SPRINGFIELD—Facing almost no resistance in either votes or oratory, the City Council voted Monday night, in effect, to continue its role in the battle against the proposed biomass power plant on Page Boulevard. Former City Councilor and City Solicitor Patrick Markey made an offer to
…And the World: We begin today in Brazil, where President Dilma Rousseff narrowly avoided defeat in her country’s presidential runoff and a turbulent campaign. While the Rousseff era will continue, The Guardian suggests she will begin another term in the face of momentum shifting against
SOMERVILLE—After a decade in the middle of some of the highest profile campaigns of the last few cycles, the public may know very little about Mike Firestone. As the campaign manager for Maura Healey, the upstart attorney general candidate who won the Democratic primary last
WESTFIELD—Overshadowed in large part by the hot senate contest next door, the 2nd Hampden & Hampshire Senate election has been a more heated affair as a Democrat seeks one of the few Republican senate seats that could flip. Republican Senator Don Humason is facing a
UPDATED 10/24/14 12:47PM: The original version of this post listed no ad buys. One at WWLP has been reported. Eric Lesser will not be the only candidate in the 1st Hampden & Hampshire Senate district to have an ad, but it remains an open question whether
SPRINGFIELD—But for one item that prompted a colorful rally and march on City Hall before it, the City Council confronted a light and uncontroversial agenda Monday night. A resolution in support of the city adopting a climate action plan drew costumed environmentalists, larger than life
SPRINGFIELD—One of the most overdone political tropes in this state political cycle is talk of how the outcome on November 4 affects the legacy of Gov. Deval Patrick. But Patrick’s legacy will transcend whatever the next governor does and part of that legacy will include
UPDATED 4:42PM: To reflect ad buy data from WWLP now available. Recent local political news coverage has included large doses of the 1st Hampden & Hampshire Senate race and today marks proof that it will also be one of the few local races to go
…And the World: We begin today in Turkey, where the government has decided to allow Kurdish fighters within the country’s borders to aide Syrian city of Kobani. Turkish forces will facilitate Kurdish forces movement into Syria to resist the Islamic State’s attack on the city.
Four ballot questions will face voters’ judgment this November. Not only is this a fairly large amount of questions, but all of them are deep, substantive issues with far-reaching implications. That may be a little bit of an overstatement on some questions, but there is