by Stephanie Kraft | Mar 2, 2012 | News
How much is six-tenths of an acre of a city park in Springfield worth? Over the last two years, one particular tract of that size has been worth quite a lot to former state representative Paul Caron, now a lobbyist. According to state records, Caron’s firm, Paul...
by Markos Moulitsas | Mar 6, 2012 | News
In a political season full of stunning twists and turns, the latest self-immolation by Republicans over the issue of birth control trumps all others. You’d think that anti-abortion groups would be proponents of contraceptive availability and use, as a means of...
by Stephanie Kraft | Mar 9, 2012 | News
“The Secret Hell of Online Shopping” is the promo for the cover story in the March-April issue of Mother Jones. What’s detailed there by reporter Mac McClelland, who went undercover as a worker at Amalgamated Product Giant Shipping Worldwide Inc., is...
by Maureen Turner | Mar 9, 2012 | News
Earlier this week, Dick Evans headed to the Statehouse for a legislative hearing on a bill he drafted that would legalize marijuana and make it subject to the same kinds of government oversight that are now applied to alcohol. It was the third time Evans’ bill...
by Stephanie Kraft | Mar 9, 2012 | News
The Massachusetts Legislature has been lacking creativity lately. It’s been a kitchen that serves up left-over, warmed-over solutions to problems. You’d think the combined brain power of a state like the commonwealth, crowned by a city like Boston, could...
