Money & Politics

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Lobbyists Also Like the Mayoral Frontrunners

Polls and insider opinion suggest that city councilor John Connolly and state representative Marty Walsh are the frontrunners in the Boston mayoral contest, with District […]

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A Dollar-by-Dollar Breakdown of the City Council Candidates

I wrote the other day about the difficulties faced by city council candidates this year. Now I’ll add some numbers to that analysis. Below are […]

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Barry Finegold Makes It Rain

Rumor has it that state senator Barry Finegold of Andover intends to run for state treasurer in 2014—and his campaign account sure seems to support […]

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Speaker DeLeo Still Paying Big Bucks For Probation-Related Lawyering

Speaker Robert DeLeo has paid $300,000 this year in legal services related to the ongoing US Attorney investigation into patronage at the probation department. The […]

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The Spending Habits of Boston’s Mayoral Candidates

Andrew Ryan of the Globe did a good job at the end of May getting the major mayoral candidates’ fundraising and cash-on-hand numbers. But only […]