Front page, below the fold: A 1913 Law Dies to Better Serve Gay Marriages By PAM BELLUCK and KATIE ZEZIMA ... On Tuesday, the State Senate voted to repeal a 1913 law that prevents Massachusetts from marrying out-of-state couples if their … [Read more...]
Politicker embarrasses Mass. GOP
It's kinda like shooting fish in a barrel, but still, this is pretty great. Avid BMGers will recall nodrumlins' excellent debunking of Barney Keller's silly attempt to attack Niki Tsongas for -- shudder -- endorsing a Democrat in a … [Read more...]
SJC upholds AG’s certification of dog racing ballot question
After the Attorney General certified the question for the ballot, George Carney, the owner of the Raynham-Taunton dog track, sued. Carney argued that the question concerns only local matters (because dog racing exists in only two … [Read more...]
Earmarks in action
7007-0900 Massachusetts Office of Travel and Tourism ... 26,383,309For the operation and administration of the office of travel and tourism; provided, that performance-based standards shall be … [Read more...]
Sunday notes: RIP Tony Snow; Marzilli should resign; the state budget; local cuts; the Greens
RIP Tony Snow. The former Fox News commentator and White House press secretary died at age 53 of colon cancer. News of Snow's illness inspired conflicting emotions on previous occasions. Let us use this one first, to send our … [Read more...]
McCain, Viagra, and birth control
I can't resist -- this is just too hilarious not to post. I don't believe I have ever seen a politician be quite this uncomfortable for quite this long. Honestly -- John McCain says he wants to take on the toughest issues facing the … [Read more...]
McCain’s awful week
This is really something. Check out David Corn on a week that John McCain would really like to forget. I've added the links so that you can watch the hilarity yourself. Enjoy! John McCain's Very Bad Week: A Cheat Sheet I … [Read more...]
Ted Kennedy travels to DC to break Republican filibuster on Medicare
Talk about someone devoted to what he believes in. Senator Ted Kennedy, who just passed the halfway point of a grueling course of daily treatments for brain cancer, traveled to Washington today so that he could vote for cloture (i.e., … [Read more...]
Denver Convention host committee explains color-coded food controversy
Well, the press loves a good story. But it turns out that things aren't as insane as was initially reported when it comes to contracting with food vendors for the Denver convention. Here's a press release sent out to dispel the … [Read more...]
SJC upholds Governor’s dismissal of Chief Medical Examiner
The Supreme Judicial Court has upheld Governor Patrick's right to dismiss Chief Medical Examiner Mark Flomenbaum "for cause." Governor Patrick determined that Dr. Flomenbaum had failed to show that he could handle the administrative … [Read more...]
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