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Archive of Massachusetts on Wednesday July 01, 2009
MA: Pension laws pare police, fire rolls
This week's rash of retirements by Boston firefighters seeking disability pensions is but one part of a wave of such departures across Massachusetts, as a pair of new state laws that could greatly diminish the pension benefits of public safety workers take effect today. Read More
MA: Lawmakers vow to 'fast track' elderly driver legislation
Leading state lawmakers yesterday promised to "fast track'' legislation regulating older drivers, as yet another serious accident involving an elderly motorist underscored growing concern about the safety of Massachusetts roads. Read More
Financial crisis torments states
(Updated 11:29 a.m. EDT, July 1, 2009) California may begin issuing IOUs this week because of the state’s unresolved budget crisis. But government disruptions were averted at least temporarily in five other states that missed a July 1 deadline for closing billion-dollar budget gaps. Read More
US: Colorado the least obese state
WASHINGTON—Mississippi's still king of cellulite, but an ominous tide is rolling toward the Medicare doctors in neighboring Alabama: obese baby boomers. Read More
MA: Tim Cahill slams Deval Patrick for budget trickery
Blasting Gov. Deval Patrick for practicing "budgetary sleight-of-hand," Treasurer Timothy Cahill yesterday urged lawmakers to override a gubernatorial veto that slashed $20 million from the budget. Read More
MA: Deval Patrick's dismal poll showings a boon to challengers
Gov. Deval Patrick has only himself to blame for an embarrassing poll showing a narrow win for Republican rival Christy Mihos, opposing strategists and potential challengers charged yesterday. Read More
MA: Quinn Bill funds gutted in budget
The state's $40 million cut this week in a bonus program for local police officers has put many cities and towns across Massachusetts in legal and financial limbo, as they wrestle with unexpected salary costs, sudden retirements, and potentially thorny negotiations with labor unions. Read More
MA: State draws zones for coast wind farms
Dozens of wind turbines could sprout within sight of the Massachusetts shoreline under a first-of-its-kind state blueprint with the promise of generating both electricity and controversy. Read More
VT: Two states restrict firms' gifts to doctors
No more free lunch for some New England doctors -- at least not from drug companies. Under laws taking effect Wednesday in Massachusetts and Vermont, pharmaceutical companies and medical-device makers will be banned from giving doctors such gifts as resort trips or even coffee mugs. Read More |
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