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MA SHOULD JOIN CA, ND IN STARTING A PUBLIC BANK

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted October 9, 2019 Filed Under: COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS, Townie

 

Support needed for the Massachusetts Infrastructure Bank bill (H.935/S.579)

 

A fast take this time out on an interesting West Coast development that could lead to the creation of much-needed state institution here in the Commonwealth. It seems California passed a law last week allowing the formation of up to 10 public banks in cities ...  read more

Filed Under: COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS, Townie

GREENFIELD BLUES: HOMELESSNESS IS NOT JUST A BIG-CITY PROBLEM IN MASS

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted August 7, 2018 Filed Under: COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS, Townie

 

We don’t get much news about Western Mass in Boston. And since the population is relatively small in the largely rural western counties of the Commonwealth, it can be easy to miss significant stories. Because the scale of noteworthy happenings is naturally smaller ...  read more

Filed Under: COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS, Townie Tagged With: Apparent Horizon, Column, economy, encampment, Greenfield, Health, Healthcare, Homeless, homelessness, Housing, Jason Pramas, jobs, Mayor William Martin, news, opiates, policy, Politics, poor, poverty, public, Western Massachusetts

TOWNIE: CITY ON A HILL

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted May 23, 2018 Filed Under: COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS, Townie

 

Global warming will flood Boston. Why not move the state capital to Worcester?

 

Many small American cities have boosterish metro research organizations that look like a cross between a public policy outfit and a chamber of commerce, and the Bay State’s second biggest urban area is no exception. The Worcester Regional ...  read more

Filed Under: COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS, Townie Tagged With: Activism, agency, Boston, Climate Change, Column, crisis, disaster, economy, Environment, flooding, future, global warming, government, heat wave, Jason Pramas, Massachusetts, news, office, planning, Politics, Real Estate, sea level rise, state, Townie, Worcester

WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted April 26, 2018 Filed Under: COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS, Townie

former GM Framingham plant

 

Or how tax breaks for fat cats relate to a defeat for Harvard management rats

 

“Opportunity” for the few

Gov. Charlie Baker submitted paperwork to the US Department of Treasury last week, according ...  read more

Filed Under: COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS, Townie Tagged With: Column, economy, framingham, Gov Charlie Baker, graduate assistant, harvard, Jason Pramas, labor, news, opportunity zones, Politics, poverty, tax breaks, Townie, Trump administration, UAW, union, victory

TOWNIE EXTRA: YASER MURTAJA, PRESENTE!

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted April 11, 2018 Filed Under: COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS, Townie

Cartoon by Mike Flugennock

The killers of the Palestinian journalist must be brought to justice

 

Typically, I mainly focus on Bay State issues in this column. But I’ll make an exception this time and  ...  read more

Filed Under: COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS, Townie Tagged With: Column, demonstration, Gaza, IDF, Israel Defense Forces, Jason Pramas, journalist, justice, killing, news, Obituary, Palestine, photojournalist, Protest, rally, right of return, shooting, Townie, Yaser Murtaja

TOWNIE: AIRLINES SUING, UMASS SCREWING

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted April 11, 2018 Filed Under: COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS, Townie

TOWNIE: AIRLINES SUING, UMASS SCREWING

 

Corporate attack on workers rights and a corporate-style attack on UMB by UMA

 

If there’s one thing I think people should do every day, it’s read the business press. Because that’s where you see how the world runs. A world that naturally includes Massachusetts.

 

Airlines sue Mass over sick time law

Case in point, Airlines ...  read more

Filed Under: COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS, Townie Tagged With: airline, American Airlines, budget, Column, corporation, economy, higher education, Jason Pramas, JetBlue Airways, Massachusetts, Maura Healey, Mount Ida College, news, Politics, sick leave, Townie, UMass Amherst, UMASS-Boston, United Airlines, veterans, William Joiner Institute

TOWNIE: MASS REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITIES FACE MAJOR BUDGET CRISIS

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted February 21, 2018 Filed Under: COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS, Townie

RTA bus

 

Gov. Baker’s proposed cuts throw gasoline on raging policy fire

 

A quarter-century ago, I lived in Lawrence for a few months. Because it was the closest place to Boston that I could find a cheap apartment on short notice. Unfortunately, I had a low-paying job in the city and couldn’t afford a car. So I took the commuter ...  read more

Filed Under: COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS, Townie Tagged With: austerity, budget, Charlie Baker, Column, cuts, economy, immigrant, Jason Pramas, Lawrence, Massachusetts, MVRTA, news, Politics, privatization, Protest, public, PVTA, race to the bottom, Springfield, Townie, transportation, Worcester, WRTA

TOWNIE: UMB DRUBBING, PAWSOX GRUBBING

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted November 27, 2017 Filed Under: COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS, Townie

 

University cuts and a (possible) corporate scam just in time for the holidays

 

UMass Boston admin lays off more staff, unions push back

The neoliberal war on public higher education continues unabated ...  read more

Filed Under: COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS, Townie Tagged With: Boston, budget, debt, economy, Giveaway, Jason Pramas, legislature, Massachusetts, neoliberal, PawSox, Politics, public, taxes, Townie, trustees, tuition, UMass, Worcester

TOWNIE: TAX DELINQUENT, TAX GIVEAWAY

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted November 2, 2017 Filed Under: COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS, Townie

 

Crutchfield sues Mass over online taxes, unions protest Siemens

 

Online retailer tries to duck sales taxes

For a long time, the internet was like the Wild West for online sales. Companies sold products to consumers all over the US, and the feds and many states were slow to tax those transactions. You know, because “innovation ...  read more

Filed Under: COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS, Townie Tagged With: corporations, Crutchfield, economy, Giveaway, government, Jason Pramas, malfeasance, Massachusetts, Politics, scam, Siemens, taxation, Townie, Walpole

TOWNIE: A WORM’S EYE VIEW OF THE MASS POWER STRUCTURE

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted October 18, 2017 Filed Under: COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS, Townie

Students at rally at Boston City Hall By NewtonCourt (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons

 

From the guy that brings you Apparent Horizon

 

The rich and powerful interests that control Massachusetts politics and the state economy have their fingers in every conceivable pie. So numerous are their projects that it’s difficult for most news outlets to keep track of them, let alone cover them ...  read more

Filed Under: COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS, Townie Tagged With: BINJ, blurb, Boston, bribe, brief, business, CEO, City Hall, Column, Contact, corruption, development, economy, Jason Pramas, legislature, malfeasance, Massachusetts, news, Politics, Real Estate, Townie

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