He's a little late to the game, but Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine has called for the allocation of more money and more independence for the chronically underfunded and legislatively hamstrung State Ethics Commission.
Massachusetts Democrats -- most especially Martha Coakley -- have snatched defeat from the jaws of victory and managed to give away a U.S. Senate seat that had been held by Democrats for more than half a century. With Republican Scott Brown headed to Washington, let's speculate on what some of the long-term effects might be.
What are our legislative leaders up to? Let's look at what Sen. Mitch Seabaugh (R-Sharpsburg), the majority whip in the Senate, is introducing in the way of public safety legislation.
The General Assembly kicked off a new session on Monday with much of the legislative leadership reeling from media exposes of scandals and ethics controversies, some of them involving female lobbyists
Time will tell whether Roy Barnes can win another term as governor, but one thing's for sure -- he still knows how to raise money, even during the depths of the worst recession since the 1930s.
