STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE AT HIS LAST MEETING presiding over the Governor’s Council, outgoing Lt. Gov. Timothy Murray looked on as the council voted against the Patrick administration’s latest nominee […]
Judge nominee rejected for fibs about his old job
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Road rage
Eastern Massachusetts spends a considerable amount of time hand-wringing over the MBTA, the transit agency everyone loves to hate. But the Bay State’s road and bridge network suffers from a […]
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Gomez gambit: I’m no party animal
Republican Senate candidate Gabriel Gomez is trying to distance himself from the national GOP. This proves that, in addition to being a successful businessman and former Navy SEAL, Gomez also […]
Posted inEnvironment, The Download
Cape Wind’s new foes
After years of sitting on the fence, the state’s top CEOs came out against Cape Wind yesterday in a series of full-page newspaper ads in the Boston Globe, the Boston […]
Posted inEnvironment, State House News Service
Business groups run ads against Cape Wind
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICEAS CAPE WIND SEEKS FEDERAL LOAN GUARANTEES for its offshore wind turbine project, two powerful Massachusetts business groups attempted to take the air out of its sails […]
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An unsteady stepping stone
Community colleges are the forgotten link in higher education, despite enrolling 44 percent of the nation’s college students, many of them poor. A new report out today shows that despite […]
Posted inPolitics, The Back Story
Gomez’s TV time gap
Gabriel Gomez’s upstart Senate campaign is getting a boost, as the Massachusetts Republican Party is picking up the tab for Gomez’s television advertising. The state GOP’s efforts lift a major […]
Posted inArts and Culture, Economy
Studio report lauds tax credit
The Hollywood movie studios that benefit financially from the Massachusetts film tax credit released a report on Wednesday indicating the economic gains for the state as a whole are greater […]
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Speak English?
Referendums are a good way to gauge the will of the people. There are issues, however, that don’t necessarily lend themselves to ballot box solutions. One of them is English […]
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Artificial turf, artificial controversy
IN OUR OPINION, Bruce Mohl’s short piece “Artificial Preservation” tries to create artificial controversy. Mohl finds fault with the fact that several communities are approving projects using last summer’s legislative amendments […]
Posted inEconomy
Senate budget plan adds 9 Gateway Cities
THE NUMBER OF GATEWAY CITIES in Massachusetts would expand by more than a third under a Senate budget proposal scheduled for debate this week. The budget plan, crafted by the […]
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Bike banning in Boston
A 36-year old MIT robotics scientist died while bicycling outside Kenmore Square this weekend, swiped by a truck that didn’t see her. So, clearly, it’s time to refight the battle […]
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Elizabeth Warren to the rescue?
Elizabeth Warren has filed her first piece of legislation in the Senate, and its subject is no surprise. Warren, who campaigned on a platform that called for relieving the many […]
Posted inOpinion, Transportation
So close, yet so far
THERE IS A TEMPORARY EXHIBIT hanging in the Portland Maine Art Museum this spring and summer, the personal modern art collection of William Paley, the former head of the CBS […]
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Putting the nix on presidential comparisons
Resolved: President Obama has had a pretty bad week. You might even say he’s had a horrible week. You could even say he’s had the worst week of his presidency. […]
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Boston Fed chief Rosengren: Austerity hurts
Eric Rosengren, president of the Boston Federal Reserve Bank, has rarely shied away from controversial issues, and he’s showing no sign of stopping now. In a speech today at a […]
Posted inEnvironment, The Back Story
Shifting winds
One year ago today, Kially Ruiz says he received his first noise complaint about the new turbine his company built and operates under an agreement with the town of Kingston. […]
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Deval Patrick’s Eric Holder problem
President Barack Obama needs Gov. Deval Patrick more than ever. Republicans are gleefully salivating over not one, not two, but three administration scandals, and Attorney General Eric Holder is front […]
Posted inEducation, State House News Service
Slain teen’s parents call for relationship ed
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICETHE PARENTS OF SLAIN WAYLAND TEENAGER Lauren Astley made a heartfelt plea to lawmakers on Tuesday to implement comprehensive teen relationship and violence education in public schools, […]
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Feds seize AP phone records
The Obama administration, already under fire for Benghazi and politically motivated IRS audits, is now being accused of infringing on freedom of the press by secretly seizing Associated Press phone […]
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The never ending charter school battle
A new chapter in the battle over charter schools opened last week on Beacon Hill, but the storyline of this long-running saga never really seems to change much. After a […]
Posted inPolitics
SJC removes Barnstable clerk for abusing office
In a highly unusual move, the Supreme Judicial Court has ordered the removal of the Barnstable District Court clerk-magistrate for consistently arriving late for work; yelling at litigants, attorneys, employees, […]
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GOP makes the going tougher for Gomez
By all rights, Regina McCarthy’s nomination by President Obama to head the Environmental Protection Agency should be sailing through the normally partisan-riven Senate. The Dorchester native and UMass Boston graduate […]
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He buries dead bodies
The funeral home director at the center of the storm over what to do with Tamerlan Tsarnaev’s body is one of those people you can’t help but admire. Peter Stefan, […]