Buoniconti's Headaches Increase

As Election Day fast approaches, the Hampden County DA’s race is being reduced to a fight over Steve Buoniconti’s refusal to release his personal tax returns. And it looks like Buoniconti has no one to blame but himself.Buoniconti has described all the...

Question 2 Targets Affordable Housing Law

Under attack in Ballot Question 2 this election year in Massachusetts is the state’s affordable housing law, known informally as 40B or the “anti-snob” law. Passed in 1969, 40B requires that 10 percent o year-around housing in all towns be...

Federal Building Fights Leads to Defection

At a campaign stop in Springfield last week, Republican gubernatorial candidate Charlie Baker was joined by at least one unexpected supporter: City Councilor Tim Rooke, a long-time Democrat. “What I like about Baker is, he has a proven track record in private...

Valley Public Media Expands

In an age of media consolidation and general trends toward privatizing everything from trash pickup to Social Security, it’s refreshing to get news about something that’s actually going into public ownership. This week, the Amherst-based WFCR Foundation...