NEW: Boston Assessing Commissioner Nick Ariniello is leaving after 7 years in the job, 20 years total in department Hinlan Wong stepping in as interim in July

In today's MASSterList: 👵 Housing for granny Plus: Healey's cannabis agency appointments, Senate's Substack massterlist.com/p/interest-i...

From the Dept. of Good Timing

In today's MASSterList: 📈 Choose your own poll Plus: Where top Dems met for Boston 2028 plans and rent control advocates go on TV massterlist.com/p/a-tale-of-...

INBOX: On Monday "Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chair Ken Martin and other committee leaders [are in] Boston as part of the 2028 Democratic National Convention site visits"

In today's MASSterList: ☝️ Don’t bust my budget Plus: Keller lands Senate debate, MassINC bash and more in Around Town massterlist.com/p/wu-warns-c...

UPDATE: The state's director of elections has been in contact with Plymouth DA Cruz about the nomination papers Law prohibits falsely signing a nomination paper or knowingly filing false nomination papers

I appreciate the MASSterList reader who sent along the name "Greg Hyatt" after this newsletter went out Google led me down a deep Mass. politics rabbit hole

In today's MASSterList: Signature issue massterlist.com/p/the-state-...

10,000 losses. That's the Trump admin's track record as federal judges have ruled against ICE detention practices in roughly 90% of cases, a POLITICO analysis revealed. 🔗 politi.co/4nuxJB5

When I see an opportunity to reference the Ray Flynn "you called me a lizard" line, I will take it

In today's MASSterList: ⚠️ Service alert for T, Healey Plus: Markey super PAC calls Moulton a lizard and more in Around Town massterlist.com/p/poll-indic...

I have reached the "who are these people" phase of life

In today's MASSterList: Meet the PAC men massterlist.com/p/in-gov-pri...

In today's MASSterList: 🤖 Welcoming our new robot overlords Plus: New Ethics Commission chair and Sen. Velis returns massterlist.com/p/ai-is-alre...

In today's MASSterList: 🎢 Senate rollercoaster Plus: Private meeting on immigration, GOP drama, and Healey on Barney Frank massterlist.com/p/emerson-po...

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In today's MASSterList: 💸 DA donation deficit Plus: Boston's bond rating and CHAPA's new CEO massterlist.com/p/da-hayden-...

New poll out today on the middle class in Massachusetts, with @massinc.bsky.social, @cwbeacon.bsky.social, and @wbur.org, for MassINC's 30th anniversary www.massincpolling.com/our-work/mid...

In today's MASSterList: 🛴 E-bikes gone wild massterlist.com/p/healey-mic...

This joke is FIVE years old and imported from the bird app, but @deehan.bsky.social slayed. #MayTheFourth #Orthodoxy (I’m still jealous I didn’t make it first. Respect 🫡)

Watching OCPF filings roll in

Alt headline I considered: The State Police's widening gyre

In today's MASSterList: 👮‍♂️ Cops behaving badly Plus: Mayor Wu’s new press secretary and more in Around Town massterlist.com/p/for-state-...

In today's MASSterList: 🫷 The pressure campaign to get Brian Shortsleeve to drop out of governor's race Plus: World Cup latest and Senate endorsements massterlist.com/p/the-pressu...

In today's MASSterList: 🏛 Quincy's edifice complex Plus: Plus: Who’s on a magazine’s power list and a new head of the Office of the Child Advocate massterlist.com/p/a-religiou...

INBOX: "State Ethics Commission’s Enforcement Division Alleges Former Everett Mayor Carlo DeMaria Violated Conflict of Interest Law"

In today's MASSterList: 💰 A win for Beacon Hill wallets massterlist.com/p/sjc-says-l...

As Minogue camp promotes a "Post-Convention Unity Rally" and talks of transitioning to "general election," super PAC run by Minogue's childhood friend is more blunt ⤵️

Slow day at the State House: People dressed as sloths disrupt first day of House budget deliberations Activists with Extinction Rebellion were removed from House gallery when real State House security showed up. (House court officers stood around them until then.)

This was the result of a deal Joe Kennedy struck with Curley. Kennedy money went to Curley, and Curley said he would leave his seat in Congress (Per the Farrell book on Tip O'Neill)

I chatted with Bill Weld as the event wrapped up “I know a few [Weld Republicans] who are still alive, and they’re just keeping under cover for a little bit longer,” he said

In today's MASSterList: 🏅Charlie Baker sticks to sports massterlist.com/p/back-in-bo...

Patrick Radden Keefe’s best-selling books investigate the Snakehead gang in New York City, explore The Troubles in Northern Ireland, and expose the dangerous criminal underworld in London. But his own story began right here in #Dorchester. www.dotnews.com/2026/04/24/d...

In today's MASSterList: ❌️ Error message Plus: A big birthday and a last ride massterlist.com/p/the-clash-...

Another argument for getting rid of unsigned editorials. They're like a horse and buggy in your driveway. www.semafor.com/article/04/2...

In today's MASSterList: 🐘 John Deaton's GOP Plus: Ex-Baker aide’s new job, AOC in Boston and more in Around Town massterlist.com/p/ahead-of-g...

SUFFOLK DA: Another fundraiser next week for DA Hayden, with some bold-faced names headlining it as he readies to likely face two challengers

In today's MASSterList: Rachael Rollins gets rolling Plus: 35-year-old state rep retires and ex-Warren aide lands at nonprofit massterlist.com/p/suffolk-da...

UNPAID TAXES: Anne Brensley, a Republican candidate for lieutenant governor, and her husband owed tens of thousands of dollars in unpaid taxes to the federal government as of last month, according to public records. #mapoli www.wbur.org/news/2026/04...

In today's MASSterList: Passed over for parole Plus: Mass. 6th fundraising, Markey endorsements and more in Around Town massterlist.com/p/fall-river...

In today's MASSterList: 💲 The tax cutters cometh Plus: New head of Health Care for All, policy forum renamed and more in Around Town massterlist.com/p/on-tax-day...

Flower power at the State House

Gov. Healey's legislation on social media about to be rolled out at presser

In today's MASSterList: Mitt's baby lives on massterlist.com/p/keller-sco...

For this story on Wu and Boston in wartime, I followed up with key figures from Lukas’ “Common Ground.” Colin Diver, the idealistic/disillusioned young Kevin White staffer, went on to become President of Reed College. The Divers moved back to an affluent Boston they didn’t recognize. 1/2

Agenda for Romneycare 20th anniversary celebration

"Romneycare" turns 20 at Faneuil Hall

Sounds like she clicked over to the Globe and did not like what she read www.bostonglobe.com/2026/04/09/m...

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