STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE STATE AUDITOR SUZANNE BUMP has settled a wrongful termination lawsuit brought by a former top aide who alleged that the Democrat fired her after she voiced […]
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Posted inOlympics, State House News Service
Patrick’s Olympic pay: $7,500 per day
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE FORMER GOV. DEVAL PATRICK will be compensated $7,500 per day when he travels on behalf of the backers of a bid to bring the 2024 Summer […]
Posted inEnvironment, State House News Service
Baker backs Patrick’s solar goal
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE THE BAKER ADMINISTRATION is committed to the installation of at least 1,600 megawatts of solar energy in Massachusetts by 2020, the governor’s energy chief said Monday. […]
Posted inCriminal Justice, Politics, State House News Service
Baker taps Worcester prosecutor as public safety secretary
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE GOV. CHARLIE BAKER on Wednesday called his pick for state public safety chief a “proven manager” as top House lawmakers welcomed the choice of a Worcester […]
Posted inPolitics, State House News Service
PIRG decries campaign spending
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE US SENATE CANDIDATES must raise an average of $3,300 per day over six years to equal the median haul of winners during the 2014 election cycle, […]
Posted inEducation, Politics, State House News Service
MIT job overture disclosed by Patrick
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE Gov. Deval Patrick has disclosed in an Ethics Commission filing that the Massachusetts Institute of Technology wants to discuss a visiting scholar position with him. “As […]
Posted inGambling, State House News Service
Casinos to offer gamblers voluntary bet limits
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE The state Gaming Commission on Thursday signed off on a pilot program at the planned slots parlor in Plainville that would give gamblers the voluntary option […]
Posted inPolitics, State House News Service
Baker, Patrick differ on pay raise report
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE Outgoing Gov. Deval Patrick on Monday quickly signaled his support for major increases in the salaries of eight top state officials, as recommended by a special […]
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Goodbye to the urban mechanic
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE Thomas Menino, a self-described “lunch bucket guy” who rose from his roots in Hyde Park to dominate Boston and Massachusetts politics as the capital city’s mayor […]
Posted inPolitics, State House News Service
State House document room gets $2m facelift
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE The tab for an historic overhaul of the former “document room” at the State House has risen to more than $2 million. According to Senate President […]
Posted inHealth Care, State House News Service
Patrick puts Connector cost at $254m
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE With the next open enrollment period set for Nov. 15, Gov. Deval Patrick on Monday said the state’s troubled health care exchange website is fixed, at […]
Posted inGambling, State House News Service
Crosby fulltime again at gaming panel
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE With the Boston-area casino license vote completed, Stephen Crosby is back as chair of the five-member gaming commission as it moves ahead with an expected casino […]
Posted inHealth Care, Politics, State House News Service
Baker, Fisher differ on health care, climate change
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE While they agreed on considering bringing the Olympics to the Boston area and in worrying about the impact of casinos, Shrewsbury businessman Mark Fisher and former […]