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Wish I had more time to spend on each of these: Charlie Baker won't take the T pledge, to actually experience first-hand what the hoi-polloi go through on a daily basis. I'm sure he feels it would disrupt his schedule. Imagine that. … [Read more...]

Bob Massie gets it

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MA-GOV candidate Bob Massie has been a climate activist for years. Among many other things he's done in his remarkable life, he started CERES, an organization I really admire, which has quite successfully gotten businesses on board for … [Read more...]

Another Shooting

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Juliette Kayyem sums it up well. Juliette Kayyem @juliettekayyem A teenager well known for mental struggles buys a weapon of mass destruction that has no place outside of war. And up until yesterday's massacre it was all perfectly … [Read more...]

Digital First Media Wins Herald Auction

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Link to the Herald report. Digital First Media won the Boston Herald in a five-hour bankruptcy auction with an $11.9 million bid that all but settles who will carry the news organization into the next chapter of the city’s rich media … [Read more...]

Baker loses 20% of solar jobs; AG’s clean energy defense; the Senate’s boffo energy bill

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Globe's Jon Chesto reports: "Massachusetts lost more than 20% of its solar jobs last year" Possible factors in Massachusetts include: uncertainty about changes in solar incentives; caps in some parts of the state on new net metering … [Read more...]

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