This just in:In an ongoing response to the state's foreclosure crisis, Governor Deval Patrick today directed Commissioner of Banks Steven L. Antonakes to seek delays from mortgage lenders, on a case-by-case basis, for any Massachusetts … [Read more...]
A spectacular first quarter of 2007
So says today's Globe:The Massachusetts economy surged in the first quarter, nearly quadrupling the national growth rate and recalling the technology-driven expansion of the 1990s. The state's economy grew at a 4.7 percent annual rate … [Read more...]
2-man race for Trav’s Senate seat; Dem primary winner will be the next Senator
Casey Ross reports that only two candidates filed papers to run for Robert Travaglini's now-vacant Senate seat: Rep. Anthony Petruccelli, and Revere city councillor Dan Rizzo, both Democrats. In an impressive display of its … [Read more...]
Patrick requires state buildings to go green
Over the last weekend, approximately 170 light bulbs were changed in the Governor's office. In total 1,000 bulbs will be changed in the State House which will mean $15,000 in savings and a reduction of 56 tons in carbon emissions per … [Read more...]
Governor Patrick sums up his first 100 days
The document, published on mass.gov, lays out a series of priorities in six key areas (job creation & economic growth; clean energy; education; health care; public safety; and cities and towns), as well as a list of the administration's … [Read more...]
Governor Patrick’s chief of staff is leaving; Doug Rubin will replace her
Just in from Patrick central:Governor Deval Patrick today announced that Chief of Staff Joan Wallace-Benjamin has been asked by her former employer, The Home for Little Wanderers, to return to her position as President/CEO of the non-profit … [Read more...]
House Ways & Means budget: free money! Whee!
The House Ways & Means Committee has released its budget. Here's the early take from the indispensable Mass. Budget & Policy Center (emphasis mine):The budget proposal released by the House Ways and Means Committee increases … [Read more...]
Verizon vs. Massachusetts
As .08 and MassLib have already noted, the regional president of Verizon has free advertising space courtesy of the Globe an op-ed in today's Globe arguing that the gubmint should keep its grubby, tax-lovin' mitts off their valuable … [Read more...]
Charlie Baker’s got a blog
We're very pleased to welcome Charlie Baker, CEO of Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and ex-A&F and Human Services Secretary under Welducci, to the blogosphere. (Thanks to Paul Levy for noting this development.) Baker has … [Read more...]
Pretty good news for Patrick in State House News poll
State House News has a new poll out that, while not uniformly positive, is generally pretty good for the Gov. Noteworthy, at least to me, was the fact that despite all the unremittingly lousy press surrounding the CaddyDrapesCiticall … [Read more...]
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