Looks like the Boston 2024 folks are going to be swarming the Boston Marathon on Monday. They'll be trying to create the impression that any fan of the Marathon also supports Boston 2024's bid to host the Olympics nine years hence. And … [Read more...]

In his campaign for Governor last year, Charlie Baker promised us "a state government that gets out of the way." And it seems that's what we are getting. Right after taking office, Governor Baker announced that one of the ways that state … [Read more...]

Now that even the folks at Boston 2024 are onto the public relations crisis surrounding their plan to bring the Olympics here, let's do some speculating about how they'll respond. Fortunately for the Boston 2024 team, its members … [Read more...]

I'm up here on Mount Olympus to check in on the gods who are behind the effort to bring the 2024 Olympic games to Boston. The air is a little thin for those of us who are oxygen breathers, but the ambrosia is quite fine. From up here, … [Read more...]

The State Senate met last Thursday in between blizzards, and Topic A was a debate on the procedural rules that ought to govern the Legislature for the coming two-year session. The House made its rules proposal last month, and in response … [Read more...]

Speaker DeLeo addressed the House membership today to let them know his priorities. Comments as prepared for publication here. If you read them, you'll see that the Speaker is ruling out tax increases in 2015. Because any bills to change … [Read more...]

What with the snowfalls and the Super Bowl, you might have missed the news that Scott Brown has applied to the State Board of Retirement to begin collecting his state pension. As reported by the Globe, Fox 25 and other outlets (but not the … [Read more...]

The Globe confirms that at tomorrow's House session, at which the rules for the 2015-2016 session will be debated, Speaker Robert DeLeo is planning to ask members to abolish the eight-year term limit on the Speakership that the current … [Read more...]