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The leader of a working group pushing for construction of a rail link connecting North and South stations is urging action to get underway on a feasibility study of the project, and is willing to compromise on what the scope an analysis should look like. Reacting to comments made by
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At times, government seems like little more than a "shell game," with the ultimate goal of increasing its budgets, expanding its reach, and bloating its bureaucracy, all at the expense of taxpaying families. When the government acts effectively, at least some justification for expansion exists. After all, when
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BOSTON – From the razing of the West End in the 1950s to the more recent Big Dig, Boston's urban renewal projects aren't points of universal pride among local residents. Yet today's Boston, the city people know and love, owes its current look and feel
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STATE HOUSE — Struggling against a ballooned budget, backers of the Green Line Extension do not expect development dollars to contribute as much to the project as is the case around the country. State transportation officials last year identified a gap of as much as $1 billion for the trolley extension
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Beaming over the convention of the consonant caucus, the speaker uttered what would be the second most memorable line in the 1988 presidential race: "This election isn't about ideology, it's about competence…" This dramatic statement was later bested by George H.W. Bush'
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The image of a driverless runaway train provides the perfect visual metaphor for the endless travails of the MBTA, especially following the snowbound debacle of last winter. But the runaway train is not just a metaphor or a figure of speech. It actually happened.
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STATE HOUSE — Rep. Seth Moulton is working to build support among the Bay State's Congressional delegation for a substantial study into building an underground rail link between North and South stations. The Salem Democrat met with avid project advocate and former governor Michael Dukakis on Monday and also
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When two former governors team up to pressure the current occupant of that office to spend tax dollars, working families should hold onto their wallets. Knowing those ex-governors as the bipartisan founding fathers of the Big Dig, taxpayers should prepare for a red-ink tsunami. Three-term Democrat Mike Dukakis and twice-elected
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