Back to main Robert Haynes is president of the Massachusetts AFL-CIO. Our nation’s severe economic recession and the ongoing jobs crisis have changed the context of many policy debates. We […]
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Slots mean instant jobs and tax revenue
Back to main David Flynn is a Democratic state representative from Bridgewater The number one issue for me in terms of expanded gambling – and in particular the licensing […]
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Fall 2013 correspondence and updates
Flynn-King race deserved mention James Aloisi’s article in the Summer issue of CommonWealth (“Fitting the Boston mayoral race into a historical context”) offers an engaging account of the history of […]
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Patrick will sign sentencing reform bill
The following is a statement from Governor Deval Patrick. “I asked for a balanced bill and, after many twists and turns, the Legislature has given me one. Because of the […]
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Politics of climate change still unsettled
Massachusetts is one of the greenest states in the nation, but even here the politics of climate change is unsettled. Scott Brown voted for a regional carbon cap-and-trade system as […]
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Power subsidy settlement OK’d
CORRECTION: Because of incorrect information supplied to CommonWealth by the Patrick administration, the initial version of this story said the premium for Massachusetts-generated solar was roughly 30 cents per kilowatt […]
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Petrolati not out of hot water in probe
The attorney for for State Rep. Thomas Petrolati says a scathing report on probation hiring abuse “totally vindicates” his client but the independent counsel who conducted the probe said that […]
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Sex education in the land of the Puritans
THE NORTHAMPTON HIGH SCHOOL student union surveyed students last year, asking them what they thought were the school’s biggest problems. “We got a lot of people saying sex ed,” said […]
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Anita Walker betting culture is good for your health
With a portion of the state’s casino revenues, the Massachusetts Cultural Council is testing whether arts and culture can be prescribed just like medicine. The organization is running three pilot […]
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Markey-Kennedy race in the homestretch
NEARLY EVERYONE AGREES that when Joe Kennedy launched his primary challenge nearly a year ago to Sen. Ed Markey, the son of the state’s most storied political family looked like […]
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Dr. Michael Mina’s rapid test theory
The US could have prevented the surge of COVID-19 cases this winter that killed hundreds of thousands of people if only the FDA had approved methods for at-home rapid testing […]