Our new governor accepts campaign contributions from, and even tried to tap a guy who ripped off immigrant workers.
#mapoli
MASS HAS A NEW PARTY (AND NOT JUST THE ONE REPUBLICANS ARE THROWING RIGHT NOW)
I didn't hang at Evan Falchuk's campaign office on Tremont Street past midnight just for kicks this morning. Nor was I only there for the beer, much of which was being sipped and spilled in celebration.
MY TIME WITH TOM: REFLECTIONS ON 14 YEARS COVERING MAYOR TOM MENINO
I covered his administration. I would often stalk him by his black SUV in the horseshoe driveway in back of City Hall to press him on the news of the day. Some days, he’d be furious with me about something I had written. Other times, he’d shrug the hit off with a snarky quip. The man was not short on wit.
MEDIA FARM: THE BUTCHER, THE BAKER, THE CANDIDATE MAKER
The Globe endorses Charlie Baker. We rant.
BLUNT TRUTH: QUESTIONS FOR OUR GOV-TO-BE …
Medical marijuana passed in 2012, and patients still cannot get access in 2014. What will you do about that, and how quickly? Is it acceptable to you that patients should be denied their medicine for years while a long political process plays out?
NOVEMBER BALLOT MEASURE MADNESS: 4 QUESTIONS TO HOLD MASS OVER UNTIL POT LEGALIZATION IN 2016
Historically speaking, 54 percent of questions put to Bay State voters have been approved since 1990. This time, after much speculation and signature wrangling—and in one case a court intervention—four initiatives remain from an initial field of 33. So there are really only two questions left: Which ones will pass, and which will flame out?