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THE IMPORTANT ART STOLEN FROM BOSTON THAT NOBODY SEEMS TO CARE ABOUT

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted April 18, 2021 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

Investigators may never locate the Gardner paintings, but Governor Baker might be able to retrieve this missing sculpture for Mass with a phone call

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: #mapoli, Art, Boston, Charles Brooks, Dorchester, Gardnder Heist, history caper, Houghton Library, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, King Charles I, LACMA, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Mass, Massachusetts Bay Charter, massachusetts state house, missing art, Myles Connor, public art, Rome, State House art, stolen art, Thomas Crawford

MARCHING SEASON: JOIN THE RALLY FOR RENT CONTROL

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted October 23, 2019 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

Throwback screenshot via WBZ from the '90s. When TV reporters like Liz Walker still covered housing justice.

 

Mass State House, Oct 29, noon-1:30 pm

 

Twenty-five years after the real estate industry destroyed rent control in Massachusetts, ...  read more

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Apparent Horizon, Ben Simon, Boston, Boston Democratic Socialists of America, Boston DSA, California, Column, Democracy, DSA, Gov Charlie Baker, House Speaker Robert DeLeo, Housing, Jason Pramas, justice, Massachusetts, massachusetts state house, New York, Oregon, Protest, rally, reform, rent control, Rep. Mike Connolly, Rep. Nika Elugardo

A WINDOW INTO THE STATE HOUSE

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted January 9, 2019 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

 

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 lesser extent by its Senate presidents, ...  read more

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Apparent Horizon, Blog, Column, corporation, Councilor Denise Simmons, Democracy, Democratic Party, Democrats, general court, Gov Charlie Baker, Housing, Jason Pramas, legislature, Maria Robinson, massachusetts state house, news, oligarchy, policy, Politics, Real Estate, Rep., Rep. Mike Connolly, Republican Party, Republicans, Rules, socialism, zoning

MY RESOLUTION: TO RECOVER THE BUST THAT WAS STOLEN FROM MASS AND IS SITTING IN STORAGE AT THE LACMA

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted December 27, 2018 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Dear Reader, News

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.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Dear Reader, News Tagged With: #mapoli, Art, Boston, Charles Brooks, Dorchester, Gardnder Heist, history caper, Houghton Library, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, King Charles I, LACMA, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Mass, Massachusetts Bay Charter, massachusetts state house, missing art, Myles Connor, public art, Rome, State House art, stolen art, Thomas Crawford

LAWMAKERS PUSH TO RENAME THE YAWKEY MBTA STATION

Written by BRITNI DE LA CRETAZ Posted August 17, 2017 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

"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.”

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: #mapoli, Britni de la Cretaz, Charlottesville, confederate statues, fenway park, lawmakers, legislature, massachusetts state house, MBTA, naacp, racism, Red Sox, station, statues, Yawkey Way, Zineb Curren

AUSTERITY BUDGET, PART 4

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted June 6, 2016 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

There is no protection from the budget ax for programs that benefit huge numbers of Bay State residents.

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Apparent Horizon, Beacon Hill, Boston, budget, budget season, COLUMNS Tagged With: austerity, Environment, house, House Ways & Means, Massachusetts, massachusetts state house, Seante Ways & Means

AUSTERITY BUDGET, PART 3

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted May 24, 2016 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS

The Worst of the House and the Senate Ways and Means Committee FY 2017 State Budget Proposals

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS Tagged With: austerity, Beacon Hill, Boston, budget, budget season, Environment, house, House Ways & Means, Massachusetts, massachusetts state house, Seante Ways & Means

BOSTON TROLLING (PART 3)

Written by DIG STAFF Posted October 9, 2014 Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction

BY CHRIS FARAONE, KENNETH LIPP & JONATHAN RILEY

For this third installment of our Boston Trolling series ...  read more

Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction Tagged With: ACLU, AIsight, Beacon Hill, Behavioral Recognition Systems, biometrics, boston calling, BRS Labs, Commonwealth, DigBoston, Eric Holder, Face Capture, Fourth Amendment, FTG technologies, IBM, lobbying, Massachusetts, massachusetts state house, Minuteman Security, Person of Interest, pre-crime, Privacy Coalition, smart surveillance, SSE, surveillance, video cameras, VidSys, Ways & Means

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