In addition to the approximately $7 billion in interest the Big Dig is costing the state, and the six figure salaries it pays sign-hangers, Mass Pike is doling out plenty in pensions as well. The Globe reports that several high-ranking Big Dig officials and other Mass Pike employees have received at least $100 million in taxpayer-funded pensions for stopping work before retirement age. The pensions are enabled by a 1945 law that ensures higher payouts......

Applications to the police academy will likely rise after the Globe reported today on the highest salaries from the city's payroll. Maybe Mayor Tom Menino, in his role as chief executive of the city government, can pull some strings and become a Boston police officer, who averaged $52,000 last year in overtime wages alone. Menino, at $175,000, was the 109th highest paid city employee last year, behind 107 police officers and one firefighter. Captain......