There’s something ironic, perhaps disconcerting, about a tech company built on people’s ability to access it from anywhere forcing its employees to work in the office rather than at home. […]
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Posted inEconomy, Opinion, Politics, State House News Service
Patrick applies budget pressure on lawmakers
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICEGOV. DEVAL PATRICK’S PLAN to raise $1.9 billion in taxes to finance investments in education and transportation got a two-pronged push Wednesday, as University of Massachusetts President […]
Posted inEnvironment
Gordon: Cape Wind launches this year
CAPE WIND HONCHO James Gordon on Tuesday invited outgoing US Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar to the groundbreaking of his proposed wind farm off of Cape Cod later […]
Posted inTransportation
Patrick budget triples funding for RTAs
The Patrick administration’s proposed transportation plan includes a near-tripling of the annual budget for state’s beleaguered Regional Transit Authorities, a $100 million annual increase that officials insist will trigger a […]
Posted inPolitics, The Download
Connolly goes for it
Boston City Councilor John Connolly is pulling off a trick few city pols have managed: He’s putting the city’s mayor for life, Tom Menino, in a reactionary stance. Ambitious Boston […]
Posted inState House News Service, Transportation
House eyeing riders to raise revenue
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICEWhile Gov. Deval Patrick has proposed bankrolling his $1 billion transportation plan with an income tax hike that is central to his $34.8 billion budget plan, the […]
Posted inState House News Service, The Download, Uncategorized
Globe attracting interest
It’s still early, but the Boston Globe seems to be attracting a lot of interest from prospective buyers. Over the weekend, car czar Ernie Boch Jr. said he would be […]
Posted inPolitics, The Download
Stealth may be good
The Globe seems perplexed by Gabriel Gomez, calling his campaign for the US Senate a “stealth candidacy” with no celebratory campaign announcement, no public schedule, and no interviews. Gomez’s approach […]
Posted inEconomy, Politics, State House News Service
Ireland says judges deserve pay raise
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE EMERGING FROM A four-year hiring freeze that started to thaw last fall, top officials in the judiciary warned legislators Wednesday that without more funding, the rule […]
Posted inThe Download, Uncategorized
Globe heah! Getchya Globe heah!
With the announcement by The New York Times Company that it will put the Globe and the rest of its New England holdings out for bid, the guessing game is […]
Posted inEnvironment, The Back Story
Cape Wind foe pays Barnstable legal bills
The town of Barnstable is battling against Cape Wind in two federal courts in Washington, but the municipality’s legal tab — $394,000 and growing – is not being paid by […]
Posted inPolitics
Times to sell Globe, other regional holdings
The New York Times Company, trying to right its fiscal ship, has decided the best way to save the company is to bail on The Boston Globe and its other […]
Posted inState House News Service, The Download, Uncategorized
Scott Brown and his tweets of renown
Scott Brown’s sabbatical from electoral politics shows that he still has much to learn if he aspires to sit in the Corner Office. His meteoric rise to national prominence sent […]
Posted inEducation, Opinion
Early education funding needed
WITH GOVERNOR DEVAL PATRICK proposing substantial new investments in high-quality early education and President Obama calling for universal access to preschool in his State of the Union address, momentum […]
Posted inEducation, State House News Service
Adams Scholarships on the way out?
THE ADAMS SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM, which rewards top-achieving Massachusetts high school graduates with free tuition at state colleges and universities, may be on the way out. State officials aren’t enthusiastic about […]
Posted inPolitics, State House News Service
McLaughlin pleads guilty to falsifying records
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICEAFTER YEARS OF MISLEADING federal authorities about his compensation as executive director of the Chelsea Housing Authority, Michael McLaughlin pled guilty Tuesday to four counts of falsifying […]
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McLaughlin singing Ortiz’s tune?
Beacon Hill spent all of last year looking over one shoulder, waiting for federal probation indictments that never came. Former probation boss John O’Brien got hauled into the House of […]
Posted inOpinion, Politics
Mayoral role model
Toward the end of his first term as mayor of Boston, Tom Menino wrote, “Great cities are crafted by a series of actions taken years in advance.” One can surmise […]
Posted inEducation, The Download
Lawrence teachers union to help oversee school
The Lawrence Teachers Union, which grumbled last summer about being marginalized during the state’s efforts to overhaul the local school system, will play a key role in the management of […]
Posted inEconomy, Politics, State House News Service
Convention center picks hotel operator
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICESTARWOOD HOTELS has beat out Hyatt in the bidding for a two-hotel development across the street from the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center, giving the BCEC access […]
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Brown’s quick jump over to Fox shows he’s no lazy dog
Former Sen. Scott Brown made his debut on Fox News last night and the interest may not be in what he said but more in what it means for his […]
Posted inThe Back Story, Transportation
A Silver Lining
A BOLD TRANSIT experiment over at Logan International Airport seems to be working.Starting last June, the MBTA stopped collecting fares from arriving air passengers boarding Silver Line buses at the […]
Posted inPolitics, State House News Service
Governor’s Council nixes Patrick pick again
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICEGOV. DEVAL PATRICK’S PICK for a Southern Berkshire District Court judgeship was rejected by the Governor’s Council for a second time on Wednesday after some councilors first […]
Posted inPolitics, The Download
Obama takes pages out of Romney’s playbook
Mitt Romney wasn’t invited to the State of the Union, but he showed up anyway. Presidents rarely use their vanquished rivals to make rhetorical points, but President Obama went above […]