INTRO TEXT If those in the Romney administration say they are “ambivalent” about legalized gaming, even as they support the introduction of video slot machines to boost state revenue (see “Getting a Fix” ), imagine the bind the gambling question puts Bristol County law-enforcement officials in. For some time, southeastern Massachusetts has been a hotbed […]
Kate McGregor
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iCommonWealthi Forum capitalizes on nonprofits
INTRO TEXT Nonprofit organizations and the government agencies and funders that finance them need to think more creatively in the face of lean budgets and a sagging economy. That was the theme running through the Commonwealth Forum, “Innovation and Economy: The Role of the Nonprofit Sector in Tight Fiscal Times,” held March 7 at the […]
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A teen journalist grills Colin Powell
INTRO TEXT When Olga Tsyganova entered a conference room in the US State Department to interview Secretary of State Colin Powell for TeenInk magazine, she didn’t clutch her note cards like the two other students in the room. The 19-year-old Franklin resident didn’t need reminders to ask tough questions. When Powell joined them–the interview was […]