The think tank MassINC called on the state of Massachusetts to invest $1.7 billion over 10 years to help revitalize some of the state’s Gateway Cities. The investment amounts to […]
Gateway Cities investment proposed
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Hall pass
Another election, another controversy, though this one may not have the same impact as the presidential race or even the special Senate election. But the results of the Baseball Hall […]
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More in Mass. packing heat
Over the last four years, the number of Massachusetts residents with so-called Class A licenses that allow them to carry high-capacity weapons has increased almost 27 percent. In Boston, the […]
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Patrick aims at more than housing authority woes
PUSH HAS FINALLY COME TO SHOVE. The oil that is the lieutenant governor’s back-slapping, patronage ways has met the water that is the reform impulse the governor rode into office […]
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Patrick Kennedy’s anti-pot crusade
Younger members of the Kennedy political dynasty have emerged as high-profile opponents of medical marijuana and across-the-board legalization of the drug. Former Rhode Island congressman Patrick Kennedy has joined forces […]
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Muster the militia!
“A well-regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of the State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” –Second Amendment to the US […]
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Linsky taking new slant on gun control
A KEY HOUSE LAWMAKER said he plans to file legislation shortly that would require Massachusetts gun owners to obtain liability insurance and store any large capacity rifles at licensed gun […]
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Coakley sues Lantigua for late campaign report
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICEATTORNEY GENERAL MARTHA COAKLEY sued Lawrence Mayor William Lantigua on Wednesday in an attempt to force him to file a campaign finance report that is nearly a […]
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Murray raises money, doubts
Lieutenant Gov. Tim Murray has already told the world he wants to be governor. He’s putting some muscle behind those ambitions, outraising the rest of Beacon Hill in 2012. Murray’s […]
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Linsky taking new slant on gun control
A KEY HOUSE LAWMAKER said he plans to file legislation shortly that would require Massachusetts gun owners to obtain liability insurance and store any large capacity rifles at licensed gun […]
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Stop crime — get the lead out
Homicides were down statewide in Massachusetts last year by 39 percent over 2011’s figures, a steep decline that law enforcement officials are crediting to a focused State Police effort in […]
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Report says Mass. towns have stabilized finances
MASSACHUSETTS CITIES AND TOWNS have managed to stabilize their finances in the wake of the Great Recession, but they are facing challenges ahead as state aid continues to fall […]
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Prep school scandal
In a bizarre email to alumni and parents, the Brooks School in North Andover disclosed that its former headmaster had engaged in inappropriate relationships with a student and escorts and […]
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The agita of agendas
It’s the time of year – actually, every other year – that the haughty process of setting agendas is at the forefront. It’s a period of high-mindedness, hope, promise, and […]
Posted inEnvironment, The Back Story
Cape Wind and the fiscal cliff
THE LAST-MINUTE FISCAL CLIFF agreement not only resolved the debate in Washington over tax rates, it also extended the nation’s wind energy tax credits for another year. The extension was […]
Posted inCriminal Justice, State House News Service
Lawmakers, gun control advocates mull strategy
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE.After hosting a private meeting that drew half the Legislature and invited gun control advocates, Natick Democrat Rep. David Linsky said today he intends to file a […]
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Frank talk about Chuck Hagel
With US Rep. Ed Markey all but poised to try and grab the Democratic baton in the likely match up against perennial senator-in-waiting Scott Brown, it’s gone quiet on the […]
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Speaker: State should do more on gun control
MASSACHUSETTS HAS SOME of the toughest gun control laws in the country, but House Speaker Robert DeLeo said he thinks the state can do more. In a speech to the […]
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Murray agenda: Guns, welfare, transportation
IT WAS A DAY of flowery rhetoric followed by the outlines of a more down-to-earth legislative agenda as the Massachusetts Senate convened for the first session of its new two-year […]
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A silver lining in charter mess
NO ONE CAME OUT looking good in the saga of the Gloucester Community Arts Charter School, but there may be one silver lining as the school prepares to shut down […]
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Santa leaves a poll
Hope you didn’t spend too much money on Christmas gifts this year because it appears there will be no shortage of potential candidates knocking on your door for donations to […]
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Globe embeds in Bowdoin-Geneva
The Boston Globe is located only a short distance from the Bowdoin-Geneva section of Dorchester, but the newspaper thought that wasn’t close enough. To get a better understanding of the […]
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Patrick aims again at gun reforms
In a state with some of the toughest gun control laws in the US, Gov. Deval Patrick tried to make them even stronger. In 2009, Patrick introduced a menu of […]
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Greenway director heading west
The Rose Kennedy Greenway Conservancy has had a tough year. The nonprofit that oversees 1.3 miles of Big Dig parkland was roughed up by the Boston Herald. It had its […]