public transit in the United States?
The growth and development of the nation’s public transportation systems may soon reach a screeching halt. If crumbling infrastructure, mounting debt, and painful service cuts aren’t evidence enough, the administrators […]
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CW on Broadside
CommonWealth magazine editor Bruce Mohl joined Jim Braude on Broadside on Thursday on New England Cable News to talk about the three-way tug of war over the state’s probation service. […]
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Tough review for Boston teacher evaluation
A new study reported on the front page of yesterday’s Boston Globe echoes the findings of CommonWealth’s Fall 2009 cover story , which reported that teacher evaluations in Boston, as […]
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No funds for Open Meeting Law enforcement
By Bruce Mohl No one, it appears, is policing public officials to make sure they comply with the state’s Open Meeting Law. Attorney General Martha Coakley, in a presentation to […]
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Smart growth setback in Kingston
A housing developer has thrown in the towel on a 100-acre project in a “smart growth” district in Kingston, saying that the cost of litigation (particularly lawsuits filed by property […]
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Brian McGrory goes soft
By Michael Jonas Did Brian McGrory send any signals that he’d give Lawrence Mayor — and state Rep. — Willie Lantigua kid-gloves treatment in order to secure what McGrory boasts […]
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Lowell doesn’t cotton to the Internet
By Robert David Sullivan MassBeacon.com’s Conor discovers that the city of Lowell will provide you with statistics from last month’s election if you use this newfangled system of communication called […]
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Boston deemed “least drunk” city in US (!)
Men’s Health magazine is about to declare Boston the “least drunk” among 100 major American cities, reports USA Today. (See the other outliers below.) That really doesn’t feel right: Per-capita […]
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Introducing Charlie Baker
Republican Charlie Baker, a longtime political insider trying to raise his profile and his chances as he runs to unseat Gov. Deval Patrick, said he would back a single casino […]
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An early lesson from Howard Zinn
I thought of it as a sin of omission. The nuns thought of it as a subversive act.It was 1969 when I invited Howard Zinn to speak to an assembly […]
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The BRA’s “pre-buttal”
By Bruce Mohl David Guarino, in a blog post on MS&L Boston’s PR Finish Line, praises the Boston Redevelopment Authority for releasing what he calls a pre-buttal to last week’s […]
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Q&A with Setti Warren
Newton’s new mayor, Setti Warren, talks to CommonWealth’s Alison Lobron about the challenges of a 24/7 job, the meaning of Martha Coakley’s loss, and how to govern a highly opinionated […]
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Most late money came from outside Bay State
Massachusetts voters sent Scott Brown to the US Senate, but the flood of cash coming into his campaign from around the country indicates his race against Attorney General Martha Coakley […]
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Technology makes ride sharing a better way to go
Last Friday, Zipcar, the world’s largest car sharing provider, and Zimride, the largest online ride-sharing community, announced an expansion of their partnership to five more university campuses in the US […]
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Entrances and exits
Each year, the state’s Department of Public Health releases two thick reports on vital statistics: Massachusetts Births and Massachusetts Deaths. To mark the new year, we’ve culled some of the […]
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CW and Fox 25 Undercover
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Fox Undercover
On Tuesday night at 10, Fox 25 Undercover ran Part 1 of their two-part series on the Boston Redevelopment Authority, which was prepared in collaboration with CommonWealth magazine. The segment […]
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All aboard
Sen. Steven Baddour, the co-chair of the Legislature’s Joint Committee on Transportation, was ticked off. The five members of the new Massachusetts Department of Transportation board of directors had been […]
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Coakley on both sides of legal dispute
Attorney General Martha Coakley finds herself on both sides of a sensitive legal dispute over the state’s competitive auto insurance system. As the state’s top lawyer, Coakley is defending the […]
