State House Roundup -- Not The Most Festive Of Festivities

A recap and analysis of the week in state government.Two hundred and forty-five years ago this month, the Sons of Liberty boarded British ships and threw chests of tea into the harbor to protest taxes.At the moment, animosity toward National Grid over its lockout of 1,200 union gas workers has not quite reached Townshend Acts proportions, but Beacon Hill is still talking about "sending a message across the Atlantic" over how the British utility is treating its workers [...]