IN THIS GRIM TIME of a worldwide pandemic, while properly preoccupied by the present crisis, government leaders and leaders of major institutions must also look to the future. As we move to a post-COVID era with phases of relief, recovery, and rebuilding, there must be a parallel phase: reimagining. The COVID crisis has dramatically reshaped […]
Massachusetts politics
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Virus notes: Baker hits Trump immigration stance
GOV. CHARLIE BAKER said on Tuesday that he disagrees with President Trump’s plan to issue an executive order temporarily suspending all immigration into the United States. Baker, a moderate Republican who has generally steered clear of the Republican president during the COVID-19 pandemic, said he was opposed to the president’s decision to seek the executive […]
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The vote must go on
ELECTED OFFICIALS MAY be mindful of the coronavirus pandemic, but the horse race always continues in an emergency, one way or the other. Stephanie Murray at Politico reported on newly-released campaign finance reports from the beginning of the year through March 31, and says Rep. Joe Kennedy III holds a financial advantage over Sen. Ed Markey […]
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The vote must go on
Elected officials may be mindful of the coronavirus pandemic, but the horse race always continues in an emergency, one way or the other. Stephanie Murray at Politico reported on newly-released campaign finance reports from the beginning of the year through March 31, and says Rep. Joe Kennedy III holds a financial advantage over Sen. Ed […]
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Senate strips Tran of his leadership position
THE MASSACHUSETTS SENATE on Thursday stripped Fitchburg Republican Sen. Dean Tran of his leadership position and ordered him physically separated from his staff after the Senate Ethics Committee found that Tran used Senate staffers and public resources for his reelection campaign. The 15-page Ethics Committee report, based on an investigation by the Office of the […]
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Larry Rasky, PR leader and Biden pal, dies
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE Larry Rasky, one of Boston’s preeminent public relations gurus and a close confidant of former Vice President Joe Biden, died Sunday morning, according to three people close to Rasky and his company. Rasky, 69, was the chairman and CEO of Rasky Partners, and had more than 30 years in the public […]
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Legislative work on ice
TWO WEEKS AGO, the biggest question facing the state Legislature was what the Senate would do with the House’s $600 million transportation revenue package. The House was developing its version of the state budget. Bills on housing and health care were being developed behind the scenes. Today, all that work is postponed, shuttled to the […]
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Mass. primary: What ranked choice voting would have meant
VOTERS ACROSS MASSACHUSETTS approached last week’s presidential primary with different views on whom to support and what issues are most critical to address this election season. Yet many shared a common emotion: frustration at a system that stifles their voice by giving them only one choice, especially with over a dozen on the ballot. This […]
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‘A low point for Republicans in Mass.’
Two Republicans trying to straddle the deep ideological divide in the Massachusetts GOP say the bitter fight that culminated in last week’s state committee election was all about gaining control of the party’s resources. On the CommonWealth Codcast, Amy Carnevale, who was reelected to the state committee last week, and Anthony Amore, the GOP nominee […]
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‘A low point for Republicans in Mass.’
TWO REPUBLICANS trying to straddle the deep ideological divide in the Massachusetts GOP say the bitter fight that culminated in last week’s state committee election was all about gaining control of the party’s resources. On the CommonWealth Codcast, Amy Carnevale, who was reelected to the state committee last week, and Anthony Amore, the GOP nominee […]