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• Massachusetts turnpike chief takes some heat from lawmakers.

  - 2004-12-03

  By Yvonne Abraham, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 3--Matthew J. Amorello looked nervous as he arrived at a packed State House hearing room yesterday morning. As the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority chairman sat down just before 10:30 a.m., he was...

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• Kerry Team Begins Background Checks on Possible Running Mate Choices.

  - 2004-04-29

  By Glen Johnson, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 29--John F. Kerry's search for a running mate has moved into a more serious phase, with the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee beginning background checks on several candidates, including Representative Richard...

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• Massachusetts Governor Blasts Democrats' Effort to Protect Kerry Seat.

  - 2004-02-20

  The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 20--NORTH ATTLEBOROUGH, Mass. -- Governor Mitt Romney yesterday denounced a maneuver by Democrats on Beacon Hill to block him from naming an interim replacement if US Senator John F. Kerry wins the presidency and...

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• Sen. Kennedy Retreats on Amendment That Could Block Wind Farm off Cape Cod.

  - 2003-07-31

  By Stephanie Ebbert, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 31--US Senator Edward M. Kennedy, whose staff has been ...uietly negotiating a measure that could halt plans for a wind farm off Cape Cod, backed away yesterday from the controversial amendment...

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• Dispute Grows on Naming of Boston's Central Artery Tunnel.

  - 2003-05-07

  By Yvonne Abraham, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 7--Readying for a fight, Governor Mitt Romney yesterday scolded Democrats who seek to rename the new Central Artery after the late House Speaker Thomas P. "Tip" O'Neill Jr. instead of ...

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• Massachusetts Lawmakers Set to Oppose Governor's Retirement Overhaul Proposal.

  - 2003-04-09

  By Kimberly Blanton, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 9--Massachusetts lawmakers, many of them members of the state's retirement system, are lining up to oppose Governor Mitt Romney's proposal to overhaul the program. Added to lawmakers' personal...

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• State Senators Vote to Give Up a Pay Increase in Massachusetts.

  - 2003-01-08

  By Stephanie Ebbert, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 8--All but one of Massachusetts' 40 state senators agreed yesterday to decline pay raises they were guaranteed under the Constitution, saying that in a time of economic crisis, they could not...

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• Democrats See a Chance to Reclaim the Presidency.

  - 2003-01-07

  By David M. Shribman, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 7--WASHINGTON--Who says there's never anything new under the sun? A decade ago a chief executive named Bush led the nation into war, vanquishing a well-armed foe, and leaving the Democrats...

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• Union President Challenges Senator Kennedy on Loss of Manufacturing Jobs.

  - 2002-10-03

  By Glen Johnson, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 3--WASHINGTON--The president of a major labor union clashed with Senator Edward M. Kennedy yesterday after complaining that the Democrats, including the senator's niece, Maryland Lieutenant Governor Kathleen Kennedy Townsend,...

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