

Summer 2013


The new campaign
In one race after another, with a return to grassroots organizing, candidates and campaign operatives are upending the power of political machines. Next stop: The all-out scramble for mayor in Boston.
By Paul McMorrow
Municipal Government, State Government
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The chained CPI
Few in Mass. delegation see eye to eye with Obama

Fitting the Boston mayoral race into an historical context
Boston at the close of the Menino era finds itself with a surfeit of candidates and a dearth of critical issues
By James Aloisi
Municipal Government, State Government
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The Massachusetts H-1B connection
10 firms secure two-fifths of foreign workers
By Bruce Mohl and
Adam Sennott
Immigration, Jobs
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We’re not missing this one
The last time Boston had a race for mayor without an incumbent was 1993, three years before CommonWealth came into existence. We missed that race, but we aren’t going to miss this year’s campaign to replace Mayor Thomas Menino.
By Bruce Mohl
Municipal Government
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Summer 2013 correspondence and updates
There are so many loathsome things about dirty-energy billionaire Bill Koch’s ramblings about Cape Wind in CommonWealth (“Look who’s talking,” Spring ’13) that it was hard to know where to start.
By CommonWealth Staff
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Managing innovation
The BRA’s Nicole Fichera pushes South Boston’s new economy
By Paul McMorrow
Growth and Development, Municipal Government, Urban Affairs
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Poverty sprawl
More poor now live outside urban centers
By Michael Jonas
Demographics, Urban Affairs
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Moving backwards
Common Core jeopardizes ed reform
By Jim Stergios
Elementary and Secondary Education
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