As Domenic Sarno rolled out his budget for the 2013 fiscal year on Tuesday, most of the observers in the crowd, largely just reporters and department heads, knew or had known for some time it would be bloody. On paper, the layoffs were limited to
The Campaign for the United States Senate in Massachusetts came to heart of one Springfield’s most beleaguered neighborhoods today as Elizabeth Warren met with activists in the city’s North End. Seated at a table with members and allies of the New North Citizens’ Council, whose
…And the World: IT’S BAAAAAAAAAAAACK! Eurozone bailouts return*. Spain would want us to include the asterisk. Over the weekend, Spain accepted a bailout from the European powers that be. However, it appears, despite its size, to be bailout light. First of all Spain appears to
PROVIDENCE–Mayor Angel Taveras, the host of the 2012 Netroots Nation conference hammered home one important point. “Cities matter,” he told the conference when he opened it on Thursday. Certainly, Taveras can understand as the chief executive of a diverse, and vibrant city that nevertheless suffers
PROVIDENCE–Once again Western Mass Politics & Insight has joined the online activist left, this year in Providence. The proximity of the annual blogger and progressive activist convention to Massachusetts offers exciting opportunities for Massachusetts-specific topics–both Blue Mass Group and Elizabeth Warren will be here. The
City Slickers: Springfield tops the ticket today following the death of Police Officer Kevin Ambrose. Ambrose was killed responding to a domestic disturbance call on Lawton Street. The shooter, Shawn Bryan, took his own life after shooting Ambrose twice as well as his girlfriend. A
The Springfield Republican is reporting that a 36 year veteran of the Springfield Police Department was killed today while responding to a domestic disturbance. Officer Kevin Ambrose was shot and later died due to injuries sustained along with others at an apartment off of Wilbraham
Democrat Elizabeth Warren officially cleared the field for United States Senate and avoided a primary with her only remaining challenger, Middleton Immigration Attorney Marissa DeFranco. Although as early as Saturday, John Walsh, the party’s state chairman, said he expected DeFranco to make it onto the
…And the World: Syria continues to fall further into chaos following a Friday night slaughter that killed over a hundred civilians in the town of Houla. The event was documented by UN observers, but also shows that the cease-fire proposed by former UN Secretary-General Kofi
First, a note to our readers. We apologize for failing to post on the last two city council meetings. On balance, there was not much lost in our failure, however, we still regret our failure. There is at least one issue that merited some further