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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...redistricting, which Acting Governor Jane M. Swift signed into law on Nov. 8, broke up Cambridge’s traditionally minority-represented 28th district and put much of the city into districts concentrated in neighboring towns...

Author: By Lauren R. Dorgan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Cambridge Files Suit Over Redistricting | 11/21/2001 | See Source »

That’s Sure Swift Thinking...

Author: By The Crimson Staff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Dartboard | 11/21/2001 | See Source »

Just when it looked like Jane Swift was gathering up the tatters of her political career, she became the Grinch that stole the economy. About a month ago, Governor Swift introduced her latest gimmick to rejuvenate the sagging Massachusetts economy: a “tax-free weekend” when the 5 percent state retail tax would be suspended for all items purchased...

Author: By The Crimson Staff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Dartboard | 11/21/2001 | See Source »

...doggedly pushing the proposal, Swift may be convincing consumers to postpone big-ticket purchases for the tax-free weekend—in other words, shelving them indefinitely. Regardless, Swift pressed ahead and spoke about the proposal at the Cambridgeside Galleria on Monday afternoon, sounding less like governor and more like a 6-year-old begging her parents for a pony...

Author: By The Crimson Staff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Dartboard | 11/21/2001 | See Source »

Responding to charges that Logan’s operations had been undermined by personnel appointments guided more by patronage than qualifications, Acting Gov. Jane M. Swift has made a series of moves to tighten the airport’s security...

Author: By Ryan J. Kuo, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: State Fires Logan Security Firm | 11/19/2001 | See Source »

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