Division of Marine Fisheries and Marine Fisheries Advisory Commission holds the first of four public hearings on proposed fishing regulations affecting a variety of fish, Annisquam River Station, 30 Emerson Ave., Gloucester, 6 p.m.
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| The game that ranks right up there with Carlton Fisk’s home run |
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The Globe’s Dan Shaughnessy asks the right question but then doesn’t follow through with a clear answer: Was the Pats’ come-from-behind Super Bowl win last night the greatest in Boston sports history? It’s a tough one. But we’re sure of this: For Bostonians, the game will go down as one of the most memorable events in Boston sports history, with many iconic moments, ranking it right up there with Carlton Fisk’s Game 6 World Series home run, Bobby Orr’s flying goal to win the Stanley Cup, the U.S. men’s Olympics hockey victory in 1980 (that was a Boston event, btw) and Harvard’s 10-10 victory over Yale. The words “twenty-five points down” will ring through the ages. |
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| Kerry: Trump travel ban undermines national security |
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Citing concerns over national security, John Kerry, the former U.S. secretary of state and Massachusetts senator, is among a group of prominent Democrats with foreign policy and intelligence backgrounds who are calling on the courts to extend the partial blocking of President Trump’s controversial travel ban, reports the Washington Post. In a brief, the Democrats say Trump’s executive order would “endanger U.S. troops” and harm the country’s antiterrorism efforts.
FYI: For those confused about the legal status of the travel ban, the NYT has an excellent overview of all the legalities involved. It appears the Boston legal angle is now moot, after a federal judge’s ruling on Friday that effectively backed the Trump administration. The battle is now being waged out west, unless Attorney General Maura Healey or someone else tries to revive the case here, something Healey hadn’t decided on as of Saturday, according to a report at WBUR. |
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| Protecting dairy farmers from terrorists |
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Speaking of national security concerns, what does a list of dairy farmers, the Chicopee SWAT-team budget, and State Police station salaries all have in common? Apparently, they’re all tied to terrorism risks increasingly cited by state agencies for withholding public records, reports the Globe’s Todd Wallack. The state’s Supreme Judicial Court today holds a hearing on a public-records case, Wallack notes.
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| Baker’s very business-like complaints about Trump’s order |
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Before this past weekend’s legal battles over President’s Trump’s immigration order, Gov. Charlie Baker dashed off a six-page letter to Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly, urging the administration to reverse the controversial order and arguing it was hurting Massachusetts businesses and higher-education institutions, reports WCVB, which also has a link to a full copy of Baker's letter.
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| State ditches free online tax-filing system |
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It’ll be interesting to see if this move actually saves the state money, for it seems like it will push some people back to old-fashioned paper tax returns. From the Globe’s Deidre Fernandes: “Massachusetts has joined a growing number of states that have ditched their free online tax-filing system, pushing residents to use software developed by private companies, and in some cases to pay for it.”
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| Another signal that Healey’s running for governor? |
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The Herald’s Joe Battenfeidl thinks he’s spotted more evidence that Attorney General Maura Healey plans to run for governor: She’s not accepting the pay raise approved by lawmakers last week.
Meanwhile, Secretary of State William Galvin will probably accept at least some of the pay raise allotted to him under the pay-raise bill, so we assume that means he’s not running for governor. But Galvin’s nevertheless worried about the budget ramifications of the pay-raise bill. The Herald’s Matt Stoutexplains. |
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| ‘Massachusetts’ Other Liberal Rising Star’ |
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The New Republic’s Luke O’Neil takes a look at U.S. Rep. Katherine Clark. The nut graf: “At a time when the Democratic Party is bitterly divided between the emboldened progressives and reeling centrists, Clark has carved out a space that fluctuates between the party’s poles. She’s willing to be a progressive pugilist when necessary, but has also demonstrated the savvy to reach across the aisle in the service of her ideals. That political flexibility—or cunning, depending on your perspective—may prove invaluable to the Democratic opposition to Trump, which suggests Clark’s star may rise further yet.”
Clark may indeed be a rising star, but it’ll still be hard for her to get out from under the shadow of U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, who, well, just has a thunder-bolt way with words, such as her urging Democrats this past weekend to “grow a backbone,” as reported by Nik DeCosta-Klipa at Boston.com.
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In a profile by Shira Schoenberg at MassLive, freshman state Sen. Adam Hinds draws parallels between his new job at the State House and his post at the United Nations trying to resolve disputes between warring factions in Kurdistan, Iraq, Syria and other hot spots. And, no, he doesn’t miss his old job, thank you.
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| Mom-and-pop liquor store owners to Total Wine & More: Just obey the law |
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Local liquor store owners don’t have much sympathy for giant liquor retailer Total Wine & More, which is now battling regulators over the state’s liquor-pricing laws and allegations it was deliberately underpricing booze at its stores, reports Mike Gleason at Wicked Local.
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| Connecticut lawmakers ‘shaken’ over news Aetna may bolt Hartford for Boston |
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Even though it took them more than half a year to realize that Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker was trying to lure Aetna to Boston, lawmakers in the Nutmeg State are now wasting no time fretting over the possibility that Aetna may downsize or entirely abandon operations in Hartford, the Hartford Courant reports. "You can't even put it into words," said state House Majority Leader Matthew Ritter of Aetna’s presence in Connecticut. "It's a pillar. It is so critical to the city. It's so critical to the suburban towns around it."
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| The Curse of Patricia Campatelli? |
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From the Globe’s Stephanie Ebbert: “Two years after he unseated an official accused of lax work habits and confrontational behavior, Suffolk Register of Probate Felix D. Arroyo has been placed on administrative leave and the office is under investigation again, a court official said late Friday.” Arroyo, the former city council member, is saying the paid-suspension is “unwarranted” while others suggest he simply inherited a completely messed up office from his predecessor, Patricia Campatelli, accused of confrontational and violent behavior, not to mention a penchant for smoking butts, scratching lottery tickets, perusing online real estate listings and filling out puzzles during work hours, writes Ebbert.
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