The Flaherty/Yoon Ticket
Now this is politics - Boston style: It's creative, it's clever, it's sly, and maybe it will work.
Now this is politics - Boston style: It's creative, it's clever, it's sly, and maybe it will work.
"This is going to be a competitive race."
So Beacon Hill is going to do it. And I hope you're not surprised, or disappointed, or angry.
Attorney General Martha Coakley was the first to get in the race to replace Senator Edward Kennedy, and that's where state voters tell us she'll finish, too.
By any measure, Ted Kennedy was big, so big that his death makes everyone in Massachusetts smaller.
Ted Kennedy made even more memories today...and different people would choose different key moments.
Ted Kennedy may have had an imperfect personal life, but--politically--he was near perfect.
Maybe this comes from watching a Catholic service: I have a confession.
By now you certainly know that Eunice Kennedy Shriver was a member of one of America's most famous families, and the founder of the Special Olympics. But there are two things you may not know about her life and her legacy.
Sometimes smart people do dumb things, and I think for Governor Patrick this is another one of those times.
It's the newest edition of a Bay State tradition: the fight to kill Turnpike tolls. The new twist is that tolls on the Tobin Bridge and the Boston Harbor tunnels are also included.
An influential Massachusetts republican is in the race for the governor's office. Charlie Baker, the former Harvard Pilgrim Health Care president, filed paperwork to become a candidate today. He immediately took aim at Saturday's state sales tax increase. 7's political editor Andy Hiller gives us his instinct on Baker's candidacy.
It's day eight of Gates-gate, and I'm trying to figure out what we've learned in the last week.
After a decade of staying out of big state-wide elections, Charlie Baker is finally getting in one: The governor's race.
State treasurer Tim Cahill says he's switching parties. A move that may mean he'll run for governor as an independent. So will the sudden switch work? 7's political editor Andy Hiller gives us his instinct.
Watching the State House struggle with the hack holidays is like watching someone trying to learn a foreign language: they may remember a few words, but they can't speak it.
Under our law, Sal DiMasi is presumed innocent...but my guess is there are many in Massachusetts who assume he's guilty.