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 […]
Convention center picks hotel operator
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Mashpee get Washington backing
There are two ways of looking at the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe’s long slog toward a tribal casino in Taunton. In the tribe’s view, they’re inching toward their federal approvals, renegotiating […]
Posted inHealth Care, Opinion
State system shortchanges children with autism
WE NEED TO DO BETTER in ensuring that children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) who are in the custody of our state social services system are getting access to the […]
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Special Senate election replay?
Is Steve Lynch the Scott Brown of the Democratic primary for US Senate? The South Boston congressman is clearly the more centrist candidate in the race, but it’s not just […]
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Winslow: Mr. Big Stuff
The US Senate race is finally starting to take shape: US Reps. Stephen Lynch and Ed Markey are running on the Democratic side, and now the Republicans have state Rep. […]
Posted inEnvironment
Mass., 8 other states get serious on emissions
MASSACHUSETTS AND EIGHT OTHER STATES in the Northeast are starting to get serious about using regulation to reduce the amount of carbon dioxide released by the region’s power plants. The […]
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The anti-Lantigua
In a campaign against a compromised, one-term incumbent that will be fought over burnishing the image of a struggling Gateway City as much as economic development and education, Lawrence City […]
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Postal Service proves nothing is forever
Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds. Except on Saturdays. That dusty creed is a reflection […]
Posted inPolitics, The Back Story
Menino’s ailments slow his fundraising
A feisty State of the City address notwithstanding, Boston Mayor Thomas Menino has yet to declare whether he’ll seek reelection, and a record sixth term, in November. Many political observers […]
Posted inPolitics, State House News Service
Lobbyists win challenge to Galvin requirement
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE ASSERTING THAT PART of Secretary of State William Galvin’s arguments made “absolutely no sense,” a Superior Court judge has ruled in favor of lobbyists who went […]
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Getting snowed
Every winter, the Blizzard of 1978 gets trotted out as the yardstick against which all other winter storms are measured. On the occasion of the 35th anniversary of the monster […]
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Senate transparency moves — better than nothing (and House)
The Massachusetts Senate stepped gingerly into the digital age last week. And when the chamber arrived in the future, or at least a version of the future from several years […]
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Senate hopefuls: woe is me!
The Democratic primary for US Senate is shaping up so far as a showdown between two Bay State congressmen. Neither Ed Markey nor Steve Lynch is exactly an electrifying figure, […]
Posted inPolitics
Brown bows out in text to Howie Carr
Scott Brown announced he would not run to fill the US Senate seat vacated by John Kerry in a text to Boston Herald columnist Howie Carr. He followed up by […]
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Can the GOP field a Senate candidate?
It’s no wonder Scott Brown is reluctant to mount another run for the US Senate after watching his already-weak state party base splinter into warring camps in voting for a […]
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The Bay State shrugs
The reaction to Gov. Deval Patrick tapping friend and confidant William “Mo” Cowan for the interim post to replace Sen. John Kerry was a muted “meh” in and out of […]
Posted inOpinion, Politics
Southie rules no more
THE IDEA THAT SOUTHIE RULES may be popular these days in the world of cable TV reality shows. But in the political realm, where the small, insular neighborhood has long […]
Posted inPolitics, State House News Service, The Back Story
News you have to ask for
LT. GOV. TIM MURRAY took another pounding last week for what was essentially old news. On September 19, the state Office of Campaign and Political Finance sent a letter to […]
Posted inEconomy, State House News Service
Many Mass. residents have little saved up
Low- and middle- income families in Massachusetts are in rough shape when it comes to managing their money and saving for a rainy day, according to a new annual survey […]
Posted inPolitics
Mr. Cowan goes to Washington
Three years ago, Gov. Deval Patrick filled a US Senate vacancy by deferring to the empty seat’s longtime occupant: He tapped Paul Kirk, a longtime Kennedy family friend, to cast […]