Whos of Who-cester

MLB catcher and hitting coach  Charley Lau on the two theories on hitting the knuckleball.  ...nor do the theories on minor league stad...

at the Worcester Registry of Deeds for the WEC/Research Bureau presentation on the Chapter 70 formula and local education funding. With Luc ...

(that's the budget that buys "stuff": trucks, buildings, sewer systems...) Among the things being considered at this Friday...

I was asked by several members of the community to post my testimony before the City Council on Tuesday. It here follows. My name is Tracy...

still feeling the loss of the school health grant lost substitute nurses (for sick days, etc) funded for 42 full time nurses; we have 41 rig...

Hearty congratulations due to all who pulled together the WPS Parent-Guardian Roundtable this morning! About 200 people packed the room and ...

Gary Rosen has just spoken at some length about the state's rejection of Worcester's local option, saying (I paraphrase) that the $1...

In light of some of the editorials coming out recently (last week's Worcester Magazine and this Sunday's Nick Kotsopolos column ), ...

Deb Steigman asks "Is it ethical?" We were willing to pay more taxes when the economy was okay. The only way we're going to su...

Really interesting editorial in today's Boston Globe on the need for the Commonwealth to raise taxes , particularly if you look at who w...

Perhaps that should read "MORE bad news from the state" The House Ways and Means budget released yesterday uses a (mind-boggling) ...

From the Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center: The Income Tax The Sales Tax The Gas Tax Local Options Taxes Examining Tax Fairness

Councilor Toomey is asking (under suspension) that we have an investigation (done by colleges, perhaps?) into moving to a single residential...

Somehow the above statement is something that sometimes seems to escape us in talking about budgets: Taxes pay for services. The money that ...

A few thoughts about the tax level discussion after some reflection: This was not the first, but was the most recently egregious, example of...

Vote is 9-2 for lowest residential tax rate, Petty and Rushton opposed Residential rate will thus be $13.50 per $1000 Commercial rate will b...

The Mayor gives the chair to Councilor Rushton to address the council agrees with Councilor Germaine: "last minute, an afterthought...

Thanks people for coming out tonight will support LRTR "disappointed in the process" two weeks for "such an important vote...

We always get "drawn into the same argument...want to stay away from that" Expand the tax base...arguments tonight "I don...

"I hope our colleges and universities are watching tonight and that this will motivate them to do their part...but I'm not going to...