Boston Globe CEO Mike Sheehan says the company is sifting through final bids for its property on Morrissey Boulevard and preparing to launch an expansion of the newspaper’s business section. […]
Globe CEO Sheehan talks business, Henry
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Elder Affairs worker placed on paid leave
Peter Antonellis, a compliance officer with the state’s Office of Elder Affairs who has been highly critical of the agency’s oversight of assisted living residences, was told on Tuesday morning […]
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Coakley struggling to solidify her base
Attorney General Martha Coakley is locked in a dead heat for governor with Republican Charlie Baker because she’s struggling to win over the two demographic groups she needs most. Partisan […]
Posted inOpinion, Politics
Mush in the middle
In lamenting the sleepy state of the Massachusetts governor’s race, much has been made of the less-than-electrifying personas of the two front-runners. It’s true that neither Republican Charlie Baker nor […]
Posted inEconomy, Opinion
Let’s think big
hosting the 2024 Olympics and Paralympics would be a historic moment for Boston and Massachusetts, and would be the opportunity of a lifetime for an entire generation of Bostonians. But […]
Posted inEconomy, Opinion
Let’s think smart
let this be a wakeup call to those who dismiss the dreams of Boston’s Olympic boosters as far-fetched or improbable: Boston is currently the global front-runner to host the 2024 […]
Posted inHealth Care, The Back Story
Connector cost debate
The state’s health care exchange website is about to return from the dead, but the cost of resuscitation remains far from clear. Gov. Deval Patrick earlier this week said the […]
Posted inEconomy, Opinion
Gateway Cities bill a great start
In August, when Gov. Patrick signed H. 4377 (An Act promoting economic growth across the Commonwealth), it was overshadowed by other bills signed simultaneously, notably gun safety legislation. However, this […]
Posted inGambling, State House News Service
Suffolk Downs challenges casino award to Wynn
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE Suffolk Downs on Wednesday asked the Massachusetts Gaming Commission to reconsider its decision to award a casino license to Wynn Resorts, filing a detailed letter with […]
Posted inGambling, State House News Service
Gaming Panel: Wynn in dark on land owners
The Massachusetts Gaming Commission gave no indication Thursday whether it planned go back to the drawing board on a Greater Boston casino license after receiving a Suffolk Downs request to […]
Posted inEnvironment, Politics
Gov candidates vague on electricity rate spike
The candidates for governor differ sharply on ballot questions dealing with the gas tax and the bottle bill, but on the most pressing environmental issue facing the region – what […]
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Independents facing news, debate blackout
The media in Massachusetts are imposing what amounts to a news blackout on the three independent candidates running for governor. The remaining televised debates will feature only Democrat Martha Coakley […]
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Energy: Big challenge for next governor
Four of the five candidates for governor are scheduled to take part in a forum on energy and environmental issues Wednesday, Oct. 8, at 12:30 at Suffolk Law School. Why […]
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 inOpinion, Transportation
If Bogota can do it, so can Boston
“An advanced city is not a place where the poor move about in cars, rather it’s where even the rich use public transportation.” – Former Bogota Mayor Enrique Penalosa. I […]
Posted inOpinion, Transportation
Allston rail station 20 years in making
Last week, Gov. Deval Patrick joined officials from the Massachusetts Department of Transportation, the MBTA, the City of Boston, Harvard University, and other organizations to announce Boston’s next big transportation […]
Posted inOpinion, Politics, State House News Service
Debate disinvite is appalling, outrageous
I’ve heard of debates where the sponsoring news outlets just don’t invite any candidates if they don’t belong to the Democratic or Republican parties – such as the Boston Globe-WGBH […]
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Falchuk’s three percent solution
Evan Falchuk (center), independent candidate for governor, flanked, left to right, by Jeff McCormick, Martha Coakley and Charlie Baker at the Hispanic Heritage Breakfast, Boston. Evan Falchuk got off to […]
Posted inEconomy, The Back Story
Look who’s getting tax credits
The amount of film tax credits issued by the state plummeted in 2013. Some of the decline is undoubtedly due to paperwork timing issues, but the drop off is so […]
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PAC child abuse ad galvanizes Coakley
Martha Coakley stood in her Somerville campaign headquarters Thursday, ringed by a dozen stone-faced supporters, throwing the heaviest punches yet in the current race for governor. “If he stands on […]
Posted inHealth Care
Coakley’s defense of DCF foster care
The foster care case that has become a flashpoint in the race for governor is complicated, messy, and in some ways shocking, which makes it ideal as a political football. […]
Posted inEnvironment, Opinion
Natural gas called bridge fuel for Ma.
Last week’s news that natural gas supply constraints will cause massive increases in energy costs for Massachusetts’s consumers—both residential and commercial alike—is a serious problem that needs more discussion among […]
Posted inOpinion, Politics
For political poetry, listen to Warren
Poetry makes nothing happen, Auden said. Maybe so, but a poem can capture the essence of a moment in words that resonate long after the events have faded from memory. […]
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No escaping the polls
We are deep into the 2014 polling season – that time during every gubernatorial election year when pollsters and prognosticators vie for our collective attention as they do their level […]