by Maureen Turner | Mar 10, 2011 | News
Last week, the state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education approved 16 new charter schools across the state. Although perhaps “across the state” is not the best way to put it—of the chosen 16, only one of the schools will be in Western Mass....
by Maureen Turner | Mar 10, 2011 | News
A Superior Court judge has finally issued a ruling in a bitter lawsuit that pitted Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno against owners of a downtown nightclub—and that found the mayor facing an embarrassing accusation of political retribution. In the spring of 2009,...
by Stephanie Kraft | Mar 15, 2011 | News
Here endeth, let us hope, the tale of the alternative engine for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, a military accessory even the Pentagon doesn’t want. Even George Bush didn’t want it, and neither does Obama. A vote to kill the engine would cut $450 million...
by Maureen Turner | Mar 18, 2011 | News
Earlier this year, Gov. Deval Patrick proposed a number of changes to the criminal justice system, with an eye to reducing costs. The list includes amending so-called “drug-free school zone” laws, which were created under the Dukakis administration as a...
by Vicki Needham | Mar 18, 2011 | News
Some U.S. lawmakers are looking to “put the brakes” on building new nuclear power plants after witnessing the crisis at several Japanese reactors that were rocked by last week’s massive earthquake and tsunami. Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) called for...
