The thing that really gets me about all this is that the credit reporting industry (largely Experian, Equifax and Transunion) is completely opposed to this idea of security freezes (again, even though they've largely lost this battle in 23 … [Read more...]
Dianne Wilkerson speaks for 4 1/2 hours last night on behalf of those who don’t have a voice
Here's a paraphrase from StateHouseNews of her speech:Sen. Wilkerson said, In Massachusetts, we have over 30,570 Department of Environmental Protection waste sites. Ten percent are on the Superfund list. Lower income communities average … [Read more...]
Romney Likely to Offer Changes to Employer Fee
From Statehouse News (subscription only, no link available)Gov. Mitt Romney is likely to recommend changes to a per-employee fee for certain companies who do not offer health insurance to their employees, the governorâs spokesman said … [Read more...]
Immigrants’ Rights March April 10th
In anticipation of a U.S. Senate vote regarding comprehensiveimmigration reform, thousands of Greater Boston immigrants and their allies are set to participate in a National Day of Action joining 30cities across America in a public show of … [Read more...]
EMTs: Galluccio was driving drunk
The Cambridge Chronicle has the story.Two Emergency Medical Technicians who treated state Senate candidate Anthony Galluccio after a December car accident are joining other witnesses in saying that the Cambridge city councilor appeared to … [Read more...]
State House News: DiMasi and Trav provide look into health care compromise
So apparently we're going ahead with this "reform." Below is what State House News has up on it now. It says "Story Developing" which means there'll be more later.With nearly all the controversial matters agreed upon, lawmakers … [Read more...]
Details of Senate compromise on Health Care bill
Statehouse news has the details here. The good news, you don't need to be able to log in. Haven't read it, and don't really have time to right now, but I thought you guys might enjoy. … [Read more...]
St. Fleur stepping down
From Statehousenews: ST. FLEUR DROPPING LG CANDIDACY: âShe has decided she is not going to run for lieutenant governor,â a source close the Reilly campaign told the News Service late Wednesday afternoon. Rep. Marie St. Fleur, the … [Read more...]
Reilly chooses St. Fleur
My first reaction to this is: WTF?! … [Read more...]
Religious charities and financial disclosures
I suppose if the State were to impose separation (as in by stripping the no-tax status of churches who make political statements to obviously sway the voting public), that would be meddling. I don't know what the right answer is, but … [Read more...]