For the second time in five years, it seems the issue of immigration has been brought, if not forced, front and center in the national arena. Competing for coverage with an oil spill and palace intrigue at both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue, immigration has become
In the span of only a week or two, Boston experienced two major, but for the most part inconvenient events that cast cost businesses money and threw some people into panic mode. Two weeks ago a fire broke out in the city’s Red Line tunnel
With hopeful assessments about the nation and region’s economic recovery apparently matching actual positives changes in unemployment and other economic figures, there is reason at last to breath a sigh of relief. Although employments will very likely not regain their pre-recession levels for many years,
Yesterday, the Massachusetts House of Representatives passed its bill to establish 2 casinos and slot parlors at the state’s race tracks. The bill passed by an overwhelming margin, practically flipping the vote on the governor’s casino bill from 2008. The House, then led by former
On Tuesday, the Massachusetts House of Representatives will take up the Casino bill unveiled by House Speaker Robert DeLeo, having passed the committee earlier this month. This bill, the most recent of a long list of casino bills proposed by legislators, governors, and gaming industry
Days before the historic vote in Washington, Independent Gubernatorial candidate and current Treasurer Tim Cahill denounced Massachusetts’ health care reform as bankrupting the state. The story, reported in the Globe, did not seem to pick up much national attention. However, his comments proved controversial here
Sunday night the United States House of Representatives passed the most ambitious and far-reaching piece of health care legislation since Medicare and possibly ever. The bill, which was approved on a 219-212 largely party line vote, will expand access to health care to approximately 32 million
His face is probably more recognizable now than it was when the weekend began. Smiling out against a white background, the photograph that shot its way across the media now tells far more than a mere thousand words. Neither a student ID photo nor likely
Springfield has put itself in the running to host an experimental new fiber optic system that Google is developing to deliver high-speed internet service. Recent news reports have surface about Google’s plans to enter into the Internet Service Provider market, possibly taking on giants like
Last month the Vermont legislature voted overwhelming to deny a renewal for the troubled Vermont Yankee nuclear facility just over the Massachusetts-Vermont line. The move was praised by environmentalists, anti-nuclear activists, and Franklin County (MA) politicians as well as Green Mountain State’s sizable leftist population.