Crisis in Public Finance at the State Level.

Graduates of the class of 2009 of the Abby Keley Foster Charter School, devoted parents, relatives, and friends.

In 1830, when Alexis deTocqueville visited America one of the features he found most remarkable about our nation was the vast array of civic associations. “Americans of all ages, all conditions, all minds constantly unite,” he observed.

For the record, let me begin by saying that The Research Bureau is not antiunion or anti-anything – We are PROWorcester.

Thank you for giving me the opportunity to share with you my observations on education reform which is approaching its 11th anniversary. Besides spending billions of dollars and generating lots of controversy over MCAS, what have we accomplished?

I attended the Corridor 9 business after hours at the business expo last week and you could see and feel the energy and excitement in the room. That does not happen without a lot of hard work.

On April 30th , the Central Mass Regional Caucus of Legislators held its first Economic Summit.