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MANCHESTER DIVIDED: AN INDEPENDENT WEEKLY WALKS INTO A NEW HAMPSHIRE BAR, PROVIDES DIFFERENT KIND OF PRIMARY COVERAGE

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted January 13, 2020 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Dear Reader, Media Farm, NEWS+OPINIONS

Are you tired of the same horse race political coverage? Are you sick of hearing about how much money the candidates raised? Do you want coverage to reflect more state and local issues?

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Dear Reader, Media Farm, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: 2020, Bernie Sanders, Campaign 2020, Democrats, Donald Trump, Elizabeth Warren, First In The Nation, Klobuchar, Manchester, Manchester Divided, New Hampshire, Pete Buttigieg, Primary, Republicans, Shaskeen Pub, Trump

CONSULTANTS TOLD STATE POLICE HOW TO AVOID TURMOIL. THE DEPARTMENT IGNORED THE ADVICE AND SPENT THE FOLLOWING DECADES SPIRALING TOWARD CORRUPTION.

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted October 10, 2019 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction

From several dozen troopers facing criminal charges in an expansive payroll fiasco, to drunk-driving drill instructors and other one-offs, the follies continue.

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction Tagged With: #mapoli, AMMO, attorney general, Axon, Beacon Hill, Boston Globe, BPD, Camfour, Charlie Baker, Coakley, CommBuys, Commonwealth, contacts and contracts, criminal justice, Cultural Diagnostic of the Massachusetts State Police, Dana Pullman, Deval Patrick, Ed Markey, Emerson, emerson college, Engagement Lab, Environmental Police, feature, features, Fire Sale, firearms, GOAL, gun control, gun dealers, gun laws, gun licenses, guns, Healey, history, Journalism, Jurek Brothers, karyn polito, licenses, licensing, Linder & Associates, Maine, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Mass, Mass Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence, Mass State Police, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Tasers, massacres, MDC Police, Michael Dukakis, MSP, MuckRock, National Rifle Association, Newtown, NRA, OCPF, ONA, Online News Association, OSD, Parkland, Paul Cellucci, pistols, Police, police militarization, reporting, reports, Republicans, Robert DeLeo, school shootings, Smith & Wesson, SPAM, state police, statistics, straw purchasing, stun guns, Taser, Tasers, Team Reporting Tagged With: AG, Virginia

THERE’S MUCH MORE TO THE MASS STATE POLICE SCANDAL THAN IS BEING REPORTED

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted August 21, 2019 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

After SPAM received the full payment, its then-treasurer told investigators that Pullman demanded a check for $250,000 for Lynch Associates, pounding the table and yelling “Stop breaking my f**cking balls and give me the check!” when the treasurer questioned him.

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: #mapoli, AG, AMMO, attorney general, Axon, Beacon Hill, Boston Globe, Camfour, Charlie Baker, Coakley, CommBuys, Commonwealth, contacts and contracts, Deval Patrick, Ed Markey, Emerson, emerson college, Engagement Lab, Environmental Police, feature, features, Fire Sale, firearms, GOAL, gun control, gun dealers, gun laws, gun licenses, guns, Healey, history, Journalism, Jurek Brothers, karyn polito, licenses, licensing, Maine, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Mass, Mass Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence, Mass State Police, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Tasers, massacres, Michael Dukakis, MSP, MuckRock, National Rifle Association, Newtown, NRA, OCPF, ONA, Online News Association, OSD, Parkland, Paul Cellucci, pistols, Police, police militarization, reports, Republicans, Robert DeLeo, school shootings, Smith & Wesson, state police, statistics, straw purchasing, stun guns, Taser, Tasers, Virginia, wbur

THE DIG WILL POP UP IN A MANCHESTER BAR FOR A WEEK LEADING UP TO THE NEW HAMPSHIRE PRIMARY

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted July 26, 2019 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Dear Reader, NEWS+OPINIONS, Update

Independent journalists from BINJ, DigBoston, and several other sites and papers will use the facilities, which we first conceived as an alternative to the hotel across the street where journalists from bigs like CBS and CNN enjoyed cozy press accommodations while the rest of us sat on the carpet in the lobby and fought over electrical outlets.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Dear Reader, NEWS+OPINIONS, Update Tagged With: collaboration, Democrats, First In The Nation, Manchester, Manchester Divided, media, New Hampshire, newsroom, Politics, primaries, Primary, Republicans, Trump

THE RIGHT QUESTION FOR THE BROAD LEFT

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted July 2, 2019 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

 

On July 5, start asking the Democrats, “What policies will help working families?”

