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Wednesday, January 14, 2009

City Councilor Sam Yoon: Let age determine apparatus upgrades

Sam Yoon.
By Edward Mason
City Councilor Sam Yoon called on Boston to ditch its longstanding policy of replacing...
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Council prez halts probe of Chuck Turner

Chuck Turner
By Edward Mason
A $500-an-hour fact-finder drafted to probe indicted City Councilor Chuck Turner...
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‘Painful’ cuts eyed in state’s local aid

Deval Patrick.
By Hillary Chabot
Cities and towns could be walloped with more than $500 million in local aid cuts as lawmakers prepare to hand Gov....

Pol betting on casinos to ea$e Pike burdens

By Hillary Chabot
A top Beacon Hill lawmaker is hoping two resort-style casinos could bail out the struggling Turnpike Authority and possibly...
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Mass. Senate: Combine transportation agencies

By Associated Press
BOSTON — Senate leaders are pushing a plan to combine the state’s transportation agencies, which they say could...
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Mass. legislators rush to file last-minute bills

By Associated Press
BOSTON — The beginning of the new legislative session means the end of bill filing for the next two years, leading...
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Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Deval Patrick fuels talk of gas-tax hike

Gov. Deval Patrick
By Hillary Chabot
The push for a gas-tax hike shifted into high gear yesterday as Gov. Deval Patrick...
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Mayor Thomas M. Menino to reveal $140M shortfall in state of the city speech

NO LAUGHS THIS YEAR: Mayor Menino delivers last year’s state of the city speech.
By Edward Mason
The city of Boston faces a whopping $140 million shortfall in next year’s...
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Local pols who keep $1.6M tax ‘raise’ blasted

By Hillary Chabot
Days after lawmakers got a controversial 5.5 percent pay hike, a governor’s councilor blasted them for keeping a “back...
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Michael Ross: Chuck Turner probe too costly

City Councilor Chuck Turner, left, welcomes Michael Ross as new City Council President at City Hall, earlier this month.
By Edward Mason
City Council President Michael Ross is putting the kibosh on a costly city probe...
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Gov. wants to privatize Pike service plazas

By Hillary Chabot
State officials are looking into privatizing the 11 service stations along the Massachusetts Turnpike in an effort to bail...
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Deval Patrick unveils big push for wind power

By Associated Press
BOSTON — Gov. Deval Patrick has set an ambitious goal to dramatically increase the state’s reliance on wind power...
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Michael Sullivan resigns from post as acting ATF director

By Associated Press
BOSTON — U.S. Attorney Michael Sullivan has officially resigned from his job as acting director of the federal Bureau...
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Clock ticking on second round of Mass. budget cuts

By Associated Press
BOSTON — With less then six months left to the fiscal year, Gov. Deval Patrick is readying a second round of budget...
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Monday, January 12, 2009

DiMasi pal Richard Vitale pleads innocent in lobbying case

Richard Vitale awaits his arraignment in Suffolk Superior Court his morning.
By Hillary Chabot
Richard Vitale, a former accountant for House Speaker Salvatore DiMasi, pleaded not...
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Somber funeral for Boston’s ‘bravest of the brave’

Local Coverage
by Jessica Van Sack, Richard Weir and Jessica Fargen
Thousands of firefighters lined a Quincy street in today’s bitter cold to bid farewell...
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Mayor Thomas Menino’s state of city - the way he’d like it

Howie Carr
by Howie Carr
What follows is what Mumbles Menino really wanted to say in his state...

Jake’s lifelong friend: ‘I knew it was bad’

Peter Gelzinis
by Peter Gelzinis
The last time Frank Sullivan heard his friend’s voice, Lt. Kevin...
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