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Many things changed this year on Beacon Hill, but not the power of the almighty dollar
Even though the dollar has taken an international whupping of late, there remains at least one place where the love of the greenback remains strong: Beacon Hill.
By DAVID S. BERNSTEIN | January 30, 2008

Murder in the streets

It is more than just a political problem. Plus, former State Senate President Robert Travaglini strikes a classy chord.
The sad news, the truly disturbing and troubling news, is that Boston is a long, long way from curbing street violence, gun play, and murder on its troubled streets.
By EDITORIAL | January 23, 2008

Cambridge vs. Anthony Galluccio

Will Brattle Street torpedo him again?
Cambridge city councilor Anthony Galluccio is still working to fulfill the promise he showed 10 years ago.
By DAVID S. BERNSTEIN | August 29, 2007

Power hungry?

The most powerful people on Beacon Hill want to stop the gay-marriage ban, but don’t have the votes
It’s remarkable how dramatically the state’s political leadership has changed since the most recent Constitutional Convention.
By DAVID S. BERNSTEIN | June 07, 2007

Martha’s quick start

In her first four months as attorney general, Martha Coakley has shown political deftness — and a desire to play a major role in state policy
Martha Coakley told opponents of same-sex marriage this past week she would use the full force of her new office to fight their efforts.
By DAVID S. BERNSTEIN | May 16, 2007

Beacon Hill flux

Travaglini exits, Murray ascends, Patrick innovates
“Style,” according to Alfred North Whitehead, “is the ultimate morality of the mind.”
By EDITORIAL | March 28, 2007

The green governor?

Few on Deval Patrick's ‘fresh blood’ staff have been seasoned in the State-house hallways
Governor Deval Patrick promised to bring new faces and fresh perspectives to his administration, and he certainly has done that.
By DAVID S. BERNSTEIN | March 07, 2007

She who controls the purse

Terry Murray gave away $11 million of state money. Will anyone call her on it?
The rumor mill has been buzzing with speculation that Massachusetts senate president Robert Travaglini might leave the legislature to take a position with the Massachusetts Hospital Association or the Massachusetts Biotechnology Council.
By DAVID S. BERNSTEIN | February 09, 2007

Massachusetts pols with money in hand but no place to go

Campaign finance
Had John Kerry decided to run for president again, the state’s political floodgates were ready to open.
By DAVID S. BERNSTEIN | January 31, 2007

A deadly move against same-sex marriage

The politics may be even more complicated than you think, but the issue is easy to understand
Senate president Travaglini has been clear for some time that he opposes same-sex marriage-rights. List of shame: Those who voted to allow a referendum of the right of gays and lesbians to marry
By EDITORIAL | January 03, 2007

List of shame

Those who voted to allow a referendum of the right of gays and lesbians to marry

By EDITORIAL | January 03, 2007

Seven for seven

What’s news in the New Year? Plan on these stories dominating Boston’s media landscape.
While coverage of the Red Sox is always excessive (except for the sweet deals they get from the politicians, but whatever), the arrival of Daisuke Matsuzaka will make things even worse than usual.
By ADAM REILLY | December 29, 2006

What now?

Republican defeats are just the first step in turning the nation around. Plus, the constitutional imperative of gay marriage.
The national political news is good for a change.
By EDITORIAL | November 09, 2006

Primary choler

Gabrieli ad man whacks Globe
David Eichenbaum has no regrets about the ad campaign his Washington, DC, political media firm Struble Eichenbaum created for local entrepreneur Chris Gabrieli.
By JOHN CARROLL | October 04, 2006

Imagine all the Democrats

How would the party’s three Corner-Office hopefuls run Massachusetts?
There are two big things worth knowing about the battle for the Democratic governor’s nomination. The race is a doozy and barely anyone cares.
By ADAM REILLY | September 01, 2006

Incumbency

How Wilkerson, Galvin, and Murphy are using it
After state Senator Dianne Wilkerson’s bizarre failure, earlier this year, to collect enough signatures to get on September’s Democratic primary ballot, an obvious question loomed: did the senator still want her job?
By ADAM REILLY | August 02, 2006

Take me out to the ballpork

Another sweetheart deal for the Sox
It seems Romney subscribes to the argument that’s been coming out of Fenway over the past several months — that the Red Sox are just one of many parties who stand to gain when all that cash gets spent.
By ADAM REILLY | June 28, 2006

Gabrieli’s promise

Why Democrats should make a place for Chris Gabrieli. Plus, ﬁxing the broken immigration system.
If the Democrats are serious about recapturing the governor’s office, they should make sure their statewide convention this weekend puts Chris Gabrieli’s name on the ballot.
By EDITORIAL | June 02, 2006

Slow ride

The Massachusetts legislature’s unfinished business
When the members of the Massachusetts Legislature run for re-election this fall, they’ll brag about the landmark health-care-reform legislation they passed earlier this month. What they won’t mention — if they’re smart — is all the other important business they neglected while health care dominated Beacon Hill.
By ADAM REILLY | April 26, 2006

Justice DeLayed

A leading political gangster is forced from office amid a widening criminal scandal
The worm turns. Former Republican House Majority leader Tom DeLay is resigning his seat in Congress.
By EDITORIAL | April 05, 2006

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