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The day I met Ted Kennedy

August 25, 2014 By elizabethwarren 2 Comments

When I was a law professor, I spent years studying why middle class families were going broke. I went into this area of study believing the hype – that people who were declaring bankruptcy must be gaming the system and going on too many … [Read more...]

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Casinos: A Worse Bet Than Ever

August 17, 2013 By thegreenmiles 20 Comments

As Massachusetts keeps pursuing casinos as a magic salve for neglected areas, officials keep ignoring that America's casino explosion has made each new casino far less profitable. Take Pennsylvania: Nine of the 11 Pennsylvania casinos … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: casinos, gambling, new-bedford, springfield

Surprised?

June 28, 2013 By progressivemax 14 Comments

I guess I shouldn't have been that surprised to see this article in the State House News, but I still am. “I am surprised because I felt that the legislation which was voted on and approved yesterday by overwhelming majorities in both … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: deleo, mbta, progressive, revenue, speaker-deleo, speaker-mass.-house, springfield, Statehouse-news, transportation, trasportation-bill

Hampden County DA debate tonight–>Live Stream from WNEC School of Law

September 7, 2010 By massmatician Leave a Comment

Catch tonight's live broadcast of the debate regarding Hampden County District Attorney. All 6 candidates will be on hand to debate relevant issues and rebut any misinformation. Stream starts at 6pm live from the Pelligrini Court Room at … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: buoniconti.-district-attorney, hampden-county, springfield, wnec

Dem Convention Rejects Bland

June 7, 2009 By massmarrier 6 Comments

The convention was there funnelled into the more painful procedure of per-plank amendments plus resolutions. In the end, this may have worked OK or better. There was a vote to reject casino slots, after all. Of course, that could have been … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: convention, democratic-party, massachusetts, massmarrier, platform, ryan-adams, springfield, walsh

Reform before revenue: Springfield/GIC edition

May 15, 2009 By Charley on the MTA 3 Comments

New report from big time Boston think tanks Rappaport Institute and Collins Center says there's gold in them thar GIC hills: The study finds that, by joining the Group Insurance Commission (GIC), Springfield cut increases in its … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: gic, springfield

Is the solution to the Cape’s labor problem the unemployed youth and young adults of Boston ?

August 29, 2008 By AmberPaw 10 Comments

In the "City and Region" Section of today's Boston Globe, side by side one article spoke of the Cape being so short of labor that many business owners are closing weeks early, waiting tables themselves, dropping lunch from their … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: boston, cape-cod, labor-shortage, new-bedford, springfield, unemployment

Who ‘da thunk?

March 11, 2007 By HeartlandDem Leave a Comment

The newspaper continued with yesterday's article that cited the source as Country Home magazine. Only Burlington, Vt., Ithaca, N.Y., and Corvallis, Ore., in that order, scored higher in the "Best Green Places" survey by Country Home … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: environment, springfield

I’m Supporting Mike Gravel for President

March 4, 2007 By lolorb 23 Comments

I'm actually sitting here laughing while listening to Senator Gravel!  I cannot write anything that can convey how absolutely amusing Senator Gravel is.  Listen to his videos.  He puts Ernie Boch to shame!The reasons why I am … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: alaska-senator, gravel, national-initiative, pentagon-papers-exposed, presidential-candidate, progressive, springfield

Who Said This?

August 17, 2006 By southshoreguy 36 Comments

"People don't want candidates who buy the race, it's tacky."Answer: Deval Patrick speaking about Chris Gabrieli yesterday in Springfield.Gabrieli has spent $5 million of his personal fortune so far on television commercials and other … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: gabrieli, patrick, springfield, tacky

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If I can paraphrase, a clean, safe, and equitable Commonwealth isn't one where poor people are saddled with the costs of EVs, but one where the rich fight for electrified transit for all. #mapoli

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For @TheAtlantic, I wrote about how we’re facing a doom loop of minority rule by white conservatives and the next two years may be our last chance to avoid slipping into it forever. Our leaders must treat this as the crisis that it is and act with urgency. https://trib.al/X0NAofi

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1/ Today, we revealed a new banner at the compressor site that reads, "Out of Order". The compressor station is currently not operational, after Enbridge experienced it's third accident is just 8 months. #NoCompressor

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Transforming our commuter rail system into a “regional rail” system would make it more equitable, modern, and faster, write @transitmatters’ @jarjoh and @BosIndicators’ @lucschuster. https://trib.al/0EMk2mV

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