Can the Commonwealth have a governor’s race about issues when money is the only thing that matters?
BROKEN MEDIA, BROKEN POLITICS
If Mass journalists were doing their jobs, Baker would not be so popular It’s always funny to hear that Charlie Baker is a very popular governor… The most popular governor in the country at the moment, according to polls. Because he doesn’t do anything very differently than his predecessor Deval Patrick did. Or […]
NRA-AFFILIATED LOBBYIST WALKS THROUGH BAKER’S REVOLVING DOOR
Amidon’s appointment went through with little fanfare or controversy. Of more than a half-dozen reports reviewed by the Shoestring on the subject, only one noted that GOAL is an NRA affiliate, while none acknowledged its lobbying efforts.
MASS SAYS NO TO CBD BEER
“While cannabinoids, including CBD and THC, can never be used in the manufacture of alcoholic beverages in Massachusetts, industrial hemp can be used in the manufacture of alcoholic beverages.”
BAKER’S MASS MEDICAID PURGE
Wrestling with new MassHealth changes and (not so) accountable care organizations
HEMP HANGS BY A THREAD IN MASS
Gov. Baker’s office strings hemp farmers along
YOUR MOVE, BOSTON
Only a massive protest movement can stop government giveaways to megacorps Boston politics—in both its state and local variants—seems to consist largely of backroom deals between government officials and major corporations punctuated by rituals of representative democracy that are increasingly put on just for show. Perhaps it has ever been thus. But that […]
WHOLE LOTTA CAUCUS: ELECTIONS HAVE RETURNED TO THE COMMONWEALTH. SORT OF.
All things considered, the results of the caucuses make little tangible difference in determining the party’s nominee for the governorship. What’s really on the line is a candidate’s ability to garner 15 percent of the delegates’ support; crossing that threshold gets you on the September primary ballot. It would take a miracle to win a primary as a write-in candidate, so, first and foremost, the caucuses are a battle for the ballot.
TOWNIE: MASS REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITIES FACE MAJOR BUDGET CRISIS
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. […]
CRISIS AVERTED
MBTA bus mechanics beat back privatization… at a cost Unionized bus mechanics represented by the International Association of Machinists Local 264 won an important victory last week when they agreed to a four-year contract with the MBTA—effectively ending a two-year effort by the transportation authority’s Fiscal and Management Control Board to privatize three […]
