by Pete Redington | Apr 21, 2012 | News
If Mass MoCA can get its patrons from the far reaches of its enormous parking lot to its renovated factory buildings, can the noteworthy contemporary art museum get its financial support to trickle from its parking lot to Main Street in downtown North Adams?...
by Tom Sturm | Apr 21, 2012 | News
Massachusetts S. 772, a State Senate bill offering a constitutional amendment to overturn the controversial 2010 Supreme Court decision Citizens United vs. FEC, has festered in the Massachusetts State Legislature’s Joint Committee on the Judiciary for more than...
by Pete Redington | Apr 21, 2012 | News
Last week, as Americans made final preparations for Tax Day, a roundtable Tax Equity Summit was held in Washington, D.C. to discuss the fairness, or unfairness, of the current tax system. Organized by Americans for Democratic Action and Boston’s United for a...
by Tom Sturm | Apr 21, 2012 | News
An ongoing debate over wind power in the town of Shelburne has spawned public hearings and a petition calling for a ban on large-scale industrial wind power generation. Drafted in response to developer Don Field’s initial proposal to place eight 480-foot wind...
by Maureen Turner | Apr 21, 2012 | News
Public safety is an evergreen concern in Springfield, a topic for endless debate and a source of considerable consternation among residents, business owners, and especially politicians: How safe is the city, really? And what can be done to make it safer? “No...