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...last Thursday that the first-term Democrat doesn’t intend to run for senator, Shaheen became the party’s best chance to win the ’08 race, observers say. Shaheen, who was appointed IOP chief in 2005, served three terms as the Granite State??s first female governor before losing her 2002 Senate bid to Republican John E. Sununu by about 19,000 votes—just 4 percent of all ballots cast. But it’s still not clear that Shaheen will challenge Sununu to a rematch...
...mayor of my hometown, Albuquerque, has proposed to follow in New York State??s footsteps and legalize the forced medication of the “mentally ill.” Given the sordid history of government involvement with “mental illness,” Mayor Martin J. Chávez is leading Albuquerque—and the rest of the country in his wake—down a very slippery slope...
...billionaire cell-phone entrepreneur has promised millions of dollars to chosen African heads of state??and has given a Harvard lecturer the power to influence the selection. Mo Ibrahim, a Sudanese cell phone entrepreneur based in the United Kingdom, recently announced plans to offer a $5 million award to a retired sub-Saharan African head of state who he determines has demonstrated good governance while in office and democratically ceded his position to his successor. That amount is the largest prize the world has seen yet, surpassing the $1.3 million of this year’s 2006 Nobel...
Patrick’s plan for strategic investment in key economic growth sectors, moreover, capitalizes on Massachusetts’ unique strengths to reinvigorate the state??s sagging economy. By advocating the use of state funds to drive the expansion of stem cell research in Boston and Cambridge, support agriculture in western Massachusetts, and encourage bio-fuel manufacturing in Springfield, Patrick offers a long-awaited departure from past Republican administrations’ emphasis on cutting taxes over investing in future growth...
...Porter Square, contributed $1.57 million, making it the second-largest donor. Combined, the two sides spent about $11.5 million, exceeding the previous record for expenditures on a Massachusetts ballot question—$9.1 million was spent in 1988 over a proposal that would have shut down the state??s nuclear power plants. OTHER BALLOT INITIATIVES On ballot Question 2, voters rejected the proposal for “fusion voting,” which would have allowed more than one party to nominate the same candidate. The measure, which was backed by several labor unions, failed...