The New York Times, like most entertainment, publishing, and media behemoths, is firmly in favor of the stalled efforts in Congress to reel in copyright infringement and outright piracy on […]
What’s yours is the <i>Times’s</i> and what’s the <i>Times’s</i> is the <i>Times’s</i>
Posted inPolitics, The Back Story
Lawyering up on Beacon Hill
Beacon Hill lawmakers are lawyering up as state and federal investigators probe hiring practices at the Massachusetts Probation Department. Campaign finance records indicate a number of lawmakers identified as frequent […]
Posted inEconomy, The Download
Schilling’s got game
Curt Schilling, aka the Big Lug, looks like he might be pitching a perfect game. Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning came out this week amid great expectations. Pre-orders of the $60 […]
Posted inPolitics, The Download, Transportation
MBTA Snow Job
Higher gas taxes. New tolls. Charging drivers by the mile. Everyone has an idea of how to fix what ails the MBTA. The latest trial balloon would reallocate $20 million […]
Posted inEconomy, State House News Service, Transportation
No new taxes, fees, DeLeo tells House
House Speaker Robert DeLeo told his colleagues the chamber’s budget for the coming fiscal year would not include any new taxes or fees, and he didn’t mention whether he has […]
Posted inCriminal Justice, The Download
DiMasi moves, Beacon Hill quakes
Last month, the Globe reported that federal prosecutors had “essentially completed their investigation” into rigged hiring at the state’s Probation Department, saying indictments “could be imminent.” Soon after, the Lowell […]
Posted inOpinion, Politics
The Real Romney
The Boston Globe reporters Michael Kranish and Scott Helman have provided a genuine service with the publication of The Real Romney. After reading through the book I have only one […]
Posted inEconomy, Opinion, Transportation
MBTA deficit solutions too narrow in scope
Discussion about the MBTA’s proposal to implement fare hikes and service cuts to meet a $160 million dollar budget shortfall has, until Boston Mayor Tom Menino’s recent letter to Secretary […]
Posted inEducation, Politics, The Download
Boston busing crisis
It was nudged to the corner of yesterday’s Globe Metro front by the all-important history of a decade of worth of wagers between Tom Menino and various mayors over whose […]
Posted inEconomy
Group sets principles on $24b in tax breaks
A state commission today unanimously agreed on a set of basic principles that will guide its members as they evaluate and scale back the $24 billion in tax breaks the […]
Posted inEconomy, Politics, The Download
Millennium to plug hole
The ugly hole in the ground at Downtown Crossing is finally going to be filled, according to stories in the Boston newspapers. Millennium Partners will take control of the former […]
Posted inEconomy, Opinion
Mass. consumer confidence rebounds from 2011 lows
Consumer confidence in Massachusetts is on the rise, an indication that the state’s residents are starting to feel the benefits of the economic recovery and that incumbent politicians may have […]
Posted inThe Back Story, Uncategorized
Murray’s poll numbers
Lt. Gov. Tim Murray may not be political road kill after all, according to a new CommonWealth poll conducted by the MassINC Polling Group. Ever since his crash along Interstate […]
Posted inPolitics, The Download
Romney’s mythical Latino support
The national mainstream media likes its narratives neat and tidy. How else to explain Mitt Romney racking up big numbers among Latinos in Florida? The Washington Post’s Chris Cillizza falls […]
Posted inThe Download, Uncategorized
Who will like Facebook’s IPO?
How much are our jokes, our stories, our likes and dislikes, our pictures, our family and friends worth? To you, priceless, but on the open market, perhaps as much as […]
Posted inPolitics
Dueling viewpoints on the Greenway
Secretary Davey’s letter to the Rose Fitzgerald Greenway Conservancy: Nancy Brennan, Executive DirectorRose Fitzgerald Greenway Conservancy 185 Kneeland Street, 7th Fl. Boston, MA 02111 Dear Nancy:Thank you for sending the […]
Posted inEconomy, Health Care, Opinion
Workers comp reform offers wellness lessons
Obesity, and the chronic disease conditions that it causes and exacerbates, is the leading cause of the growth of healthcare spending in America. These growing costs hurt our businesses and […]
Posted inPolitics, State House News Service, The Download
Arthur Winn, Florida, and campaign finance
This afternoon, prominent housing developer Arthur Winn will appear in federal court in Boston and be sentenced for funneling $4,500 in illegal campaign contributions to a pair of Massachusetts congressmen. […]
Posted inEducation
Turnaround challenge
High School of Commerce from Amherst Wire on Vimeo. Singing. Laughing. Dancing on a balcony that nobody can ever remember being used in the auditorium. It’s August 30, the first […]
Posted inEconomy, Environment, Transportation
Murray says MBTA needs more revenue
Senate President Therese Murray said the MBTA needs additional revenue to address its projected $161 million budget shortfall, but she indicated she did not favor an increase in the state’s […]
Posted inOpinion, Politics
Remembering Kevin White
The death of former Boston Mayor Kevin White comes as no surprise to those who knew that he was in failing health for many years. Yet the news still comes […]
Posted inPolitics, The Download
Mayor Deluxe
He was, as Brian Mooney led the paper-of-record’s obit-of-record, “a colossal political figure who helped transform Boston into a world-class city during 16 often turbulent years as mayor.” But beyond […]
Posted inPolitics, State House News Service
The Boston Occupier goes old school
CORRECTION: An earlier version of this story misidentified the original name of The Boston Occupier. It began under the name The Occupy Boston Globe. Media watchers who proclaim that print […]
Posted inEducation, State House News Service
UMass Lowell student avoids deportation
Denis Lemos, an undocumented student from Framingham who was featured in a CommonWealth story on immigration last fall, is being allowed to stay in the United States. The US Department […]