by Stephanie Kraft | Aug 13, 2009 | News
President Obama's biggest common-touch coup to date is the Cash for Clunkers program, which was so popular that instead of running until fall, it crashed like a speeding SUV into its original limit of $1 billion within a week. On the environmental side, the early...
by Maureen Turner | Aug 13, 2009 | News
A government land-taking is invariably sticky business, filled with the drama of angry landowners, threats of litigation, nervous politicians.That's certainly the case in Springfield, where the city appears poised—perhaps—to use its power of eminent...
by Maureen Turner | Aug 13, 2009 | News
Springfield City Councilor and mayoral hopeful Bud Williams is taking a swing at incumbent Domenic Sarno over his administration's decision not to apply for a U.S. Department of Justice grant earmarked for the hiring of police officers.The money—from the...
by Maureen Turner | Aug 20, 2009 | News
Springfield is a city of neighborhoods, of distinct communities with their own histories and cultures. Nowhere, perhaps, is that more evident than in Indian Orchard, a neighborhood so self-defined that it can seem like its own municipality.From its perch in the...
by our readers | Aug 20, 2009 | News
Two letters [in the Aug. 6 issue] expressed opposition to health care reform, stating that a "government-run" program will be too costly and wasteful. This country now has government-run health care systems—Medicare, Medicaid, Veterans' Assistance...
