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Grand Prix of Boston CEO Mark Perrone: “We Are Asking For Zero Taxpayer Dollars”
Grand Prix of Boston has reworked its contract with the city so that no taxpayer dollars will be used for its IndyCar racing events in South Boston, CEO… -
LISTEN: Scrum Podcast: What's Next For Evan Falchuk After Boston 2024?
Six months ago, Evan Falchuk was—to many—the posterchild of the anti-Olympics movement in Massachusetts. Now, of course, the bid is dead. So what's next… -
Cruz, Kerry, Warren, And Other Phenomena: The Scrum Reports From Washington
Here on The Scrum podcast, we promise to cover politics "from Beacon Hill to the Beltway," and this week we finally took that literally. David S.… -
Behind The Fight To Keep The Olympics Out Of Boston
Whether Boston lands the 2024 Summer Olympics or doesn't, the fight over the push to bring the games to Massachusetts is the defining political battle of… -
A Winning Democratic Political Strategist On Losing Election 2014
Democratic political strategist Doug Rubin is a top insider in Massachusetts politics. And, for a while, it seemed like he had the political Midas touch.… -
Republican Women Get The Short End Of The Stick
Over at The Scrum, David Bernstein makes his blogging debut crunching the numbers on GOP women's supposed gains in the midterms:Republicans appear to have… -
The Scrum Podcast: What Charlie Baker Learned From Deval Patrick
Adam Reilly headed to Capitol Coffee on Beacon Hill to speak with Sen. Cowan about what the president should expect from a Mitch McConnell Senate, what… -
Good Luck, Charlie Baker
People said the 2014 Massachusetts governor's race was boring, but what a finish!After a long night and early morning, we finally got a winner--Mazel tov,… -
The Scrum ID's The Good, The Bad, And The Unfair In 2014 Campaign Ads
Less than one week to go until the 2014 election. And that means that if you watch any TV over the next few days, you’ll see an avalanche of political… -
'I Get No Respect': Why Does The Media Ignore Some Candidates?
Do we write off some independent and Republican politicians in Massachusetts because they're not viable? Or are they not viable because we write them…