Analysis: You’re Not Reporting Natural or Socioeconomic Disasters, You Say…
UPDATED 1:45PM: For grammar and clarity. Maybe it was the familiar picture on the Facebook feed of that friend who loves The New York Times. Or it was the teasing (and misleading) lead on the Grey...
View ArticleThe Tosado Experience…Coming to a Beacon Hill Near You?…
UPDATED 8/5/14 2:14PM: For additional quotes from Cruz & Markey. SPRINGFIELD—On some level, running for State Representative is much different from the other races Jose Tosado has tried to win....
View ArticleBriefings: Aiding Springfield’s Representatives in 2015…
Springfield Representative Jose Tosado announced his district office location and his aide this week, rounding out the staffing for the area’s new legislators. Tosado, like fellow freshman rep Carlos...
View ArticleFor Gomez, Rising to Number 1 Was Only the First Step…
SPRINGFIELD— Ever since former Ward 1 Councilor Zaida Luna won the seat in the city’s first ward elections since 1959, the Latino establishment in the North End had tried to dislodge her. She had faced...
View ArticleQuantity & Quality, at Electoral Season’s Start in Springfield…
SPRINGFIELD—An early wave of enthusiasm has greeted the start of only the second mayor-less election cycle in the region’s largest city. A sizable clutch of candidates for City Council and School...
View ArticleIn Springfield, Retooling to Get Campaign Redux in a Row…
SPRINGFIELD—In politics, the City of Homes likes a comeback story. Over the last twenty years, the most successful at-large City Council challengers have made a stab at the office—or even held it—once...
View ArticleAnalysis: Two Open Council Seats…Who Will Be the Champions?…
This is the second of two-part series on the impact of retirements on the 2017 Springfield at-large Council race. SPRINGFIELD—Only hours before the deadline to pull papers, word hit the City of Homes...
View ArticleCoakley-Rivera, Again, Changes Contest…& Latinos’ At-large Hopes…
UPDATED 8/21/17 9:03AM: For grammar and clarity. In only the past week, Springfield’s at-large City Council race received another series of jolts. But this time, rather than shaking the race up...
View ArticleBeacon Hill Cartographers Unveil Proposed Legislative Districts for 2022…
With the much-delayed Census figures in hand, the Massachusetts legislature set to drawing new maps for the state House and Senate. On Tuesday, the Joint Committee on Redistricting released its drafts....
View ArticleWho Will Watch Springfield’s Watchmen?…
This post is the first in a series on the debate over Management of the Police Department in Springfield. SPRINGFIELD—At a rescheduled committee meeting residents pled their case for a return of the...
View ArticleAnalysis: You’re Not Reporting Natural or Socioeconomic Disasters, You Say…
UPDATED 1:45PM: For grammar and clarity. Maybe it was the familiar picture on the Facebook feed of that friend who loves The New York Times. Or it was the teasing (and misleading) lead on the Grey...
View ArticleThe Tosado Experience…Coming to a Beacon Hill Near You?…
UPDATED 8/5/14 2:14PM: For additional quotes from Cruz & Markey. SPRINGFIELD—On some level, running for State Representative is much different from the other races Jose Tosado has tried to win....
View ArticleBriefings: Aiding Springfield’s Representatives in 2015…
Springfield Representative Jose Tosado announced his district office location and his aide this week, rounding out the staffing for the area’s new legislators. Tosado, like fellow freshman rep Carlos...
View ArticleFor Gomez, Rising to Number 1 Was Only the First Step…
SPRINGFIELD— Ever since former Ward 1 Councilor Zaida Luna won the seat in the city’s first ward elections since 1959, the Latino establishment in the North End had tried to dislodge her. She had faced...
View ArticleQuantity & Quality, at Electoral Season’s Start in Springfield…
SPRINGFIELD—An early wave of enthusiasm has greeted the start of only the second mayor-less election cycle in the region’s largest city. A sizable clutch of candidates for City Council and School...
View ArticleIn Springfield, Retooling to Get Campaign Redux in a Row…
SPRINGFIELD—In politics, the City of Homes likes a comeback story. Over the last twenty years, the most successful at-large City Council challengers have made a stab at the office—or even held it—once...
View ArticleAnalysis: Two Open Council Seats…Who Will Be the Champions?…
This is the second of two-part series on the impact of retirements on the 2017 Springfield at-large Council race. SPRINGFIELD—Only hours before the deadline to pull papers, word hit the City of Homes...
View ArticleCoakley-Rivera, Again, Changes Contest…& Latinos’ At-large Hopes…
UPDATED 8/21/17 9:03AM: For grammar and clarity. In only the past week, Springfield’s at-large City Council race received another series of jolts. But this time, rather than shaking the race up...
View ArticleBeacon Hill Cartographers Unveil Proposed Legislative Districts for 2022…
With the much-delayed Census figures in hand, the Massachusetts legislature set to drawing new maps for the state House and Senate. On Tuesday, the Joint Committee on Redistricting released its drafts....
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