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If the Legislature had run the Boston Marathon this week, it would probably still be stuck in Hopkinton — with school vacation week grinding legislative activity nearly to a halt.
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For Beacon Hill, a slow week signals its marathon is just beginning
https://massterlist.com/p/for-beacon-hill-a-slow-week-signals-its-marathon-is-just-beginning
5 days ago
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Dylan Rossiter ⠙⠗
7 days ago
On Tuesday, April 22, 2008,
@statehousenews.com
debuted a new feature offering subscribers a compendium of headlines from across Massachusetts in their inboxes. A newsletter before newsletters were cool. Then, now, always — the original
#MAPoli
newsletter:
@massterlist.com
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7 days ago
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is coming back to Boston to help Ayanna Pressley. Pressley’s reelection campaign is fundraising off a “fireside chat” with AOC, set for Friday. Access to the evening event costs $60 for general admission and $250 for a “meet and greet.”
#MAPoli
7 days ago
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NEW: Just before the Celtics' tip-off, Gov. Healey’s office announced she signed a cannabis reform bill shrinking the CCC from 5 to 3 members. The law gives the governor sole appointment power, stripping the treasurer and AG of the authority they’ve held since 2017.
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10 days ago
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For one day at least, the whole world really was beneath the golden dome of the State House.
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House leaders roll out cautious budget in nod to volatility
https://massterlist.com/p/house-leaders-roll-out-cautious-budget-in-nod-to-volatility
12 days ago
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NEW: Jonathan Zlotnik, a Worcester County state rep, decided against running for another two-year term in the House, opening up a seat that represents the city of Gardner and surrounding towns. He declined to discuss what his next job is, but said he was staying in the area.
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13 days ago
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When asked about Rachael Rollins, some Boston insiders wonder if this is all about promoting her new podcast with former Celtics captain Dana Barros. Called “Ball and Order,” just one episode exists and its discussion of topics was already out-of-date when it was posted on April 8.
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Suffolk DA’s race gains the spotlight with Rollins in the mix
Plus: 35-year-old state rep retires and ex-Warren aide lands at nonprofit
https://massterlist.com/p/suffolk-da-s-race-gains-the-spotlight-with-rollins-in-the-mix
13 days ago
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As Massachusetts residents face a deadline to file their IRS returns, the campaign pushing a state income tax cut is launching a digital ad campaign and three websites to promote its proposed ballot question.
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On Tax Day, backers of income tax ballot question launch video, websites
Plus: New head of Health Care for All, policy forum renamed and more in Around Town
https://massterlist.com/p/on-tax-day-backers-of-income-tax-ballot-question-launch-video-websites
14 days ago
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Will Nexstar, owner of Springfield’s WWLP-TV, “22 News,” fill an opening for their State House reporter? The station group is engaged in a regulatory and judicial battle to acquire rival Tegna. Restructuring efforts from the deal would be expected, leading to layoffs and cost cutting.
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On Tax Day, backers of income tax ballot question launch video, websites
Plus: New head of Health Care for All, policy forum renamed and more in Around Town
https://massterlist.com/p/on-tax-day-backers-of-income-tax-ballot-question-launch-video-websites
15 days ago
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Time stops for no man, and the 16 years elapsed since Scott Brown’s big upset may have eroded some of his strengths. He was a fresh face in 2010 with a triumphant life story and an array of timely props. But recent polling has him lagging behind John Sununu with a favorability rating underwater.
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Scott Brown's New Hampshire déjà vu
https://massterlist.com/p/scott-brown-s-new-hampshire-d-j-vu
15 days ago
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Chris Oates has spent several years analyzing some of the information that flows out of Beacon Hill. Now he wants to take a look under the hood from inside.
