Brown, Warren among top earners, tax records show
Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown and Elizabeth Warren released their tax returns Friday, revealing that both senatorial candidates earn close to the top percentile of income in the nation. The releases, which document the candidates’ tax records for a number of years until 2011, came after a request from The Boston Globe. Warren agreed to release [...]
BU students, faculty react to Santorum’s campaign suspension
Although Rick Santorum suspended his presidential campaign on Tuesday, Boston University students and faculty said he was never likely to defeat Mitt Romney and clinch the Republican presidential nomination. “We have carried the torch. High,” Santorum said in a statement from him and his wife on his website. “Together we have fought for the principles [...]
Super Tuesday puts Romney closer to Republican nod
Amidst chanting of “We want Mitt,” former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney said he promises to restore America, after he won 72.1 percent of the vote in the Commonwealth’s Republican primary election. Romney took the state’s primary election with 38 of the 41 delegates up for grabs in Massachusetts, while former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum, of [...]
Bay State voters cast ballots for Romney
Many Boston voters accurately predicted former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney would win the Republican primary in the Commonwealth on Super Tuesday. Romney won the state’s primaries with 72.1 percent of the vote on Tuesday. Former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum, of Pennsylvania, came in second with 12.1 percent and U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, of Texas, came [...]
Brown takes lead over Warren in bid for Senate, polls show
U.S. Sen. Scott Brown has taken the lead during his bid for re-election by no more than 10 percent over Elizabeth Warren in recent polls. In four out of five surveys conducted in the past month, the Republican incumbent holds a slight lead over chief Democratic rival and consumer advocate Warren. Jim Barnett, Brown’s campaign [...]
