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| TOP STORIES | | | [21 min ago ] BOSTON (AP) - Massachusetts lawmakers are set to receive a 5.5
percent pay hike, even as they prepare to make deep cuts to state
services.
The increase would lift lawmakers' base pay from $58,237 to
$61,440 - an increase of just over $3,200 a... | | | read more  | | | [59 min ago ] (NECN) - Governor Deval Patrick wants Massachusetts to overhaul its laws aimed at keeping public officials honest.
2008 was a tough year for political reputations. Senator Jim Marzilli was arrested on groping charges and then resigned. Senator Dianne... | | | read more | | | [2 hours ago ] (NECN/ABC) - Standing side by side inside the oval office five men who have been elected by the people to serve as president of the United States - former presidents Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, George H.W. Bush, President George W. Bush and... | | | read more | | | | | |
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POLITICS:
Christy Mihos: No ordinary politician
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| November 19, 2008 Christy Mihos: No ordinary politician
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(NECN: Jim Braude) - Before there was the 2008 presidential campaign, there was a Massachusetts businessman who ran for governor on a promise of "change" and "reform." One thing Christy Mihos did not have in common with Barack Obama was results. He came in third, but he survived to try again.
Mr. Mihos joins NewsNight's Jim Braude to discuss the state of affairs at the State House -- everything from Speaker Sal DiMasi's ethics and embrace of a gas tax to Governor Deval Patrick's complaint that we have grown too cynical to appreciate his record.
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