Please join us for a live chat with Rep. Niki Tsongas of Massachusetts' 5th congressional district. Send in your questions and comments using the box at the bottom of the chat window -- we will get to as many of them as we can. BMG … [Read more...]
Talk to Rep. Tsongas live — TODAY at 11 a.m.
We're pleased to welcome Representative Niki Tsongas (MA-05) to Blue Mass. Group tomorrow today at 11 for a live chat using the fabulous Cover It Live tool. Starting at 11 a.m., we'll be asking Rep. Tsongas questions about the … [Read more...]
Endorsements in the 3rd Suffolk race
Today's Globe endorses Aaron Michlewitz to replace Sal DiMasi. The South End News, however, has endorsed Susan Passoni. The News's editorial explains that its endorsement decision was made before the mini-scandal over whether … [Read more...]
The Onion: Senate concerned that Ethics Commission has too much power. Oh wait…
I didn't realize that I subscribed to the hard copy of The Onion. But clearly I must, because I picked up the newspaper on my doorstep this morning and read the following: A Senate plan to bolster state ethics rules would actually … [Read more...]
Alternate Globe headline: “Why isn’t the Governor doing more ribbon cuttings?”
I'm with Jay: I really can't get too worked up about the Globe's breathless front-page story about Governor Patrick's schedule. "Oh my God! There were a bunch of days when the Governor didn't have any official events scheduled! … [Read more...]
Michlewitz may have received advance copies of 3rd Suffolk debate questions
Well, this is embarrassing. South End News reports that ... well, I'll let them tell you. South End News has obtained copies of e-mails that suggest that state Rep. Marty Walz (D-Back Bay) may have shared questions prepared for a 3rd … [Read more...]
Open thread
Has anyone else besides me been so foolish as to suffer through the last 22 hours of "24"? This season has been just godawful from start to finish. And now, with mercifully only two hours left, we learn that the unbearable Kim … [Read more...]
A simple solution to the “debate” in the legislature about pension reform: ask the SJC
So there's this big brouhaha between the House on the one hand, and the Gov and the Senate on the other, about what to do about pension reform. The Governor and the Senate want to apply the pension reforms to everyone in the system. … [Read more...]
Globe poll: 57% of Bostonians have personally met Menino
I just think this is an amazing statistic. In the Globe poll 57 percent of residents said they had personally met the mayor, up from 54 percent a year ago. Extrapolated from Boston's adult population of about 450,000, that means Menino has … [Read more...]
Toll payers file class action lawsuit against the Turnpike Authority
Storied class-action attorney Jan Schlichtmann has found his latest cause: trying to recover hundreds of millions of dollars worth of tolls paid inside of Route 128 and allegedly unlawfully diverted to pay for the Big Dig. A group of toll … [Read more...]
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