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Michelle Wu will be sworn in as Boston's mayor for the second time on Mon., Jan. 5 at Boston Symphony Hall. When she convenes her first meeting with senior staff and cabinet chiefs, there’ll be many familiar faces, but with different roles and titles. www.dotnews.com/2025/team-wu...

It's Friday, and MASSterList is lit 📚 Beacon Hill Reading Club 🚂 A highly anticipated T shortlist 🕵️‍♀️ More in Political Intel 📺 The Sunday Shows massterlist.beehiiv.com/p/the-books-...

INBOX: First batch of ballot questions clear hurdle "the following ballot questions contain more than the 74,574 certified signatures required to proceed to the next step in the process of qualifying for the ballot"

NEW: MBTA says three groups have qualified to submit proposals for multibillion dollar commuter rail operating contract

In today's MASSterList: Back to the future with rent control massterlist.beehiiv.com/p/a-look-bac...

TAX SHIFT LATEST: Speaker Ron Mariano and Ways and Means chair Aaron Michlewitz spoke to reporters about Mayor Wu's tax shift proposal and Senate's counter-proposals

In today's MASSterList: 'None of this sounds good' massterlist.beehiiv.com/p/state-budg...

Start charging tourists for taking pictures outside the State House's Hooker Entrance and I guarantee you can fix any state budget gaps

In today's MASSterList: Stopping the slop massterlist.beehiiv.com/p/trump-s-ai...

Hingham trembles

INBOX: Senior adviser to Mayor Michelle Wu launches run against Sen. William Brownsberger

In today's edition of MASSterList: ⛪️ A pastor's plea 💰 Everett mayoral by the numbers 🕵️‍♀️ More in Political Intel 📺 The Sunday Shows massterlist.beehiiv.com/p/in-the-hot...

Sen. Brownsberger spoke with reporters after the Senate advanced to another committee tax relief proposals he and Sen. Collins are pushing as alternatives to Mayor Wu's tax shift proposal

In today's MASSterList: Alms for the towns massterlist.beehiiv.com/p/after-rais...

My alternate email subject headline for this morning was "Time lords" (For the fellow Doctor Who fans)

In today's MASSterList: Deadlines, schmedlines massterlist.beehiiv.com/p/the-fight-...

INBOX: Sen. Pat Jehlen -- whose district includes Cambridge, Medford, Somerville and Winchester --says she is ***not*** running for reelection in 2026 In Senate since 2005, House member between 1991 and 2005

GOP candidate for treasurer, as previously reported in MASSterList's "Political Intel" section

In today's @MASSterList: Revolt in remission Plus: Filmmaker Ken Burns backs Sen. Markey Mayor Wu hits back at Senate in tax shift fight massterlist.beehiiv.com/p/did-anti-m...

As Mayor Wu answers questions on the taxpayer shift proposal on Reddit, Senate President Spilka issues statement defending Sens. Brownsberger and Collins, who killed the proposal last year

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

Good morning, Salem

Happy Friday, everybody. In today's MASSterList edition: 👻 A phantom vote in the House? 💻 Inside Mayor Wu's tax shift meeting 🚂 Phil Eng's new title 🕵️‍♀️ More in Political Intel 📺 The Sunday Shows massterlist.beehiiv.com/p/an-allegat...

On social media, Mayor Wu ramps up campaign to get property tax shift proposal through Beacon Hill Headlines and photos feature South Boston's Nick Collins, who blocked the measure in Senate

In today's MASSterList: Mass. competitiveness quandary massterlist.beehiiv.com/p/competitiv...

I missed this earlier this morning -- Sen. Nick Collins, facing the likelihood of a electoral challenge next year, is hitting back at Mayor Wu over her past Prop 2 1/2 comments www.wbur.org/news/2025/12...

In today's MASSterList: Change can wait Plus: Mayor Wu’s renewed push for a property tax shift massterlist.beehiiv.com/p/coalition-...

INBOX: "According to [elections chief Bill] Galvin’s office, ten ballot question campaigns have already filed a significant number of petitions," 11th campaign expected to file in afternoon Highest number of ballot questions ever certified for ballot was 9, in '72, '76, and '94

CHANGE CAN WAIT: Sources say Rep. Ayanna Pressley is making calls, telling people she is **not** running for U.S. Senate

In today's MASSterList: The case for all-in primaries Plus: The latest on a possible challenger to South Boston Sen. Nick Collins massterlist.beehiiv.com/p/coalition-...

NEW: Latoya Gayle, an early ed and childcare advocate, has opened a campaign account for the Senate seat currently held by South Boston's Nick Collins She previously considered a District 3 City Council run in 2023 www.dotnews.com/2023/early-e...

In today's MASSterList: Book it massterlist.beehiiv.com/p/for-your-s...

In today's MASSterList: Fears of a ballot royale massterlist.beehiiv.com/p/keller-bea...

Packed edition as we head into the weekend: I sit down w/ Inspector General Jeffrey Shapiro for "Out with MASSterlIst" Plus: 🗳 Possible GOP treasurer candidate 🏦 New ballot committee 🕵️‍♂️ More in Political Intel massterlist.beehiiv.com/p/out-with-m...

I know I'm provincial but I continue to be baffled when regional newspapers run a D.C. story with no one quoted from the region

In today's MASSterList: Ticking time bomb massterlist.beehiiv.com/p/with-medic...

Campaign finance regulators discovered there was no firewall in place with ad firm MITTCOM, which was handling failed Diehl 2022 campaign for governor and pro-Diehl super PAC

In today's MASSterList: Blood pressure reading massterlist.beehiiv.com/p/facing-eco...

South Boston senators and their brothers www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/19/b...

In today's MASSterList: Points deduction* (*I had to look up soccer terms on Wikipedia for this one) massterlist.beehiiv.com/p/lawmakers-...

Perennial candidate Robert Cappucci, who ran for Boston mayor this year, did not know how campaign finance rules work, per state regulators (PDF) ocpf2.blob.core.windows.net/pdf/actions/...

⚽️ NEW: In spending agreement bill, state lawmakers provide $10M for 2026 World Cup in Mass. Creates competitive grant program for sportsball event services, sports development, marketing, construction and operation or event

Friday? Friday. In today's MASSterList edition: A higher purpose* (*It's about weed) And in Political Intel: 🍽 Karen Spilka's surprise guest 💰 Additions to Nick Collins fundraiser 🩺 Obamacare architect in Everett and more massterlist.beehiiv.com/p/senators-t...

"Gripping a chainsaw as it roared to life, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu" was also my original lead for Election Night coverage in Boston

“The MBTA Communities law, we certainly spend a lot of time talking about that. It has been a source of inspiration and, at times, a source of frustration,” Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll said. massterlist.beehiiv.com/p/mbta-housi...

With her reelection squared away, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu may be turning her attention to the Senate. No, not that one. The state Senate on Beacon Hill. Plus: I talked to Howard Cooper about his law firm's new hire, Judge Mark Wolf massterlist.beehiiv.com/p/why-two-se...

Daycare closed. My office for the day

Moulton reads the tea leaves massterlist.beehiiv.com/p/seth-moult...

NEW: Gabriela Coletta Zapata says she has "more than a majority" of votes for the Boston City Council presidency massterlist.beehiiv.com/p/keller-dea...