POLITICS
CommonWealth Beacon takes the pulse of Massachusetts politics by examining the policies, personalities, and pressing issues shaping moves in local governance, on Beacon Hill, and among the state’s congressional delegation in Washington.
Political Notebook: Worcester envy turns to relief | Another Mariano missile | Doughty off to Argentina
Fifteen years ago, Worcester looked at Boston with jealousy as cranes dotted the capital city’s skyline, adding new office towers. But now, with more and more people working from home post-pandemic, jealousy has given way to relief.
Mass. poll finds likely voters lean more to Biden, echoing national trends
Joe Biden has a big lead over Donald Trump among voters in heavily Democratic-leaning Massachusetts, but results of a new statewide poll also show some intriguing other trends that mirror national surveys and could shape the outcome of the 2024 presidential contest.
Audit-the-Legislature ballot effort sees slim majority support
A slim majority of Massachusetts residents support a potential ballot question that would grant state Auditor Diana DiZoglio the power to probe the inner workings of her former colleagues in the Massachusetts Legislature, according to a CommonWeath Beacon/GBH News poll.
Majority of Mass. voters believe 2024 election could lead to violence
Massachusetts residents are deeply concerned about the prospect of violence as the 2024 presidential election approaches, according to a new CommonWealth Beacon/GBH News poll, with 72 percent of respondents saying political tensions in the United States are either very bad or constitute a crisis, while 64 percent said it’s either somewhat or very likely that…
Political Notebook: Facebook frenemies, West End ghosts, missing the Trump train
When it comes to many politicians and social media apps like Facebook, there’s a give and take: They take shots at the tech behemoth, and they also give the company money.
Quincy’s Ian Cain forms campaign committee to challenge Elizabeth Warren
Ian Cain, the Quincy City Council president and a newly registered Republican, formed a campaign committee to take on US Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
Coalition launches to tackle scourge of youth sports betting
IN ATTORNEY GENERAL Andrea Campbell’s view, sports betting is not only a potentially hazardous vice in and of itself, but also a gateway to other addictive behavior – especially if the gamblers start young. With former governor and current NCAA president Charlie Baker, who signed off on legalized sports betting in Massachusetts, sitting next to…
Taking shots at tech CEOs from Facebook’s birthplace
JUST A FEW BLOCKS from the dorm room where Mark Zuckerberg launched the first version of what would become Facebook, Gov. Maura Healey and tech journalist Kara Swisher got some digs in at the billionaire boy wonder. “I was just struck by the hubris, the naïveté – though he isn’t really naive,” Healey said of…
Sen. Edwards apologizes for Milton comments
“The measure of our character and professionalism is not in the fervor with which we hold our positions, but in the respect and civility with which we express them. In this instance, I failed to uphold these standards.”
Political Notebook: Mariano’s blunt urinalysis of Steward
We may be in an era of “Mariano missiles.” House Speaker Ron Mariano, a former schoolteacher from Quincy, can be similarly blunt, or teasing, in his remarks, as he was while speaking at the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce on Thursday.
Massachusetts political parties are fading away
If current trends continue, party registration will be so unusual that a young registered Democrat will be an unusual sight and young Republicans will go on the endangered species list.
Healey’s mixed messages on what’s public and what’s private
politicians and politics are like fish and water. It’s what they constantly swim in, a choice they made, and it can sometimes be suffocating for them and their families.
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