Mass State House, Oct 29, noon-1:30 pm Twenty-five years after the real estate industry destroyed rent control in Massachusetts, marching season is upon us. A call to arms has been raised by tenant organizations across the land and real estate interests are being pushed back for the first time in decades. So, it’s […]
A WINDOW INTO THE STATE HOUSE
Rep. Mike Connolly’s blog offers a critical look behind the curtain of Mass politics The Massachusetts State House is not a bastion of democracy. I think a growing number of people in the Commonwealth are pretty clear on that fact. Dominated for decades by a series of imperial House speakers, and to a […]
MY RESOLUTION: TO RECOVER THE BUST THAT WAS STOLEN FROM MASS AND IS SITTING IN STORAGE AT THE LACMA
Since state leaders, LACMA directors, and even the Beacon Hill auction house that sold the Brooks bust have all stonewalled me over the past eight years, I have resolved to do whatever it takes (so long as it’s legal) to get the bust back for Mass in the new year.
LAWMAKERS PUSH TO RENAME THE YAWKEY MBTA STATION
“I think [the proposed bill] makes perfect sense… I’m confused how it’s named ‘Yawkey’ anyway, in light of what we know about him.”
AUSTERITY BUDGET, PART 4
There is no protection from the budget ax for programs that benefit huge numbers of Bay State residents.
AUSTERITY BUDGET, PART 3
The Worst of the House and the Senate Ways and Means Committee FY 2017 State Budget Proposals
LA OR BUST
Investigators may never locate the Gardner paintings, but Governor Baker might be able to retrieve this missing sculpture for Mass with a phone call
BOSTON TROLLING (PART 3)
BY CHRIS FARAONE, KENNETH LIPP & JONATHAN RILEY For this third installment of our Boston Trolling series on information and surveillance, we’ve done some of our own data collection—of every available bellwether and indicator, positive and negative, that points forward. Some questions we considered: As the police state expands, are there adequate safeguards in place? […]
