I am writing to give your readers some additional perspective on South Coast Rail in response to Gabrielle Gurley’s October 23 opinion piece singling out the project (“Deval Patrick, John […]
Regional planner slams S. Coast Rail article
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Warren: Obama ‘dropped the ball’ on website rollout
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICESen. Elizabeth Warren said on Monday that President Obama’s administration “dropped the ball” on the rollout of the federal health care website, but added that the Affordable […]
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Mayoral limits
BOSTON POLITICAL WATCHERS are breathlessly anticipating the final week of the mayoral showdown. Tomorrow is the last of three televised debates between John Connolly and Marty Walsh. The candidates will […]
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It’s John Henry’s Globe and T&G
Red Sox principal owner John Henry officially took ownership of the Boston Globe and Worcester Telegram & Gazette from the New York Times Co. on Thursday, but we still don’t […]
Posted inHealth Care, The Back Story
Robin Hood health care
Like health-care Robin Hoods, Massachusetts officials are taking roughly $216 million from the state’s health insurance plans and biggest hospitals and giving the money to small community hospitals, physician practices, […]
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Big, dark money flowing into Boston mayoral race
Outside PACs and unions are funneling money into Boston at a rate that far outpaces anything seen nationally in other recent big-city mayoral races. The mayor’s contest is awash with […]
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Rage against the machine
Technology has been credited – some would say condemned – for launching the demise of newspapers and other media. Now, the computer industry has been identified as the bogeyman in the […]
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MCAS scores highlight 3d-grade reading problem
Last month’s release of 2013 MCAS results generated some good news. Concealed in the results, however, is a hidden story that is cause for concern: 43 percent of the state’s […]
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Walsh, Connolly say Boston racially divided
The two candidates for mayor of Boston told a large crowd in Roxbury Wednesday night that the city in many ways remains as racially divided today as it did in […]
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Deval Patrick, John Adams, and rail to the South Coast
The week before Halloween, Gov. Deval Patrick is giving out transportation projects like candy: New Red and Orange line cars to calm those anxious commuters in Greater Boston who despair […]
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Patrick: American Dream in Mass. is in trouble
What follows is a transcript of Gov. Deval Patrick’s speech to the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday. The portion in bold is the transportation initiative he announced. I […]
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The (kid) gloves come off
Word over the weekend that an outside group backing Marty Walsh was sending a mailer that disparaged John Connolly as a “son of privilege” and “privileged corporate lawyer” was the […]
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White guides Boston through its darkest hour
Thirteenth in a series Kevin White’s inauguration as mayor of Boston on January1, 1968, was held at Faneuil Hall, a departure from precedent, a signal that this would be an […]
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MAYOR MATTERS: Fair play
First in a series In the Summer issue of CommonWealth, with the Boston mayor’s race gearing up, James Aloisi suggested that Boston faced a “surfeit of candidates and a dearth […]
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Rendering unto Caesars
Suffolk Downs entered the Massachusetts casino sweepstakes dripping with inevitability . It was the bidder that had the backing of Boston’s mayor. It was the track the House speaker used […]
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Dookhan sentencing debate
Prosecutors are seeking a five- to seven-year prison sentence for former state chemist Annie Dookhan if she pleads guilty to falsifying evidence. The sentence is far longer than the one […]
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Report: Solar subsidies cost $1 to $1.50/mo.
A consultant’s report commissioned by Massachusetts officials indicates the state’s chief solar energy subsidy will cost residential electricity ratepayers an average of $1 to $1.50 a month over the next […]
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Did anyone Google Evan Dobelle?
Type “Evan Dobelle” into any Internet search engine and you get about 93,000 results for the embattled – now suspended – Westfield State University president. Add in “Hawaii” and you […]
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Playing the union card
Marty Walsh’s union background is his great curse and his blessing. It helped him assemble an army of campaign volunteers who helped propel him to a first-place finish in last […]
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Louise Day Hicks: ‘You know where I stand’
Twelfth in a series “My chapeau is in the ring,” declared the candidate for mayor of Boston on May 1, 1967. She appeared in the Oval Room at what is […]
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Beacon Hill blues
A labor arbitrator defined Boston’s mayoral race before either candidate hoping to succeed Tom Menino had a chance to do so. The 25-percent raise for the police patrolmen’s union, now […]
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Katherine Clark takes the fifth
State Sen. Katherine Clark’s victory in the crowded Democratic primary field almost assuredly fast tracks her to Washington, DC, just in time to cope with the fallout from the creep […]
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The color line
John Connolly jaywalked across Warren Street, hustling to avoid an old red Geo hatchback. The vehicle showed little intention of hitting the brakes, even for a mayoral finalist and his […]
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The Worcester disconnect
Worcester’s downtown is full of wide open spaces where homes and offices and restaurants are supposed to go. Most haven’t appeared yet. Today’s Globe digs into the sizable disconnect between […]