Today the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (whose decisions apply in both NH and MA) declared that a New Hampshire statute criminalizing "ballot selfies" - that is, taking a photograph of a marked ballot and then sharing the … [Read more...]

There have been three not-great stories for the Baker administration recently, all coming out of the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EOEEA): Two top officials of the Department of Conservation and Recreation were … [Read more...]

In a 19-page decision, Superior Court Justice Douglas Wilkins ruled today that the Commissioner of the Boston Police Department may institute a pilot program in which he will order 100 officers to wear body cameras, rejecting the police … [Read more...]

Don't forget to vote!  This is your primary day open thread.  Let us know what you're seeing out there. UPDATE: Unofficial reports on Twitter and elsewhere are saying that Pat Jehlen has easily won her primary against Leland Cheung. … [Read more...]

There's been much discussion here and elsewhere - and appropriately so - about the roughly $100,000 that Democrats for Education Reform (DFER) has dumped into Leland Cheung's effort to unseat Pat Jehlen in the state Senate.  DFER's money … [Read more...]

Pretty much anything about charter schools - or education in any form, really - is absent from these pro-Cheung flyers (both of which arrived in my mailbox today) sent out by Democrats for Education Reform. Curiouser and curiouser... … [Read more...]

About ten days ago, I received the following email from Leland Cheung's campaign: Friends and Supporters, I was shocked to wake up this morning and find that nearly $20,000 in anonymous Super PAC money had been spent to attack our … [Read more...]

I took a ton of photographs at the DNC - too many to include in a post.  Here's a more or less random sampler of photos I like.  I'll post a link to a bigger collection when I get them uploaded.  Hope you enjoy - and please let me know if … [Read more...]

Over the four days I was at the DNC, I asked some of the people I bumped into why they were there, in roughly 30 seconds.  Here are the folks I talked to, along with what they told me.   … [Read more...]

Here are more scenes taken by our photographer, Glenn Kulbako.  These are all inside the hall at the Wells Fargo Center.  You can click the images for a larger view. … [Read more...]