BOSTON — Suffolk County Superior Court Judge Linda E. Giles recently denied a request from two Massachusetts businesses to block a state law that prevents them from making contributions to political campaigns.
Massachusetts campaign finance laws allow unions to donate up to $15,000 per state candidate but bans businesses from making any outright donations. Individuals, however, are allowed to donate up to $1,000 per candidate.
Dover, N.H. — Chris Christie's town hall-style forum here last weekend provided a venue for the Republican presidential primary contender to clarify his suggestion that tracking visas can keep visitors from staying in the U.S. illegally and gave him a chance to poke a little fun at the media.
During remarks at at Newick's restaurant, Christie, who was accompanied by Maine's Republican Governor Paul LePage, mocked reporters who misconstrued comments he made at a similar meeting two weeks ago, when he commented on setting up a visa tracking system modeled on the way Federal Express monitors package deliveries using barcode technology.
