Charlie Baker Archives

MORE DYSFUNCTION THAN DIVERSITY

“I get calls from lifers every week that feel they have not gotten a fair hearing by the parole board.”

JEAN TROUNSTINE June 25, 2019

FIRE SALE FINALE: BIG BANG THEORY

Gun laws, limits, and licensing in Mass—in perception and reality

BINJ ONLINE May 8, 2019

CASE OPEN (A FIRE SALE FOLLOW-UP)

Connecticut high court ruling opens up Mass gun seller to Newtown lawsuit

CURTIS WALTMAN March 26, 2019

ARC OF THE MORAL UNIVERSE

Mass State Police and local law enforcement have spent millions amassing an arsenal of Tasers, but there’s minimal accountability for those doing the purchasing, or for those doing the tasing

BINJ ONLINE February 27, 2019

ASSIST OUR INVESTIGATION INTO GUN SALES IN MASS

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CHRIS FARAONE January 12, 2019

FIRE SALE PT. 1 1/2

More about how police solicitation of guns and other combat gear is done solely by departments that weigh options and decide on agreements, without any scrutiny from other agencies.

CHRIS FARAONE November 22, 2018

THE PLIGHT OF PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION IN BOSTON, ILLUSTRATED

Mass Governor Charlie Baker’s record on public transportation as presented in an easy-to-read yet diligently reported comic feature

ANDY METZGER October 17, 2018

FIRE SALE PT. 1

Even for weapons dealers who have flouted state laws, there is major money to be made by selling munitions to police in Massachusetts

CHRIS FARAONE September 27, 2018

If Mass journalists were doing their jobs, Baker would not be so popular May 1, 2018 BY JASON PRAMAS @JASONPRAMAS It’s always funny to hear that Charlie Baker is a very popular governor… The most popular governor in the country at the moment, according to polls. Because

JASON PRAMAS May 1, 2018

YOUR MOVE, BOSTON

Only a massive protest movement can stop government giveaways to megacorps March, 2018 BY JASON PRAMAS @JASONPRAMAS Boston politics—in both its state and local variants—seems to consist largely of backroom deals between government officials and major corporations punctuated by rituals of representative democracy that are increasingly put

JASON PRAMAS March 7, 2018