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Legislata’s Chris Oates launches run for open House seat
Plus: Ayanna's campaign manager, Benchmark's new hire and more in Around Town
https://massterlist.beehiiv.com/p/legislata-s-chris-oates-launches-run-for-open-house-seat
about 1 month ago
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Dan Kennedy
about 2 months ago
Nice lead by
@gintautasd.bsky.social
: "Town officials in Foxborough have local World Cup organizers by the soccer balls."
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Wu weighs in on battle between Foxborough and Kraft Group
Plus: Preview of Healey at Greater Boston Chamber
https://massterlist.beehiiv.com/p/wu-weighs-in-on-battle-between-foxborough-and-kraft-group?utm_source=massterlist.beehiiv.com&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=wu-weighs-in-on-battle-between-foxborough-and-kraft-group&_bhlid=746ded2722844c827788451475f4b14fe162aeb5
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It's a curious moment for Maura Healey. As the state is simultaneously scaling back state employee health coverage for GLP-1 weight-loss drugs amid skyrocketing costs, she is publicly defending the freedom to sip a large sugary iced coffee.
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Healey says hands off after Kennedy takes on Dunkin’ calorie count
https://massterlist.beehiiv.com/p/controversial-service-plaza-procurement-do-over-may-bear-similarities-to-commuter-rail-contract-talk-928f
about 2 months ago
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Mara Dolan, Governor’s Councillor
about 2 months ago
Totally true tales of the Governor’s Council. We like and respect one another. It’s a pleasure to work with all my colleagues. Thanks,
@massterlist.com
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#mapoli
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The Fort Pointer
about 2 months ago
From the audit to immigration to ballot questions and more: Jon Keller’s
@massterlist.com
interview with House Speaker Mariano and Sen. Pres. Spilka has been posted...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uceO...
Today‘s Morning Email today explains why it’s a MUST-WATCH…
massterlist.com/2026/03/02/t...
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State House News Service/MASSterList Event: The Speaker and the Senate President
YouTube video by State House News Service
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uceOSpREKko
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“The Auditor has made false claims in the press while not doing the work of answering the questions posed to her. This inflammatory language is a prime example of why the Senate believes she is incapable of an independent audit, even if such an audit was possible under our Constitution.”
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No conference committee needed: House speaker and Senate president agree on a strong dislike for ballot questions, Auditor DiZoglio’s tactics
https://massterlist.beehiiv.com/p/no-conference-committee-needed-house-speaker-and-senate-president-agree-on-a-strong-dislike-for-ball
2 months ago
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Dan Kennedy
2 months ago
I talked with
@gintautasd.bsky.social
of
@massterlist.com
about
@massago.bsky.social
's decision to leave Xitter: "“The days when everybody could gather around the social media campfire are pretty much over."
#mapoli
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AG Campbell aims to press her case elsewhere, calling out X’s lack of accountability
Plus: Another state Senate seat opens up
https://massterlist.beehiiv.com/p/ag-campbell-aims-to-press-her-case-elsewhere-calling-out-x-s-lack-of-accountability?utm_source=massterlist.beehiiv.com&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=ag-campbell-aims-to-press-her-case-elsewhere-calling-out-x-s-lack-of-accountability&_bhlid=fbbee32a6557baf2ac6f0acf75224d53f722b1f9
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Democrat Auditor Diana DiZoglio has not committed to supporting Democrat Governor Maura Healey’s reelection campaign, despite the absence of any bona fide Democrat primary challengers. According to DiZoglio, Healey has not returned her phone calls in over a year.
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On Beacon Hill, it’s DiZoglio versus nearly everybody, including Healey
https://massterlist.beehiiv.com/p/on-beacon-hill-it-s-dizoglio-versus-nearly-everybody-including-healey
2 months ago
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Join us for Keller @ Large LIVE in conversation with House Speaker Ron Mariano and Senate President Karen Spilka on Wednesday (Feb 25) at the MCLE in Boston. More info/sign-up:
events.humanitix.com/kellerlive
#MAPoli
2 months ago
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Donnelly: The challenges facing the Mass. economy are mounting, but please stay. If you like a challenge, Massachusetts is the place to be.
