This week’s webchat, moderated by State House News Service reporter Craig Sandler, brought out the kind of passion that only financial issues can. "In this world only two things are certain, death and taxes." To which, Sandler added:
10:56Craig-State House News Service
Jon, there’s a saying about that conflict at the State House: "Everybody wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to die."
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Last week’s webchat on heroin use in Massachusetts… from posts like this one from user "chris":
"They are asking WHY, WHY? I was addicted (clean for a year), and I can tell you why. Because life has become unbearable. People who shoot heroin need help. Something is causing thier addiction."
…you can see it was an impassioned conversation. Click on this post to read the full transcript.
Welcome to the Radio Boston live webchat. We’ll run a chatroom like this every week while the show is live and on the air, Fridays from 1-2pm Eastern Time. Log on and listen in to our live stream: www.wbur.org/listen.
Today, our chat is moderated by Ashley West, a 20-year old recovering herion addict. Why is heroin use spreading among younger and younger people, and what should be done about it?
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Plus, in our web specials: links to Massachusetts resources…
Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick speaks with the Brockton Enterprise on developing a regional drug strategy for the Bay State. Posted by the Enterprise, May 2007.
Mayor Lisa Wong inherited a big job when she won Fitchburg’s mayoral election last year. An old mill town with closed factories, a crime problem and a record number of foreclosures are just some of her worries.
The 28-year old Wong has a plan and Radio Boston heads to Fitchburg to find out what it is.
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Plus, in our web specials:Read studies about revitalizing old mill cities, see videos from Fitchburg and Lowell.
The Big Dig: A Timeline
Home foreclosures continue to be a problem in most Massachusetts communities in 2008 and many economists expect that it’s only going to get worse. We visit one city where foreclosures are blamed for destabilizing neighborhoods and harming the local economy. Is it (as one analyst says) a "perfect storm" situation where the housing market slump, the credit crunch and predatory lending have combined to create a wave of debt and abandoned buildings?
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