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    • Bush speaks on Global Warming! Here it is! Thanks to Oliver Willis.
    • Wall Street Journal to MA: Freeze to death So, the wise men of the Wall Street Journal editorial page (who, wags have said, don't read the actual fine reporting of that paper) have upbraided Rep. William Delahunt and...
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    • A Teacher Runs in Foxborough An important update in the 1st Bristol race from Cos. --David There's a Democrat running in the 1st Bristol special election, but it's not Feeney. The Sun-Chronicle reported last week...
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    • Candidate Questionnaires in the Somerville special election PDS member Cos reports on PDS's questionnaires and upcoming candidates forum for the State House seat vacated by Pat Jehlen's move to the Senate. --David The Progressive Democrats of Somerville...
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    • Cashing in their chips Now this is cool ... er, warm: Mt. Wachusett Community College has reduced its heating costs and CO2 output by switching to wood chips and other biomass fuels: Instead of...
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    • November 26, 2005 | Polling: Employers should pay their share
    How the heck did I miss this? At the end of the State House News Service's email bulletin was this gem: The notion of raising taxes on businesses who can...

    By Charley on the MTA | Read Article | Comments (1)

    November 19, 2005 | Return on Community Investment
    Len Stewart of Cape Cod Works has a must-read post on how we must look at any health care reform: It's an investment in our community, which will bear real...

    By Charley on the MTA | Read Article | Comments (5)

    November 17, 2005 | Freep this poll!
    Boston Business Journal is hosting an online poll asking whether businesses should have to "pay or play" with respect to health care - that is, whether they should either have...

    By David | Read Article | Comments (1)

    How the (House) employer mandate works
    Another Greater Boston Interfaith Organization .pdf, drawn up in conjunction with the Business Leaders for Real Health Reform, describes the employer mandate thusly: The $160 million employer tax is eliminated....

    By Charley on the MTA | Read Article | Comments (1)

    Health Care: Gut check for the Guv
    So, Our Guv has decided to postpone his decision about whether to run for re-election until after the health care debate shakes out. Supposedly that makes him "more relevant" to...

    By Charley on the MTA | Read Article | Comments (0)

    November 16, 2005 | Health care: GBIO's Senate vs. House comparison
    The Greater Boston Interfaith Organization (GBIO) has written up a nice comparison sheet (.pdf) between the House and Senate health care plans. The third column is apparently what GBIO plans...

    By Charley on the MTA | Read Article | Comments (1)

    And it's Illinois in the lead ...
    With today's news that Illinois has just enacted a program that will make affordable health insurance readily available to every child in the state, the pressure is (or should be)...

    By David | Read Article | Comments (10)

    November 15, 2005 | Healthy Links
    Some useful health care links: HealthCareforMass.org discusses the proposed Health Care Constitutional Amendment. MassDefendHealthCare.org is the website for The Alliance to Defend Health Care (formerly the Ad Hoc Committee): "Bringing...

    By Bob | Read Article | Comments (0)

    November 11, 2005 | Baker's half-dozen
    Earlier today, David did a terrific job of running down the six health care op-eds in the Globe today. I have nothing to add to David's takedown of the hapless...

    By Charley on the MTA | Read Article | Comments (3)

    Six health care op-eds
    The Globe published a nice collection of six short op-eds on health care today, each from a different perspective. The authors are Gerald Algere (a businessman and board member of...

    By David | Read Article | Comments (7)

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