More spending cuts and new taxes will probably be necessary as state officials awaken to the potential for a sharp downturn in capital gains tax revenues this fiscal year and next year. At […]
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Greenway gets $2 million bailout to prevent “blight”
Seeking to prevent blight in downtown Boston, an economic development agency is plugging a $2 million hole in the budget of a private group about to take over management of the Rose Fitzgerald […]
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Creedon leaves Senate, laments shrinkage of House
At times, Friday's session of the Massachusetts Senate seemed like a revival of the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts, as members offered tributes to four departing members: Edward Augustus of Worcester, […]
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Patrick losing control of transportation debate
Gov. Deval Patrick is quickly losing control of the debate over state transportation funding and management. The governor's vague proposal (spelled out in a Nov. 13 op-ed column) to abolish the Massachusetts […]
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Piecemeal toll hike
Gov. Deval Patrick says he wants to consolidate the state’s transportation agencies under one unified command, but he is preparing to pay for the services those agencies provide on a […]
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Old-school ways
Yesterday’s State House buzz centered on state Rep. David Flynn, the senior member of the House, who told reporters that five members have raised with him the idea that he […]
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Loyalty, ethics, virtue, and Wilkerson
Friday’s press conference by Gov. Deval Patrick to announce that he’s naming a special commission on ethics had an interesting moment. Although Patrick said a string of troubling cases involving […]
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Dianne Wilkerson’s long slide down
This morning’s arrest of state Sen. Dianne Wilkerson on extortion and wire fraud charges looks like the final chapter in a pitiful tale whose installments have come with almost predictable […]
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Wilkerson backers take the low road
Monday, October 27, 2008 Dianne Wilkerson is counting on a big turnout of black voters for Barack Obama to boost the desperate write-in campaign she’s waging after losing last month’s […]
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Finneran: I was playing a word game
By Colman M. Herman What do former House Speaker Thomas M. Finneran and former President Bill Clinton have in common? They both parsed their words under oath in a way […]
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Channel tax anger at Dems?
Boston Globe columnist Joan Vennochi picks up today on our recent post highlighting the fact that Massachusetts ranks last in the country in contested races by major party candidates for […]
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Massachusetts ranks dead last in contested elections
Massachusetts, once known for its raucous politics, now ranks last in the nation in the percentage of voters with a choice as to who represents them in the State House. […]