by Maureen Turner | Apr 15, 2010 | News
The headline of the press release announcing a recent poll on the quality of life in Springfield offered at least a partially positive outlook: “Residents & Express Optimism for the Future.” Indeed, almost half of respondents to the...
by Maureen Turner | Apr 15, 2010 | News
Holyoke is a city that derives a deep sense of pride from its immigrant history. Now a city councilor is asking his colleagues to voice their support for a proposed federal law that would extend rights already given to immigrant partners in straight couples to gay...
by Stephanie Kraft | Apr 15, 2010 | News
Banks are out as middlemen in the student loan industry. That’s one of the changes brought about by the new health care reform legislation. That change saves some $8 billion a year in subsidies flowing from the government to the banks and makes the government...
by Stephanie Kraft | Apr 15, 2010 | News
A bill that would require all bars, and all restaurants serving alcohol, to have liability insurance covering drinking-related injury or death is making its way through the Legislature. It passed the House 145-4 earlier this month, with all Western Massachusetts reps...
by Maureen Turner | Apr 16, 2010 | News
Another federal census, another legislative redistricting process, another opportunity for politicians to try to manipulate that process for their and their party’s gain. Across the nation, federal, state and local legislative district lines are about to be...
