Craig Sandler

The New York Times recently stationed a duo on the streets of the Big Apple to ask people what they do for work and how much they earn. From 400 requests, 27 gave answers, producing a randomly diverse compensation snapshot. New York City implemented a salary transparency law last year, and Massachusetts, along with several […]

The new governor gets props for taking a ride on the T less than a month into office. It took Charlie Baker almost five years in office to descend into the bowels of Park Street station. Gov. Healey and LG Driscoll took a short ride from Park Street to South Station yesterday, an act of symbolism but […]

Bill filing: something of a racket. We’re heavy into the season when consultants and lobbyists are pitching stories to reporters and posting on social about the exciting news that proposal x is in play, having been filed by the consultant’s client or client organization. Part of a bill-info service or a lobbyist’s stock in trade is […]

Maura Healey is starting to get a bit of a “Gov. Wait and See” rap in certain quarters of the State House, as she tells reporters (aka “certain quarters”) that issues like the T and tax credits and the housing crisis deserve a strong response, and that response is coming soon. There’s a feeling that with […]

It’s Jan. 31 — year-end finance reports for reps, senators, mayors and city council candidates (in bigger cities) were due Jan. 20, and are mostly in — not as big a deal as it once was at the state level since the advent of monthly auto-reporting, but those auto-reports are arriving too. So where’s the action […]

Here’s one good way to avoid the fact that it’s Mean Old Monday Morning — let’s just leap ahead to Tuesday, which is the cool day this week anyhow. Cause the thing is, at the State House, tomorrow is all anyone’s going to be talking about today. Here’s why: by the end of the day tomorrow: […]

Maura Healey’s compete level seems high. It served her well in the campaign — although many onlookers rolled their eyes at the endless basketball allusions. And yet the aura seemed to go over well in front of the hundreds of ever-competitive business leaders who jammed the ballroom at the Newton Marriott to hear the state’s new […]

Michelle Wu wrapped up at 7:58 pm last night, and Maura Healey is next up at 9:00 a.m today at the Associated Industries of Massachusetts breakfast. this morning.  Paired, the set of speeches gives us an early snapshot of where their agendas align, and where they diverge.  And they will give at least a surface […]

Try to solve gun violence, and you take away people’s rights. Try to solve global warming, and you take away people’s jobs. Try to solve hunger, and you take away people’s … hunger. That’s the policysetting mystery behind the food-insecurity issue. Nearly every societal gain involves someone losing something or giving something up. But with a Wendy’s on […]

Massachusetts is accustomed to transportation delays, but this is a new form of frustration.  For the third time in six months, the state transportation department’s effort to secure federal funding for a badly-needed megaproject was deemed not sufficiently compelling to win the funds. And that leaves the business and tourism communities hoping Gov. Healey’s new transportation […]