Poor Mitt Romney. Probably a poor choice of words. Which is exactly the problem for the once — and perhaps future — front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination. No matter […]
Mitt’s $10,000 pyramid
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State hits Progressive with $125,000 fine
The Massachusetts Division of Insurance today slapped a $125,000 fine on Progressive Insurance for inadvertently posting a link on its website about the use of credit scores in setting auto […]
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BU instructor resigns after seeking grading help
A Boston University lecturer resigned after using Craigslist to hire someone to help grade student papers, BU officials said. A BU spokesman confirmed Duane Lefevre, a marketing instructor at the […]
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Massport still interviewing
Nearly 10 months after Tom Kinton announced he was retiring as executive director of the Massachusetts Port Authority, the quasi-public agency is still looking for a replacement. Michael Angelini, a […]
Posted inEconomy, Education, State House News Service, The Download
Mankiw’s evolution on income inequality
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney doesn’t seem troubled by income inequality, but his economic advisor, Harvard professor Gregory Mankiw, says he is worried. “Widening income inequality is a real and […]
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Director’s cut
A Hollywood director who made several movies on Cape Cod was arrested and charged with defrauding the state by filing bogus expenses for film tax credits of nearly $5 million, […]
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Hey, hey. Ho, ho. Occupy has got to go.
And so the word has gone out to the Occupiers in Dewey Square: You don’t have to go home but you can’t stay here. Suffolk Superior Court Judge Frances McIntyre […]
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Poll data indicates challenges for Brown
This fall’s Senate election is shaping up more like a replay of the statewide election at the end of 2010 than the one at the beginning. US Sen. Scott Brown’s […]
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State House computergate
It’s not the crime, it’s the cover-up. No one has accused Mitt Romney of wrongdoing. It’s been established that Romney aides operated within the bounds of Massachusetts law when 11 […]
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DeLeo bid to tamp down patronage talk does the opposite
Here’s how Charley Murphy rings out the old year, and rings in the new: The calendar turns, and the ambitious Burlington Democrat gets knocked down another rung in the House […]
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DeLeo benches Murphy during tense caucus
House Majority Whip Charles Murphy resigned today from his leadership post moments before he was about to be removed from that position by House Speaker Robert DeLeo, who elevated three […]
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The perhaps at this moment not so inevitable Mitt Romney
The Republican presidential primary campaign can be a frustrating exercise for voters interested in substantive discussion of the great issues, what with Michele Bachmann’s talk of the HPV vaccine causing […]
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DeLeo sets caucus of House Democrats
House Speaker Robert DeLeo today summoned his Democratic members back to Beacon Hill for a caucus tomorrow amidst speculation that he intends to reshuffle his leadership team and demote House […]
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State rolls out Open Checkbook
Massachusetts officials today unveiled a new $1.8 million website that allows the public to review and ask questions about most government expenditures, including payments to vendors and the salaries and […]
Posted inEconomy, The Download
Online sales taxes coming?
Federal legislation requiring online retailers to collect state sales taxes from their customers is gaining momentum, picking up bipartisan support in Congress and the backing of one-time opponent Amazon.com. At […]
Posted inHealth Care, The Back Story
The missing connection
The lead anecdote in a story about tiered network health plans in Monday’s Boston Globe omitted one potentially key fact. According to the story, Glenn McCarthy of Weymouth needed surgery […]
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AIM exec responds on green programs
AIM appreciates substantive debate on issues as important as the high cost of energy in Massachusetts. But the recent posting in Commonwealth magazine by Lisa Capone, the assistant secretary of communications […]
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Herald publishes five-part education series!
Even in its heydays, the Boston Herald was hard-pressed to match the Boston Globe in substantive beat reporting, especially on issues such as education, but it wasn’t for lack of […]
Posted inEconomy, Environment
Report: 2.7m green jobs in US; 63,523 in Mass.
A new report from the Brookings Institution indicates 2.7 million people hold down green jobs in the United States. The report says 63,523 of those jobs are in Massachusetts, virtually […]
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Michael Moore occupies Wall Street
Filmmaker and lefty firebrand Michael Moore decided that Occupy Wall Street could benefit from serious storyboarding. To help rescue the movement from what critics across the political spectrum have dismissed […]
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BU probes teacher’s ad seeking grading help
Boston University is investigating one of its lecturers who placed an ad on Craiglist looking for someone to help grade his students’ papers. The situation involving Duane Lefevre was brought […]
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State official differs with Rio, Coakley
This article was written in response to a piece by Associated Industries of Massachusetts vice president for government affairs Robert Rio, and a Back Story by Bruce Mohl about attorney general Martha […]
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Frank frenzy
Barney Frank totally could have won reelection to his new district. It’s just that he didn’t want to. So, he told reporters at Newton City Hall yesterday, he won’t be […]
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Frank won’t seek reelection to Congress
Barney Frank has had enough. A Massachusetts congressman since 1981, Frank said he had been planning to run for one more term next year but decided to retire after Gov. […]