The election is Tuesday. Haven't decided yet who you are voting for in the Boston Mayoral and/or At-Large Council races? Want to know where the candidates stand on issues ranging from affordable housing to youth violence to economic development? Then chec...

Well, Joe Lieberman could hardly be any clearer that he means to single-handedly (in the Dem caucus) scotch the public option -- even that he'd scuttle the whole damn ball of wax just to prevent it. And yet, the reaction from Harry Reid, the President...

Last night I caught a rerun on CSPAN of Wednesday's ceremony honoring Senator Brooke with the Congressional Gold Medal, the highest civilian honor awarded by Congress.  Senator Brooke was nominated two years ago by Senator Kennedy in recognition of h...

Study: Casino resorts bring 'good jobs' "The workers in the casino hotels make two times the minimum wage and a full 30-percent more than non-gaming workers in that same category (those who did not complete a college education)," Dr. Moyer said, noting th...

The Globe today endorsed Tom Menino for Mayor.  That's fine -- they can endorse whoever they want, and reasonable people can and do disagree about who should be Boston's Mayor for the next four years. But this endorsement struck me as quite strange. ...

From the No One Could Have Predicted Dep't ... The man whose car state Senator Anthony Galluccio rearended described yesterday the shock from the impact - and from the discovery that Galluccio had quickly driven away from the scene.“He should ha...

Dear friends, This week I took a strong stand against bringing casino gambling to our Commonwealth by submitting written testimony to the State House Joint Committee on Economic Development and Emerging Technology. Please see my testimony below and sign u...

"At no time did Speaker DeLeo communicate with Sal DiMasi, James Holzman, Richard Vitale, Reps. Rodrigues or Petrolati on the ticket broker bill,'' says Seth Gitell, spokesman for Speaker DeLeo. Only a few months into office, and DeLeo's Gitell is scram...

Blue Mass Group commissioned the excellent folks at Research 2000 (the same ones who do Daily Kos's polling) to poll likely Democratic voters a couple of days after Monday night's televised debate to see where things stand in the MA Senate race.  The...

Commonwealth Magazine is a terrific read for anyone with a taste for state/local wonkery. The general tone, as such, tends to be relatively polite. On its blog, however, Associate Editor Michael Jonas has been critical of Tom Menino's education record...

This year Medford finally has an opportunity to elect a progressive candidate to its school committee.  Since July, Sharon Guzik and her supporters have been walking the breadth of Medford to listen to residents' thoughts on the state of the city's p...

As technology marches ever onward, we find ourselves able to take advantage of a variety of different media.  So I'm wondering what you find most useful, and what you tend to ignore. For example: We've been posting audio of our interviews with the US...

Obviously we would have liked to see economic growth in MA last quarter, especially considering the national growth @ 3+%. However, that seems to be partly because we haven't suffered quite as badly as places like, say, Michigan.UMass Dartmouth econom...

We asked Pagliuca a couple of odds-and-ends questions.  First, what about that crazy debate? And finally, what about the grand to W? ...

Pagliuca talked a bit about his background in the financial world in part 1.  I asked some additional questions, first, about Wall Street's reaction to the prospect of new regulations: Then I asked him to elaborate on the disagreement th...

Steve Pagliuca has considerable experience in the health care industry; among other things, he was on the board of directors of HCA (Hospital Corporation of America) until just before he announced for Senate.  Charley asked about how we can reduce he...

US Senate candidate Steve Pagliuca was kind enough to take about an hour out of his hectic campaign schedule to chat with Charley and me.  I know, I know -- you're skeptical.  Give it a listen.  Maybe he'll surprise you. We started (as alwa...

Note to readers: This is the rundown of today's hearing, as best as I could take notes, for as long as I could take them. I shifted more toward video as the day went on and I'll provide plenty of youtube moments later (update: here's the link), as well as...

One thing we all value is education and we understand the importance of an excellent education for the future of our Commonwealth.  Last year I ran on a strong education platform and I am now thrilled to serve on the Joint Committee on Education. &nb...

Turnpike board member Mary Connaughton jumps in: Republican Mary Connaughton, who often challenged Mass. Turnpike officials during her tenure on the board of that authority, will run for state auditor in 2010, she told the News Service late Wednesday.... ...