
The proposed $38,000 income floor for $250 checks is unfair during the ongoing economic crisis, contact your legislators today to demand they vote to eliminate it
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Written by JASON PRAMAS Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics
The proposed $38,000 income floor for $250 checks is unfair during the ongoing economic crisis, contact your legislators today to demand they vote to eliminate it
Written by MIKE CONNOLLY Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed, Politics
We had been warned this moment was probably coming, but it still feels like a punch to the gut.
Written by MIKE CONNOLLY Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed, Politics
Legislature's Housing Committee Seeks Public Testimony
Written by JASON PRAMAS Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COVID, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Uncategorized
Should violence replace political debate, democracy could end
Written by MIKE CONNOLLY Filed Under: COVID, Letters, NEWS+OPINIONS
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Written by JASON PRAMAS Filed Under: NEWS+OPINIONS
MA Bill Aims to Stop People from Losing Their Homes During Outbreak
Written by JASON PRAMAS Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS
Twenty-five years after the real estate industry destroyed rent control in Massachusetts, ... read more
Written by MIKE CONNOLLY Filed Under: NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed
Everyone agrees the state-owned Sullivan Courthouse site in East Cambridge needs to be remediated of asbestos and prepared for redevelopment.
The current proposal, backed by the Baker administration and Cambridge’s city manager, would accomplish ... read more
Written by JASON PRAMAS Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS
It’s sad when a local public official claims powerlessness before real estate developers, the market, and state government. But that’s exactly what Cambridge Mayor Marc McGovern is doing in the latest round of the already half-century long East Cambridge ... read more
Written by JASON PRAMAS Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS
The patriotic season is upon us. With it comes the arrival of the 2020 presidential race—far too early, in my estimation. Which in turn tends to generate conservative political ripples all the way down to the local level in the service of “winning” ... read more