by Maureen Turner | Oct 4, 2012 | News
As Election Day fast approaches, the two big-party presidential campaigns are raising, and spending, money at an egregious rate; the New Yorker recently reported that the Obama and Romney campaigns are expected to spend a combined $1 billion on TV ads alone by Nov. 6....
by Maureen Turner | Sep 13, 2012 | News
Jeff Napolitano has been closely tracking the federal budget debate, and what he sees is far from heartening. On one side is the ideologically driven Republican proposal, shepherded by GOP vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan, that would “roll back the clock...
by Maureen Turner | Oct 4, 2012 | News
Kids heading back to school this month are finding healthier options in the lunchroom, thanks to new federal rules that require more fruits and vegetables, less sodium and fat and fewer calories in public-school lunches. But a report released last week points to one...
by Maureen Turner | Sep 13, 2012 | News
It’s still a couple of years before a casino is likely to open its doors in Western Mass., but in Springfield, the casino question is quickly becoming all-consuming. There are turf wars over just who—Mayor Domenic Sarno, the City Council, the state Gaming...
by Stephanie Kraft | Oct 11, 2012 | News
Forty years ago, Springfield’s German Gerena Elementary School was built in an old industrial area in the city’s North End, and constructed below the water table. Neighbors and at least one city councilor protested about the school’s siting on low...