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The challenges of the Mass. economy are piling up, as a new report outlines
https://massterlist.beehiiv.com/p/the-challenges-of-the-mass-economy-are-piling-up-as-a-new-report-outlines
2 months ago
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The MassGOP is holding a private screening of Amazon's Melania Trump film in Marlborough tonight. Although the party suggested tickets would 'sell out quickly,' a spokesperson has not confirmed how many were actually sold.
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Healey’s ICE critique followed by executive order and brushback legislation
Plus: Waymo, Teamsters and more in Political Intel
https://massterlist.beehiiv.com/p/healey-s-ice-critique-followed-by-executive-order-and-brushback-legislation
3 months ago
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“The governor offered nothing.” There are available bills that could end the state’s formal and informal collaboration with ICE agents, said Jonathan Cohn of Progressive Massachusetts.
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In state of the state, Healey attacks Trump’s enforcement agency — and draws some criticism as well
Plus: Super PAC spending, challengers ahoy in House and Senate races and more in Political Intel
https://massterlist.beehiiv.com/p/in-state-of-the-state-healey-attacks-trump-s-enforcement-agency-and-draws-some-criticism-as-well
3 months ago
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The three GOP candidates running to dislodge Maura Healey are caught in a crossfire inside a phone booth. The hostilities aren’t going well. One campaign issued a memo claiming the other two are “buying votes to rig” polls on Twitter.
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GOP candidates for governor take aim at each other in a race awash in social media polls and financial chest-beating
https://massterlist.beehiiv.com/p/gop-candidates-for-governor-take-aim-at-each-other-in-a-race-awash-in-social-media-polls-and-financi
4 months ago
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The case of Karen Read has stayed alive on social media thanks to upcoming “based on a true story” movies and a conspiracy-driven coterie of online cranks and kooks obsessed with her. The 2026 campaign trail appears primed to play its part, too.
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Read and her defense team help DA candidate’s fundraising haul
Plus: Mayor Wu raises more than $1.1 million for inauguration fund
https://massterlist.beehiiv.com/p/read-and-her-defense-team-help-da-candidate-s-fundraising-haul
4 months ago
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Welcome back to MASSterList. We have a roundup of headlines you may have missed while on break. But first, a brief look at what’s on Beacon Hill’s mind as the new year gets underway.
#MAPoli
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Power brokers on Beacon Hill and beyond offer resolutions for a busy new year
https://massterlist.beehiiv.com/p/power-brokers-on-beacon-hill-and-beyond-offer-resolutions-for-a-busy-new-year
4 months ago
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Chris Oates
4 months ago
Thanks to
@gintautasd.bsky.social
for including me in the
@massterlist.com
set of New Year’s resolutions. Though apparently I made a mistake by giving an actual resolution when it looks like the thing to do is recite a policy agenda?
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Transportation chairs Sen. Brendan Crighton and Rep. Jim Arciero are leaning on a 20-year friendship to navigate "complicated" policy waters. Unlike the legendary "battle of the Toms" in 1999, this duo claims to prioritize shared history over political maneuvering.
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Transportation chairs merge on same road to regulation
https://massterlist.beehiiv.com/p/transportation-chairs-merge-on-same-road-to-regulation
4 months ago
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The "liberalism that builds" blueprint from
@ezrakleinbot.bsky.social
and Derek Thompson is the talk of Beacon Hill—from Gov. Healey’s cabinet to local councils. We asked MA leaders for their 2025 reads (and their "Abundance" runners-up). 📚
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The books the political and policy class are reading on and off Beacon Hill
Plus: A highly anticipated MBTA shortlist and more in Political Intel
https://massterlist.beehiiv.com/p/the-books-the-political-and-policy-class-are-reading-on-and-off-beacon-hill
4 months ago
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The MBTA's pre-pandemic business model has vanished because fewer people make enough round-trip journeys each week to regularly buy passes, argues former Federal Highway Deputy Administrator and MassDOT Secretary Stephanie Pollack.