 

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

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: America, anarchist, Apparent Horizon, Boston, capitalism, City Councilor Michelle Wu, Column, communist, corporations, Democracy, Democratic Party, Democrats, Environment, Gov Charlie Baker, Green Party, Jason Pramas, July 4, July 5, left, left wing, Massachusetts, Politics, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rep. Ayanna Pressley, Rep. Mike Connolly, Republican Party, Republicans, right, right wing, socialist, usa

EVERYTHING YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT GUNS IN MASS (BUT WERE AFRAID TO ASK)

Written by BOSTON INSTITUTE FOR NONPROFIT JOURNALISM Posted May 8, 2019 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction

Gun laws, limits, and licensing in Mass—in perception and reality

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction Tagged With: Beacon Hill, Boston Globe, Charlie Baker, Deval Patrick, Emerson, emerson college, Engagement Lab, Fire Sale, firearms, GOAL, gun dealers, gun laws, gun licenses, guns, history, Journalism, licenses, licensing, Maine, Mass Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence, Massachusetts, massacres, Michael Dukakis, MuckRock, National Rifle Association, Newtown, ONA, Online News Association, Parkland, Paul Cellucci, pistols, Republicans, Robert DeLeo, school shootings, Smith & Wesson, statistics, straw purchasing, Virginia, wbur

IT STARTS AT THE BALLOT BOX

Written by IRENE MONROE Posted February 5, 2019 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Editorial

Revamping voting laws disrupts GOP’s “power grab”

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Editorial Tagged With: 1964 Civil Rights Act, H.R. 1, house, Republicans, voting

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

20/2018 VISION: REVISITING OUR AWESOME HELLISH YEAR ONE FINAL TIME

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted December 26, 2018 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Dear Reader, NEWS+OPINIONS

No outlet can cover everything. It’s not worth trying. But in reading back through several hundred pieces that we published in the past 12 months, I’m more than satisfied to say that we hit hard and often on a range of topics

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Dear Reader, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: #mapoli, Andover, Andover Fires, Ayanna Pressley, Beacon Hill, BPDA, Capuano, Charlie Baker, Columbia Gas, Congress, Donald Trump, Elizabeth Warren, energy companies, Eversource, Fires, Geoff Diehl, hospitals, Housing, Lawrence, Lawrence Fires, lobbyists, Massachusetts, Merrimack fires, Merrimack Valley, money in politics, NiSource, no on 1, North Andover, nurses, question 1, question 2, Question 3, Republicans, Safe Patient Limits, Scott Lively, Southie, staffing, transgender, US Senate, yes on 1

’18 AND LIFE TO GO: OUR YEAR IN ALTERNATIVE MASS MEDIA

Written by DIG STAFF Posted December 19, 2018 Filed Under: Analysis, Media Farm, News, NEWS+OPINIONS

It’s anybody’s guess why cheeseball mainstream outlets tend to ignore topics such as poverty, surveillance, and climate change. Whatever the reason, we don’t spend too much time worrying about them; as you’ll see below, we had our hands full all year covering the stuff that they missed.

Filed Under: Analysis, Media Farm, News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: #mapoli, Andover, Andover Fires, Ayanna Pressley, Beacon Hill, BPDA, Capuano, Charlie Baker, Columbia Gas, Congress, Donald Trump, Elizabeth Warren, energy companies, Eversource, Fires, Geoff Diehl, hospitals, Housing, Lawrence, Lawrence Fires, lobbyists, Massachusetts, Merrimack fires, Merrimack Valley, money in politics, NiSource, no on 1, North Andover, nurses, question 1, question 2, Question 3, Republicans, Safe Patient Limits, Scott Lively, Southie, staffing, transgender, US Senate, yes on 1

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