DIAGNOSED WITH LYME DISEASE in 2006, Trish McCleary of Sturbridge spent a month on antibiotics that did little to relieve symptoms that left her partially paralyzed and unable to […]
New tack on Lyme disease
Posted inEconomy, Education, Politics
UMass football thrown for loss
THERE WEREN’T MANY bright spots last year as the University of Massachusetts Amherst stepped up to the top level of college football, the Football Bowl Subdivision. The team went […]
Posted inEconomy, State House News Service
Film tax credit launching businesses
A.J. BOLES HAD AN IDEA big enough to drive a truck through. Through his work on a number of films in Massachusetts, including Shutter Island, filmed at the former Medfield […]
Posted inCriminal Justice, Politics
Casualties of war
One of the defendants affected by Annie Dookhan’s mishandling of drug lab tests seeks a later curfew before Special Magistrate Elizabeth Donovan. IT WAS THE SUMMER OF 2010. Robert Annunziata […]
Posted inCriminal Justice, Economy, Politics
Cause development
JOHN ROSENTHAL’S BLACKBERRY lit up. Media requests poured in from NECN, WCVB, and WBUR. MSNBC wanted to talk. Even the Arabic-language network Al Jazeera found its way to his door. […]
Posted inCriminal Justice, Politics
Police misconduct
Outside the Area C police station in the Fields Corner section of Dorchester. Photo by J. Cappuccio. ON APRIL 22, 2009, CHRISTOPHER KNIGHT and his girlfriend were driving in Boston […]
Posted inPolitics, State House News Service
Harboring ambition
Photographs by Mark Morelli HALLOWEEN IS A WORKING HOLIDAY for Kim Driscoll, so she comes to City Hall as herself. Clad in a simple dark business suit, she meets up […]
Posted inEnvironment
Solar state
ON APRIL 17, 2007, Gov. Deval Patrick traveled to Marlborough to make two announcements. One was that Evergreen Solar was going to stay in Massachusetts and open a $150 million […]
Posted inThe Download, Uncategorized
www.aaronswartz.rip
Internet activist Aaron Swartz’s suicide on Friday has prompted a wave of heartfelt eulogies, commentary — and criticism of his prosecution by US Attorney Carmen Ortiz on charges related to […]
Posted inOpinion, Transportation
Patrick pitches spending, punts funding decision
The last time Gov. Deval Patrick tried fixing the state’s transportation system, he pitched a 19-cent hike in the gas tax, the Legislature balked, and that was as far as […]
Posted inThe Download, Uncategorized
Gateway Cities investment proposed
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 […]
Posted inThe Download, Uncategorized
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 […]
Posted inCriminal Justice, The Back Story
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 […]
Posted inOpinion, Politics
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 […]
Posted inCriminal Justice, State House News Service, The Download
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 […]
Posted inOpinion, Politics
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 […]
Posted inCriminal Justice, Health Care
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 […]
Posted inPolitics, State House News Service
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 […]
Posted inPolitics, State House News Service, The Download
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 […]
Posted inHealth Care
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 […]
Posted inCriminal Justice, The Download
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 […]
Posted inPolitics
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 […]
Posted inEducation, The Download
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 […]
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 […]