Yes, yes, and yes. Those are the answers developers give communities when they want to get approval for their projects. But once those projects are underway, it seems, the deals […]
Getting to yes, turning to no
Posted inThe Back Story, Uncategorized
Wynn: Gambling law changes needed
Las Vegas casino mogul Steve Wynn is urging Massachusetts lawmakers to make changes to the state’s gaming law, something they are reluctant to do for fear of reopening the debate […]
Posted inState House News Service, Uncategorized
Target: Data breach could affect 40 million
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE Target, the major retailer with locations throughout Massachusetts, confirmed Thursday “unauthorized access to payment card data” that may have impacted 40 million credit and debit card […]
Posted inPolitics, State House News Service, The Download
Scott Brown’s northern exposure
Conservatives may be cheering on former Massachusetts senator Scott Brown’s likely New Hampshire US Senate run next year. But the inevitability of Brown is getting a little old for our […]
Posted inEnvironment, The Download
A win for Cape Wind?
Cape Wind has been beset by legal delays and questions over its finances . But the offshore wind power project looks like it may be ramping up just in time […]
Posted inOpinion, Transportation
South Coast Rail not the way to go
Residents of Massachusetts’ South Coast believe their region hasn’t received the state investment it deserves. They’re right. The Big Dig vacuumed money away from transportation projects across Massachusetts. More recently, […]
Posted inEducation, The Download
Golden days for college presidents
High school seniors and their families are excitedly beginning to hear from colleges they have applied to for admission next fall. An acceptance notification is generally grounds for applicant glee […]
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UMass football losing more than games
A new report says the cost of the UMass Amherst football program keeps growing, and so does the support required from students and taxpayers. The Boston Globe reports that students […]
Posted inPolitics, State House News Service
Murray campaign pays out nearly $200,000
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICEFormer Lt. Gov. Timothy Murray’s once robust campaign account has been spent down to just $34,620 after the Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce executive shelled out nearly […]
Posted inEconomy, The Download
A taxing time of year
It’s that time of year again. Well, yeah, it’s holiday season, but it’s also the time of year that many cities and towns set their property tax rates. The exercise […]
Posted inEnvironment, The Back Story
Fighting Cape Wind $1 million at a time
The Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound put out a press release last month suggesting that its strong fundraising was “another sign of growing opposition to Cape Wind.” The Alliance pointed […]
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Apathy triumphs in Fifth Congressional race
Despite Frank Addivinola’s early evening robocalls proclaiming a path to victory through low turnout, an upset was not on the agenda in Tuesday’s Fifth Congressional District special election . Katherine […]
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Digital journalism guerrilla heads for Hub
New York Times media critic David Carr spends his days sifting through the wreckage, and the opportunity, that digital journalism has created. Now he’s coming to Boston to sort through […]
Posted inOpinion, Politics
Ethics rules require Crosby recusal
The Boston Globe published stories on November 21 and December 8 revealing that Steve Crosby, chairman of the Gaming Commission, had a previous seven-year business partnership with Paul Lohnes, part-owner […]
Posted inEducation, State House News Service
Lawrence teachers push for bargaining rights
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICEUnion officials urged lawmakers to restore collective bargaining rights to Lawrence public school teachers, arguing the state education commissioner and state-appointed receiver overseeing the turnaround of city […]
Posted inPolitics, The Download
Can Mayor Walsh battle inequality?
Progressive union leaders and other community activists, including the Greater Boston Labor Council, jumped on board the Occupy protests that sprang up two years ago to decry growing economic inequality. […]
Posted inEnvironment, The Download
Cape Wind: The international connection
The stories about Cape Wind are coming faster and faster as a key December 31 deadline approaches. The first story was in CommonWealth, which reported that the proposed wind farm […]
Posted inPolitics, The Back Story
The Inside Track on Purcell-Henry meeting
Now don’t breathe a word of this. Because nobody’s supposed to know. But Pat Purcell, the publisher of the Boston Herald, sat down with John Henry at his Brookline mansion […]
Posted inEducation, The Download
A costly reminder of a college degree
The bills are all in now and the average debt for college graduates from the Class of 2012 is nearly $30,000. And, with no end in sight on tuition increases […]
Posted inOpinion, Politics, State House News Service
Addivinola faces uphill challenge
The parking lot is overflowing at the Winchester Sons of Italy on a chilly November evening, so it’s a good thing that Frank Addivinola moved his weeknight campaign event from […]
Posted inOpinion, Politics, State House News Service
Clark coasting in Fifth District race
It seems the Massachusetts Fifth Congressional District special election is a mere formality for Nancy Pelosi, the minority leader of the US House of Representatives. “You can see how excited […]
Posted inEconomy, Education
DOR deals with ‘silver tsunami’
The Massachusetts Revenue Department, facing a “silver tsunami” of retiring workers, is creating its own employee pipeline. Instead of posting a job and hoping for the best, the Revenue Department […]
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Baker 2.0 taps Polito
Charlie Baker 2.0 has learned two important lessons from Charlie Baker 1.0. First, he had to lighten up. Second, he needed to appeal to women voters who were turned off […]
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Patrick sues to block casino on Vineyard
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICEGov. Deval Patrick on Monday filed a lawsuit seeking to block a proposed gaming facility on Martha’s Vineyard. Patrick is asking the Supreme Judicial Court to affirm […]