by Maureen Turner | Mar 8, 2011 | News
The Springfield Preservation Trust has spent almost 40 years working to preserve the city’s rich architectural history. But it calls its campaign to renovate the 19th-century former schoolhouse at 77 Maple St. perhaps its “nerviest” effort yet. Built...
by Mark Roessler | Mar 10, 2011 | News
Last month, Vice President Joseph Biden announced a plan to dedicate $53 billion over the next six years to investing in high-speed rail. Plans and funding are already in place to extend rail service throughout many regions of the country; this new funding would...
by Tom Vannah | Mar 10, 2011 | News
It’s only a summary: that’s the state’s position in a nutshell. “This summary is not a document that will be utilized to make policy decisions,” writes state Department of Conservation and Recreation Resource Management Planner Jessica A....
by Our Readers | Mar 10, 2011 | News
The Rich Get Richer In re Stephanie Kraft’s March 3 Imperium Watch (“The Wisconsin Revolt”): Both private and public sector employees need unions and collective bargaining—private sector employees to gain leverage with organized business...
by Maureen Turner | Mar 10, 2011 | News
Two years ago this month, a federal court in New York issued a ruling that was a stinging rebuke to Bush-era policies regarding accessible birth control. The ruling came in response to a 2005 lawsuit filed against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration by the Center...
