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How much are we spending on health care?

March 20, 2008 By Charley on the MTA

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...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: cost-control, health-care, therese-murray

Sen. Prez Murray releases health care cost plan

March 3, 2008 By Charley on the MTA

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...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: costs, health-care, therese-murray

Murray to release health care cost-control plan tomorrow

March 2, 2008 By Charley on the MTA

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...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: costs, health-care, massachusetts, senate, therese-murray

Congrats Jim! (Ooga booga liberal moonbats!)

December 12, 2007 By Charley on the MTA

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...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 4mi, 4th-middlesex, marzilli, massachusetts, therese-murray

No Fun Funding Massachusetts

October 26, 2007 By massmarrier

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...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: budget, infrastructure, lottery, massachusetts, progressive, responsibility, therese-murray

Senator Murray: Do the Right Thing, Kill the Amendment

June 11, 2007 By Ryan

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...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: concon, glbt, june-14th, marriage-equality, massachusetts, same-sex-marriage, senate-president-murray, therese-murray

Optimism!

March 22, 2007 By Charley on the MTA

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...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: dimasi, governor, house, massachusetts, patrick, senate, therese-murray

Trav resigning … Get to know Terry Murray.

March 20, 2007 By Charley on the MTA

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...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: massachusetts, patrick, senate, therese-murray, travaglini

Therese Murray: “Totally preposterous”

February 8, 2007 By Charley on the MTA

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...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: massachusetts, mott, state-senate, therese-murray

Future Senate Prez Therese Murray’s got a problem.

February 8, 2007 By Charley on the MTA

... 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...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: massachusetts, mott, state-senate, therese-murray

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