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Pollack urges reflection on post-pandemic transit model
Sustaining the MBTA's progress, according to a former top federal and state transportation official, is a central challenge after the 2020 pandemic disrupted travel and work patterns.
https://www.statehousenews.com/news/transportation/pollack-urges-reflection-on-post-pandemic-transit-model/article_db1e1932-d0a0-41fa-82d9-e554d7d97ce9.html
5 months ago
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ALL ABOARD! Only a few tickets remain for tomorrow's
@statehousenews.com
/
@massterlist.com
TransitNEXT policy forum. Hear from Phil Eng, Stephanie Pollack, JCT chairs Sen. Crighton and Rep. Arciero, and others at the MCLE in Boston.
#MAPoli
events.humanitix.com/transitnext
5 months ago
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KELLER: There's an understanding that dealing with Michelle Wu offers two options – her way or the highway. Her push to seize control of tax rates is a power grab. In a constitutional democracy, power is shared and limited. Boffo numbers on election night don’t change that.
#MAPoli
#BOSPoli
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Mayor Wu’s Prop. 2 ½ follies - MASSterList
For an incumbent politician, there are multiple ways to interpret a decisive re-election win.
https://massterlist.com/2025/12/08/mayor-wus-prop-2-%c2%bd-follies/
5 months ago
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PHANTOM OF THE CHAMBER; A review of House video from Nov. 18 appears to show someone else pressing the voting button at Rep. Vanna Howard’s desk while she was allegedly away ahead of her Senate campaign kickoff in a race that includes another House member.
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An allegation of a return to ‘phantom voting’ on the House floor
Plus: Mayor Wu's tax shift meeting, Phil Eng's new title and more in Political Intel
https://massterlist.beehiiv.com/p/an-allegation-of-a-return-to-phantom-voting-on-the-house-floor?utm_source=massterlist.beehiiv.com&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=an-allegation-of-a-return-to-phantom-voting-on-the-house-floor&_bhlid=11ef88c0ccbf0c7bf925f516c2cef01ef4b867ec
5 months ago
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As the holiday shopping season starts up, here’s a list of several books on Massachusetts politics or Mass.-adjacent ones, for yourself or the political junkie in your life.
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For your shopping list, Mass. politics books
https://massterlist.beehiiv.com/p/for-your-shopping-list-mass-politics-books
5 months ago
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FIRST IN MASSterList: The MassGOP is looking to recruit Belmont select board member Elizabeth Dionne to run against Treasurer Deb Goldberg, a Democrat. Dionne didn’t respond to a request for comment.
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Out with MASSterList: Inspector General Jeffrey Shapiro
Plus: Possible GOP treasurer candidate, new ballot committee and more in Political Intel
https://massterlist.beehiiv.com/p/out-with-massterlist-inspector-general-jeffrey-shapiro
5 months ago
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The final week of formal sessions before the Legislature’s 6-week recess offered a revealing snapshot of what's coming—one defined increasingly by a push-pull between what the elected officials on Beacon Hill are trying (or not) to accomplish and what outside forces are readying for the 2026 ballot.
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As the Legislature closes formal sessions with a spending bill, ballot initiatives begin to pile up
https://massterlist.beehiiv.com/p/as-the-legislature-closes-formal-sessions-with-a-spending-bill-ballot-initiatives-begin-to-pile-up
5 months ago
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Growing up in Needham, Jeffrey Shapiro remembers his father bringing home the afternoon newspaper with headlines about the UMass Boston corruption scandal that led to the conviction of two state senators and the creation of a state inspector general.
