Walter Wuthmann
State Politics Reporter at WBUR-FM (Boston, MA)
State politics reporter for @WBUR. Wrote for @DailyNews_lk in Sri Lanka. @BowdoinCollege alum.
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6 days ago |
wbur.org | Walter Wuthmann
The Massachusetts House of Representatives passed its $61.5 billion annual budget this month, and an annual reality emerges: millions of dollars in pet projects go to the lawmakers closest to Democratic leadership. Legislators tacked on $81 million in amendments to the final bill, mostly money for local projects, programs and organizations, according to data compiled by the legislative tracking service MassTrac.
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1 week ago |
wbur.org | Walter Wuthmann
Boston City Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson pleaded guilty to federal corruption charges on Monday. She appeared in Boston federal court in a white blazer, with a group of friends and community members sitting behind her in support. She spoke softly while addressing Judge Indira Talwani, often through tears.
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2 weeks ago |
wbur.org | Walter Wuthmann
A charter company flew one of the New England Patriots' team planes to and from the U.S. naval base and detention center at Guantánamo Bay in Cuba on Monday, according to public flight tracking data. A plane bearing the team plane's call sign and tail number took off from Fort Worth, Texas, and landed in Guantánamo at 10:49 a.m. central time Monday morning, according to data from FlightAware and ADS-B Exchange. The plane left a few hours later for Biggs Army Airfield in El Paso.
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2 weeks ago |
wbur.org | Walter Wuthmann
New Balance chairman and Republican mega-donor Jim Davis gave $1 million to a super PAC backing mayoral candidate Josh Kraft in April, an opening salvo in what campaign finance experts predict will be an expensive mayoral election. Super PACs, the shadowy big-money spending groups best known for their influence in national politics, are playing an increasing role in local campaigns, including the Boston mayor's race.
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3 weeks ago |
nhpr.org | Walter Wuthmann
The former manager of Harvard Medical School’s morgue has agreed to plea guilty to stealing body parts and selling them across state lines, according to documents filed Wednesday in federal court. Cedric Lodge, 57, was arrested two years ago on charges he took parts of donated cadavers — among them heads, brains, skin and bones — and sold them as part of a “nationwide network” of people buying and selling human remains.
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