Sen. Ted Kennedy’s office made a big deal of the fact he was meeting this morning with President Bush’s nominee for attorney general, Judge Michael Mukasey.
Then when the meeting was over came this:
The role of Attorney General has never been more important in this country, and the Judiciary Committee—and the entire Senate—has an obligation to [...]
Archive for September, 2007
Methuen Mayor Bill Manzi has reason to be worried.
Considered a heavy favorite in his race with City Councilor Kathleen Corey Rahme at the start of the election season, Manzi has been beset by a series of unfavorable stories, many of them involving his police department. Indeed, one got the distinct impression from the conversation he [...]
There was this from 5th District congressional candidate Nike Tsongas’ campaign office this morning:
Early this morning Niki Tsongas learned that her beloved sister Suzanne Sauvage passed away unexpectedly in her sleep at her home in New York. Niki will be suspending her personal campaign activities until further notice. Campaign Spokesperson Katie Elbert made [...]
This just in: The Niki Tsongas campaign announced this afternoon that former President Bill Clinton will make an appearance on behalf of the 5th District congressional candidate during a Sunday, Sept. 30 rally at the Lowell Memorial Auditorium.
Wonder if Republican Jim Ogonowski has any plans to bring either of the George Bushes to the district.
Incumbent mayors throughout the North of Boston region had to be happy with the results of Tuesday’s preliminary elections.
Elected chief executives in Haverhill, Newburyport, Amesbury, and Beverly all scored convincing wins in their respective preliminary elections.
The mayors of Methuen and Peabody have lone opponents they will face in the Nov. 6 election, while those in [...]
Republican Jim Ogonowski is out with an apology — and a shot at his Democratic opponent.
Responding to Niki Tsongas’ demand that he repudiate comments made by Republican leader David Boehner regarding the “small price” Americans are paying to achieve its goals in Iraq, Ogonowski did just that Tuesday.
In a letter to the Ohio congressman, Ogonowski [...]
Give Democrat Niki Tsongas credit for not taking the 5th District race for granted, despite the fact most consider her a heavy favorite in next month’s election to succeed former congressman Marty Meehan.
The Tsongas machine has not let up with the drumbeat of publicity begun many months ago when she first announced her candidacy for [...]
Nothing like a tragedy to get Congress to open the spigot.
Massachusetts Sen. Edward M. Kennedy Tuesday hailed Senate passage of an amendment to an appropriations bill providing an additional $1 billion for bridge repairs. The vote was 60-33 and in the wake of last month’s I-35 bridge collapse in Minnesota in which 13 people were [...]
An increase in the meals tax may not be a matter of local option after all.
Haverhill Mayor James Fiorentini said Monday night that the Patrick administration’s new strategy may be to impose a statewide tax increase to fund local services.
Speaking at a candidates’ forum sponsored by Team Haverhill, the local chapter of the League of [...]
Eagle-Tribune columnist Barbara Anderson offers her recommended fall reading list this week.
Among the books she’s looking forward to is WBZ-TV political analyst Jon Keller’s “The Bluest State,” which advance publicity touts as a look at how Massachusetts has come to be characterized by:
addiction to tax revenues and a raging edifice complex couched in disrespect to [...]
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Nelson Benton is editorial page editor of The Salem News. Over the past four decades he has covered all the cities and towns of the North Shore, as well as the Statehouse. His political column appears every Friday on the Opinion page. Categories
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