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Out with MASSterList: Inspector General Jeffrey Shapiro
Plus: Possible GOP treasurer candidate, new ballot committee and more in Political Intel
https://massterlist.beehiiv.com/p/out-with-massterlist-inspector-general-jeffrey-shapiro
5 months ago
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KELLER: Harvard says its A’s are basically participation trophies. Students cry over “soul-crushing” workloads of… an hour a day. And the fix? A+. Better idea: F-minus for wasting a world-class education chasing clout and cash.
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Keller: Harvard flunks out
https://massterlist.beehiiv.com/p/keller-harvard-flunks-out
5 months ago
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@gintautasd.bsky.social
scours the headlines so you don’t have to.
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6 months ago
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Gintautas Dumcius
6 months ago
As Wu speaks, these hats are getting handed out
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Gintautas Dumcius
6 months ago
Henry Santana won releection to at-large seat, holding back fmr Cllr Frank Baker, per sources
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Mass. Republicans, typically the ones warning against new spending and calling for tax relief, called for the state to fund SNAP, while Democrats demurred. The same party that has championed assistance programs found itself defending fiscal restraint, while Republicans argued for state intervention.
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Courts rule and Beacon Hill scrambles as SNAP cutoff date arrives
https://massterlist.beehiiv.com/p/courts-rule-and-beacon-hill-scrambles-as-snap-cutoff-date-arrives
6 months ago
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The SNAP blame game has come to Beacon Hill
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With political messaging escalating on government websites, SNAP blame game comes to Beacon Hill
Plus: Pro-Wu super PAC switches support
https://massterlist.beehiiv.com/p/with-political-messaging-escalating-on-government-websites-snap-blame-game-comes-to-beacon-hill
6 months ago
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About 1.1 million Bay Staters could lose food benefits at the end of next week, and Gov. Maura Healey capped the week by ringing the alarm bell in the midst of a federal government shutdown that's boiling over in D.C. and reverberating across the country.
#MAPoli
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Over 1 million Mass. could lose SNAP benefits as shutdown drags on
https://massterlist.beehiiv.com/p/over-1-million-mass-could-lose-snap-benefits-as-shutdown-drags-on
6 months ago
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For Wu, despite speculation, being mayor is what’s next Plus: Marty Walsh's former chief of staff has a super PAC, Political Intel and more...
#MAPoli
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For Wu, despite speculation, being mayor is what’s next
Plus: Marty Walsh's former chief of staff has a super PAC, Political Intel and more
https://massterlist.beehiiv.com/p/for-wu-despite-speculation-being-mayor-is-what-s-next
6 months ago
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The Fort Pointer
6 months ago
End of an Era via
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morning email
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After several forays into Massachusetts politics, the Working Families Party (WFP) is seeking to set up a larger shop in the Bay State, with the goal of becoming a force to be reckoned with in local elections.
#MAPoli
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Working Families Party looks to establish a bigger Mass. beachhead
Plus: Another entrant in the race for Seth Moulton's Congressional seat
https://massterlist.beehiiv.com/p/working-families-party-looks-to-establish-a-bigger-mass-beachhead
6 months ago
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BULLY POTPIT: Factional tensions linger at the Cannabis Control Commission. During a recent meeting led by fired-and-rehired chair Shannon O’Brien, one commissioner accused another of bullying, saying, “Don’t try to bully me into a vote.”
#MAPoli
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With O’Brien’s return, the Cannabis Control Commission goes back to sparring
https://massterlist.beehiiv.com/p/with-o-brien-s-return-the-cannabis-control-commission-goes-back-to-sparring
6 months ago
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LAST CALL: Just a few tickets remain for tomorrow’s healthcare workforce development policy event at the UMass Club. Reserve your spot now. Walk-ins will not be permitted.
#MAPoli
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Solutions to Massachusetts' Healthcare Workforce Challenges
Register for this MASSterList Newsmaker event to explore the healthcare workforce challenge and how government and business are responding.
https://events.humanitix.com/solutions-to-massachusetts-healthcare-workforce-challenges
7 months ago
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