For anyone interested in watching the kerfuffle that erupted in the Mass. Senate last week over Sen. Eldridge's amendment prohibiting legislators from taking casino jobs for 5 years, it is now online here. Debate starts at … [Read more...]

It's been a while since I posted, but The Boston Globe's recent piece on the backroom discussions leading up to Romneycare sparked a thought in my head that drove me to shove the piles of papers, magazines and Val-Packs off the Blogotron … [Read more...]

We all read the story in last week's Boston Globe about how some legislative candidates are tacking to the right. Just wanted to bring another example to light: state Rep. Steve Tobin of Quincy, who is running to replace Mike Morrissey in … [Read more...]

Today's story over at WBUR on the Independent Contractor's Law is a terrific example of the challenge lawmakers face in trying to come up with laws that address an underlying problem with causing unintended consequences. The Independent … [Read more...]

Since I'm a day late to the conversation, I wanted to post a separate message regarding the Jamie Gass column in yesterday's Herald. Gass' argument is a combination of amusing, misleading, and ignorant about the history of the state's law … [Read more...]

The Patriot Ledger today has a story about Plymouth County Commissioner John Riordan saying that county government may no longer be needed -- essentially suggesting that his fellow commissioners fire themselves. … [Read more...]

Please, oh please, let the GOP nominee for the 10th Congressional seat be Joe Malone. And please let the first question asked to him in a debate be "Hey, Joe, did the state get back all the money that was stolen from the Treasury when you … [Read more...]

Stein will once again run for governor as a Green-Rainbow Party candidate. For those who remember her 2002 run, she is an educated, well-spoken, well-informed, and unapologetically progressive candidate.   Given the concerns many … [Read more...]

Main Street Bank would then take BMG Smith's mortgage and sell it to a bigger bank, Gigantic Bank. Gigantic Bank would then take a whole bunch of these mortgages and sell them off to their own investment house, where they'd be split up and … [Read more...]

And while some out-of-state banks and property owners moan at this supposed hardship, it means that Massachusetts also has among the lowest number of land ownership disputes in the nation. Now, banks are being forced to lay in the bed of … [Read more...]