corruption

The Massachusetts Legislature is again knee deep in controversy and scandal as two members face investigations that could lead to suspensions if not expulsion from the Senate. Most recently 55-year-old Brockton Democrat Mike Brady announced he would be going away for a few days of alcohol treatment after getting busted for driving while looped in Weymouth a week ago...

Corruption continues to haunt Beacon Hill.

The investigation of potential corruption in the Massachusetts Senate should be transparent

Corruption and incompetence continues unabated on Beacon Hill

Up until now, Massachusetts state employees who were convicted of any criminal offense related to their official roles have had to forfeit their state pension.  Period.  But, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court recently decided that stripping a crooked Peabody cop of his pension for a misdemeanor conviction violates his *Eighth Amendment rights...

It's just so sad. Our beloved Federal Bureau of Investigations has now been sacked, maybe beyond repair. Next to no one believes that FBI Director James Brian Comey was unable to find charges against former Secretary of State, Hillary Rodham Clinton as federal agents scoured what was left of her computers, private server and software system...

I did a random, unannounced, unscientific  poll on the presidential election on my show today. The results were fascinating and worthy of consideration. 49 of the 55 people who participated in the roughly 90 minute poll voted for Donald Trump, most of them very enthusiastically...

Puerto Rico is falling on tough economic times. The island territory missed a $370 M in debt, and area residents familiar with their homeland say schools are closing and so are businesses.

The state's highest court says former Massachusetts House Speaker Salvatore DiMasi is entitled to the money he contributed into the state's retirement system, plus interest, before his conviction on corruption charges. But the Supreme Judicial Court on Thursday rejected arguments from DiMasi's attorneys that he should have continued to receive his state pension from the time he was sentenced in 20

Senator Robert Menendez is being indicted on federal corruption charges. The New Jersey Democrat is a former chairman of the powerful Senate Foreign Relations Committee. He has aggressively denied allegations related to his relationship with a wealthy supporter from Florida...