OK, I blew it a couple of days ago. I credulously quoted a brief WBUR report that said in passing that the MA budget was 50% health care. Well, it's not that much. I called in help from Nancy Wagman at the Mass. Budget and Policy … [Read more...]
Sen. Prez Murray releases health care cost plan
I mentioned this yesterday; today Sen. Murray came out with her health care cost agenda. AP's got the rundown:BOSTON—Massachusetts would be required to adopt a statewide electronic medical records system and be the first state to … [Read more...]
Murray to release health care cost-control plan tomorrow
Definitely something to keep an eye on: Sen. Prez Murray's health care cost legislation is due for a big rollout tomorrow in at UMass Medical School in Worcester. She spoke about her plans back in October; briefly, it seems she'll … [Read more...]
Congrats Jim! (Ooga booga liberal moonbats!)
David Bernstein asks: Is Marzilli now the biggest lefty in the senate? Or does that honor reside with his Middlesex neighbor Pat Jehlen? Other nominees? Well gosh, there's an open-ended question. What are your definitions, David? Do … [Read more...]
No Fun Funding Massachusetts
I have every reason to believe that Deval grew up the way I and many of us did. Pay your bills. Admit your errors. Take personal responsibility. Don't leave your mess for someone else to clean up when you're gone.Only now do many of us seem … [Read more...]
Senator Murray: Do the Right Thing, Kill the Amendment
Cross-posted at Ryan's Take. It may be preposterous to say the Massachusetts State House is the center of the universe, but it's something a great many people do all the time. When people call Boston the "Hub," that's exactly what they're … [Read more...]
Optimism!
Ok, so we're taking on DiMasi today, and we're looking at new Senate Prez Terry Murray with something of a jaundiced eye ... but progressives have good reason to be quite optimistic about several things. As the Globe points out again today, … [Read more...]
Trav resigning … Get to know Terry Murray.
sez Frank Phillips, who also gives a nice introduction to Senate President-to-be Therese Murray. Must-read.From what I've read and heard, Murray's an odd duck. She's definitely a social liberal -- much more so than Travaglini -- and … [Read more...]
Therese Murray: “Totally preposterous”
State House News (via Keller): Sen. Therese Murray denies certain things about David Bernstein's article alleging improper funnelling of funds to a crony: She's never been to Italy. She's never had drinks with alleged "drinking buddies". … [Read more...]
Future Senate Prez Therese Murray’s got a problem.
... as does would-have-been Development Chief State Rep. Dan Bosley. David Bernstein scoops thusly ... [Update: not a total scoop -- the Herald's Jay Fitzgerald had some breaks in this story this past weekend. See below.]According to some … [Read more...]