Sequester to Cost Mass Kids Millions

According to the White House, children will be the big losers as the federal budget sequester—a set of automatic cuts—hits Massachusetts this year. If money for these key programs isn’t restored, here’s a rough guide to what will happen: *...

Imperium Watch: Market Unkind to Nuclear Plants

It’s always news when the Nuclear Regulatory Commission turns down a request from a nuclear energy company, because the agency so seldom does that. But recently the NRC denied an appeal from French nuclear operator Electricite de France S.A. to proceed with a...

Mount Tom?s Power Plant Closing?

The company that owns the Mount Tom power plant is keeping mum about the implications of its recent decision to go off line for a year. But environmental groups are celebrating the move as a step toward the long-overdue closing of the coal-burning plant, and one more...

Off and Running, and Running, and Running …

Remember the old days, when we had election seasons and then fallow periods, when politicians could take a break from campaigning and fundraising and, oh, say, do the work of government? The 24-hour news cycle, and the accompanying interests of advertisers and ad...
Sullivan Takes a Page From Nuciforo

Sullivan Takes a Page From Nuciforo

The plagiarizing prosecutor? So said the Boston Globe last week about Michael Sullivan, a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate and a former U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts. Sullivan reportedly lifted website material from fellow Republican Richard Tisei, a failed...