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The #MAPoli Holiday Wish List Dec 23, 2015

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Our usual order of business around here at The Scrum is to ask #mapoli a lot of questions. But this week, we kept is simple: what's on your holiday wish list this year?

College, Inc.: The Scrum Goes Back To School Dec 15, 2015

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The move by the Tufts Medical School faculty—full-time, tenured doctors and researchers, not part-time adjuncts—to unionize and affiliate with the S.E.I.U. could open a new chapter in the history of organized labor. And it's happening in our own backyard.

Another Day, Another Mass Shooting In America? Dec 04, 2015

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Here we are again: wrestling with the aftermath of a mass shooting in the United States. Adam Reilly, Peter Kadzis, and David Bernstein look at how policymakers struggle to respond, time and time again.

Beyond Paris Nov 20, 2015

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The Scrum sits down with Juliette Kayyem, host of the Security Mom podcast, and veteran foreign correspondent Charlie Sennott, head of The GroundTruth Project, to go beyond the headlines of the Paris attacks. Plus, Peter Kadzis and Adam Reilly analyze Governor Charlie Baker's stance on Syrian refugees.

Grand Prix of Boston CEO Mark Perrone On Boston's "Olympic Hangover" Nov 12, 2015

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Reporter Adam Reilly sits down with Mark Perrone, the CEO of Grand Prix of Boston, about bringing a largescale sporting event to Boston in the wake of Boston 2024’s failed Olympic bid.

Stan Rosenberg Goes West Nov 03, 2015

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The world of Massachusetts politics can be a little Boston-centric. Adam Reilly and Peter Kadzis sat down with Senate President Stan Rosenberb—who represents a few of the state's western districts—to talk about what folks around here get wrong about the Wild West.

On The Road Again Oct 28, 2015

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The Scrum goes on a road trip to visit Joe McQuaid, the legendary editor of the New Hampshire Union Leader—a newspaper that has a particularly strong influence over the presidential primary season.

What's Next For Evan Falchuk? Oct 16, 2015

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To many, Evan Falchuk was the posterchild of the anti-Olympics movement in Massachusetts. Now that the bid is dead, what's next for Falchuk and his political party, the United Independent Party?

Seth Moulton: Idealist Turned Cynic? Oct 08, 2015

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Has the gun control debate in Washington turned Congressman Seth Moulton from idealist to cynic? David Bernstein, Peter Kadzis, and Adam Reilly of WGBH News caught up and took stock of the Bay State's movers and shakers in D.C.

Is Marty Walsh Already Boston's Mayor For Life? Oct 01, 2015

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With high approval ratings, a formidable war chest, and a close working relationship with the state's Republican governor, is Mayor Marty Walsh already on track to be Boston's "mayor for life?" Adam met up with Gintautas Dumcius of Mass Live and Shirley Leung of the Boston Globe on the windswept steps of City Hall Plaza.

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