Please note that the Baker administration during its first term saw solar job losses of up to 3000 and that the last year has seen MA solar job growth down 11.4%. These job losses are almost certainly due to Governor Baker's refusal to … [Read more...]
Big Oil’s Big Gift
In the final actions of the year, the House and Senate passed a spending bill with a big gift for Big Oil. By permanently lifting the longstanding crude oil export ban, Congressional Republicans made sure it will be Christmas all year round … [Read more...]
Massachusetts A Model for Obama’s Clean Power Plan
As a nation, we have a choice: Do we want to keep pumping dangerous carbon pollution into the air, or do we want to pump new life into our economy, creating clean energy jobs and saving families money on their electricity bills? We know … [Read more...]
#SolarisWorking! Now tell Speaker Deleo to Sun Up.
This week, bipartisan leaders in the Massachusetts Senate acted to lifted a cap on solar net metering. Net metering is the way we buy and sell the sun's energy in the Bay State (and most of the country) and it's a solid system for … [Read more...]
Obama Jobs Boom Continues: Businesses Create 321,000 Jobs in November
The private sector created 321,000 private sector jobs in November, making 2014 the best year for job creation since 1999. Businesses have now added 10.9 million jobs during the six-year Obama administration (though that number is partially … [Read more...]
Hey, we opened a new T station
I think Team Blue hasn't quite made enough noise about the new T station in Assembly Square. It's fairly huge deal. The last time the state opened a new MBTA rail station it was 1987 and Mike Dukakis was the governor. It's not a coincidence … [Read more...]
Why I won’t support Steve Grossman for governor: The Lottery
I was recently contacted by the Grossman campaign, asking for my support for Steve's bid for the corner office. I wrote back, telling Steve that, while I admire some of his successes as Treasurer, his handling of the Lottery — specifically, … [Read more...]
The State of Working Massachusetts
A strong economy is one that works for everyone, including young and experienced workers, children and families, lower-wage and high-wage earners. Over the past year, the Massachusetts economy has continued to grow and the median income has … [Read more...]
Working Families Can’t Afford to Wait Any Longer
Today, I met with a group of men and women who work out at the airport. They clean the planes, serve as wheelchair attendants – do many of the jobs that we often take for granted. But despite their hard work and long hours, many of them … [Read more...]
Marty Walsh – a union man
Public sector unions are the destroying cities and schools. We live in an age of driverless cars and yet the unions demand we have drivers on the MBTA subways. Howie Carr had a good piece this week discussing retirement age at 50 at the … [Read more...]
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