GOOD MORNING – TODAY IS by John Dwyer 

GOOD MORNING – TODAY IS THURSDAY, January 26, the 26th day of 2017 with 339 to follow. Sunrise in the Boston area is @ 7:04 and sunset is @ 4:49. The moon is waning. The morning stars are stars are Jupiter, Saturn & Mercury. The evening stars are Mars, Neptune, Uranus & Venus.

ON THIS DAY IN: 1500 – Vicente Yáñez Pinzón discovered Brazil.  Continue reading GOOD MORNING – TODAY IS by John Dwyer 

Special Pay Raise Report For Beacon Hill

By Bob Katzen 

 STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, JAN. 25, 2017. The House approved 116-44 and sent to the Senate a pay raise package including hiking the salaries of the two leaders who filed the bill, House Speaker Robert DeLeo (D-Winthrop) and Senate President Stan Rosenberg (D-Amherst), by $45,000 from $97,547 to $142,547. The measure also hikes the pay of the Legislature’s two Republican leaders, Sen. Bruce Tarr (R-Gloucester) and Rep. Bradley Jones (R-North Reading) by $37,500 from $85,047 to $122,547.   Continue reading Special Pay Raise Report For Beacon Hill