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Archive of Massachusetts on Tuesday October 27, 2009
MA: Feds blast Deval Patrick on cuts to disabled
A top federal official rapped Gov. Deval Patrick yesterday for a belt-tightening move that could worsen a Social Security backlog, leaving tens of thousands of disabled citizens desperately waiting for benefits. Read More
LA: N.O. education dollars from federal stimulus package in limbo
When federal financing formulas reduced New Orleans' share of education money in the federal stimulus package from a projected $25 million down to $673,000, Obama administration officials promised to fix the shortfall. Read More
MA: Just ONE thing in mind -- Taxes
In Boston, the livin' is never easy. And now Bay Staters face yet another challenge, according to the liberal group ONE Massachusetts: You're undertaxed. Read More
MA: DA seeks to alter offender laws
Middlesex District Attorney Gerard T. Leone Jr. plans to urge lawmakers today to change the state law for civilly committing individuals as sexual dangerous persons, five days after a convicted sex offender freed from jail over prosecutors' objections allegedly attacked a woman at Massachusetts General Hospital. Read More
MA: Mass. home sales rise for 3rd straight month
Single-family home sales in Massachusetts increased for the third consecutive month in September, and the median price for homes sold dropped 1.4 percent to $285,000 from $289,000 from September 2008, the smallest drop in year-over-year monthly median home prices in about two years, the Warren Group said in a report on local residential real estate activity. Read More
MA: Robert DeLeo, Therese Murray cut legislative staff
House Speaker Robert A. DeLeo and Senate President Therese Murray are slashing legislative jobs and budgets in an effort to backfill a $600 million budget deficit. Read More
MA: Summit stiffs candidates
Organizers of today's economic summit, billed by Gov. Deval Patrick as a non-partisan effort to map out recovery for Massachusetts, deliberately snubbed Treasurer Tim Cahill and two other gubernatorial candidates vying for Patrick's job. Read More
MA: Senate debate misses 'moment'
The hotly anticipated Democratic debate among candidates vying for the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy's historic seat turned out to be a clunker, with the four hopefuls spewing scripted spin that a moderator struggled to enliven. Read More |
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