SPRINGFIELD—It is not exactly an open secret that Massachusetts’s third largest city has a number of unmet needs both small and large. Because of any number of disparities, there are few tools Springfield can apply that its neighbors can: except one. Virtually all of Springfield
There are, on our regional ballots this year a number of competitive races. Not all are created equally. Some of these races include candidates of third parties and in still-quite Democratic Hampden County others are not such that fuller, separate explanations of our opinions are
The Feds: We begin today in the United States, under our especially fitting subheading, where the Presidential election has gone haywire after Federal Bureau of Investigation Director James Comey sent a cryptic letter to Congress about Hillary Clinton’s emails. He said new emails that might
UPDATED 4:06PM: To reflect a correction. Lesser was never formally an “intern” for Obama. In the closing days of the 2016 election, President Barack Obama has made a concerted effort to assist Democrats to both preserve his legacy and, hopefully, reverse the losses the party
America. What does it mean? For all the hullabaloo about a “change” election, the 2016 presidential contest is really question of what exactly this country is. Ultimately, this is what at stake between former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, the Democrat, and real estate tycoon
UPDATED 10/30/16 1:17PM: For Grammar and clarity. The case of Detective Gregg Bigda has rocked Springfield in a way few other police events have in some time and the contagion has spread throughout the Springfield Police Department. Concerns about civil rights and doubts about Police
…And the World: We begin today in Pakistan, where militants linked to a Taliban splinter group and Daesh, also known as ISIS/ISIL attacked a police training facility that left 61 dead. The attack was a blow to the country, which has made some progress in
GOFFSTOWN, N.H.—As Election Day creeps ever closer, United State Senator Elizabeth Warren and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s shared a stage Monday afternoon to energize volunteers. But their focus seemed not just Clinton or even the GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump. With polls showing
UPDATED 10/26/16 7:56PM: For clarity and grammar. Longmeadow Daze is an occasional series reporting on and analyzing Longmeadow government and politics. LONGMEADOW—It is an oddity among Western democracies, but one American students learn early on in social studies classes. Since the founding of the republic,
United States Senator Elizabeth Warren is one of the most in-demand surrogates for Democrats nationwide. Yet, despite the lack of a statewide race the progressive icon has not neglected her home state. Warren campaigned for Democrats on the Cape this month and is now heading west