Beacon Hill (WMassP&I) Yesterday, the Massachusetts House of Representatives effectively voted to give cities and towns the unilateral right to set deductibles and co-pays for their employees health insurance. Additionally, communities would no longer required to seek public employee approval to transfer insurance to the
(WMassP&I) It was a hot time in a cool town’s halls of power Monday. The regular city council meeting, like all the others it seems, appeared destined to be a big snooze. Instead, it was full of sound of fury, much of it signifying nothing
So comes again another year the wide world of Springfield. As is tradition, WMassP&I will recount the events and news that made 2010 different from 1876 in Springfield. As both a city and as one of 351 parts of Massachusetts, Springfield saw its share of ups and
Fallout from the release of a damning report on the administration of the commonwealth’s Probation Department has finally landed on the head of State Representative Thomas Petrolati. The Ludlow Democrat, whose district includes Indian Orchard in Springfield was the Speaker Pro Temp of the Massachusetts
Gustave Dore’s The Enigma More than two weeks from the election, here in Massachusetts too, bodies litter the political battlefield. Their stricken bodies lay there, teeth still gnashed, fists clenched, and determined scowls plastered to their faces. While more than a few Democrats add to
Rock stars seldom come to Springfield, but between the screaming fans, packed seats, and the music of the Black Eyed Peas and the Dropkick Murphys, you would never know it. Governor Deval Patrick and everybody on down in the Springfield area Democratic party were there,
Of all the races we never thought our endorsement would lead to this. However, fearful that we would repeat our 2006 non-endorsement, we have decided to become a big blog and pick somebody. Our choice, may surprise you. First why we did not pick the