The Christian Science Monitor’s print weekly takes an in-depth look at the ongoing green revolution in a “Future of Energy” special issue. Once again, Jimmy Carter comes off as a […]
The Download: Green is good
Posted inPolitics, The Download
Probation report delivered, impounded
Wednesday, November 10, 2010 The independent counsel investigating patronage practices at the state’s Probation Department has given his report to the Supreme Judicial Court, which impounded the document until the […]
Posted inPolitics, State House News Service
The Herald’s head man
A 27-year veteran of the Boston Herald, editor-in-chief Joe Sciacca has spent most of his career covering Massachusetts politics. So on election night when US Rep. Barney Frank complained about […]
Posted inOpinion, Politics
Baker’s Brown deficit
Comparing last week’s election to the January special election for US Senate provides an interesting look at how Scott Brown was successful while Charlie Baker came up short. Baker’s loss […]
Posted inHealth Care, Politics
Menino plans to file health care petition
Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino, frustrated by the Legislature’s refusal to let cities and towns join the state’s Group Insurance Commission without union approval, announced today he will file a […]
Posted inEducation
Radio Boston focuses on Title IX cover story
CommonWealth magazine senior investigative reporter Jack Sullivan today joined documentary film maker and former Olympic athlete Mary Mazzio and UMass Lowell athletic director Dana Skinner on WBUR’s Radio Boston. The […]
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The Download: Reviving the outside game?
Governor Deval Patrick spoke often on the campaign trail about having to learn to pause, take a victory lap, and puff out one’s chest, for the benefit of the voters […]
Posted inHealth Care, Politics, State House News Service, The Download
Mayors want Beacon Hill to get tough on health care, unions
By Gabrielle Gurley Massachusetts does not have the financial wherewithal to fully address the looming fiscal problems facing cities and towns. But municipal officials’ pleas that state lawmakers look at […]
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The Download: Whose American Dream?
“The American dream mattered a lot in this election,” writes Christopher Caldwell in yesterday’s New York Times Magazine. But it mattered so much that it has practically lost any clear […]
Posted inPolitics
2 local affiliates plan to follow lead of US Chamber
The heavy spending by the US Chamber of Commerce in the recent election has prompted at least two local affiliates to crank up their own campaign advocacy while other chamber […]
Posted inCriminal Justice
Ma. corrections commissioner’s move to Va. raises questions
Corrections Commissioner Harold Clarke is leaving Massachusetts this month to take the same job in Virginia, prompting speculation in both states about what his departure and arrival means. Clarke, who […]
Posted inOpinion, Politics
Why journalists need personal branding
I was in San Francisco recently addressing a roomful of journalists at their annual convention. Ten years ago, I would have been one of them. But these days—my youthful aspirations […]
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Massachusetts bucks the GOP tide
Massachusetts bucked a rising Republican tide across the nation, electing Democrats to every statewide office and every congressional seat. Nationally, Republicans seized control of the House and gained ground in […]
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Bad day for bellwethers
Election Day was bad for Massachusetts bellwethers. The state as a whole bucked a national shift toward Republicans, but many cities and towns that have long been regarded as reliable […]
Posted inPolitics, The Download
The endorsement chase
Here is a run-down of endorsements from newspapers around the state in the races for governor, treasurer, and state auditor, the open 10th Congressional District seat, and on the three […]
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The endorsement chase
Here is a run-down of endorsements from newspapers around the state in the races for governor, treasurer, and state auditor, the open 10th Congressional District seat, and on the three […]
Posted inPolitics, State House News Service, The Download
Video: Brown refuses to answer on Question 3 vote
Video courtesy of the State House News Service.
Posted inPolitics, State House News Service, Transportation
Candidates mum on how to fund transit
On Tuesday, a Boston Globe editorial called transportation finance “one of the more complex and thankless areas of state policy.” Perhaps that’s why Gov. Deval Patrick, Charlie Baker, Tim Cahill, […]
Posted inPolitics, The Back Story
Saving the money machine
Don’t get Back Story? Sign up here. The Boston Redevelopment Authority is asking a federal housing agency not to throw a wrench in its never-ending money machine. When the BRA […]
Posted inEconomy, Politics
Yin and Yang? Or Mike and Ike?
We’ve heard over and over about the stark choice facing voters in the contest for governor. We can elect someone who understands the human pain behind unemployment rates and foreclosure […]
Posted inEconomy, Politics, State House News Service
Razor edge support for Question 3
Milford residents appear to narrowly support Question 3, according to CommonWealth magazine’s Bellwether project. The Bellwether project’s online town forum found that supporters of the ballot question, which would cut […]
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The Globe’s man-bites-dog endorsement for auditor
By Michael Jonas Last week, my colleague Bruce Mohl wrote about the ins and outs of the candidate endorsement process at Boston’s two daily papers. The Boston Herald, which leans […]
Posted inOpinion, Politics
A strategy to believe in
Baseball fans flocked to Moneyball: The Art of an Unfair Game for its insights into how an undercapitalized franchise like the Oakland A’s managed to compete with financial giants like […]
Posted inPolitics
Finance money flows to Bielat
Sean Bielat is giving Barney Frank the toughest run he’s had in decades. That’s due, in part, to the savage beatings Frank is taking over his financial ties to the […]