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| Moulton tops Mass. delegation in fundraising |
U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton has raised more cash for his campaign account than any other member of the Bay State’s congressional delegation, James Pindell of the Globe reports. Moulton, a leading and outspoken Trump critic, raised $476,000 in the first quarter, outpacing Richard Neal, who raised $440,000, and Representative Joe Kennedy III, with $389,000. At the other end of the spectrum: Rep. Stephen Lynch, who raised $23,000, just a tick above the amount raised by game developer Brianna Wu, who intends to challenge him in the Democratic primary in 2018.
Boston Globe |
| PACs beat path to Neal’s coffers |
Writing for WGBH, David S. Bernstein suggests one reason for U.S. Rep. Richard Neal’s resurgent fundraising efforts: His ascension to the role of ranking Democrat on the powerful, budget-crafting House Ways and Means Committee. Neal received funds from 163 Political Action Committees in the first quarter, including 30 from financial industry PACs closely watching potential tax code changes.
WGBH |
| Timilty seat draws plenty of interest |
No date has been set yet for the special election to fill the senate seat being vacated by James Timilty but candidates to replace him are lining up, Jim Hand reports in the Attleboro Sun-Chronicle. Democrat Ted Philips of Sharon announced his intention to run Monday while speculation on the Republican side focused on two state reps—Jay Barrows of Mansfield and Steven Howitt of Seekonk. While neither has made a decision, they would be well-positioned to put together campaigns on the fly, Hand notes, and could benefit from a GOP-friendly district, where Gov. Baker won 60 percent or more of the vote in some communities in 2014.
Sun-Chronicle |
| Final reckoning on Dookhan disaster |
Remember Annie Dookhan? Actually, how could anyone actually ever forget the rogue state chemist who routinely falsified criminal evidence, casting into doubt tens of thousands of drug convictions across Massachusetts? Today is the deadline for prosecutors to inform The Supreme Judicial Court what cases they will try and salvage of the 24,000 that Dookhan worked on and the Herald’s Bob McGovern reports that it’s likely that prosecutors will recommend to the SJC that as many as 20,000 cases be dismissed outright.
Boston Herald |
| Lawrence seeks help amid surge in violence |
Amid a surge in gun violence, including two homicides in as many days, Lawrence police are reaching out for help from state and federal agencies, including a special prosecutor to handle serious violent-crime cases, Jill Harmacinski of the Eagle-Tribune reports. After convening a meeting with state police and his own department Monday, Police Chief James Fitzpatrick said he will ask both Essex County District Attorney Jonathan Blodgett and Attorney General Maura Healey to consider assigning "special prosecutors for firearms crimes committed in Lawrence."
Eagle-Tribune |
| Get me the express desk |
Globe Editor Brian McGrory dropped just the latest in a string of memos on the newspaper’s quest to redefine its news gathering and distribution operation in the digital age, including plans to create an ‘express desk’ that will quickly pounce on “in-the-moment important, quirky and just plain fascinating stories that metrics show our readership craves.” Dan Kennedy writes at Media Nation that new developments in the memo include plans to add another reporter in the Globe’s Washington, D.C. bureau and a possible initiative to sell sports-only digital subscriptions in some markets.
Media Nation |
| Calling all Southies |
Few things unite the Boston region as much as Patriots Day and the running of the Boston Marathon. Ok, maybe one thing: Calling out-of-town news outlets on the carpet when they butcher local geography. The latest example comes via none other than the New York Times, which published a piece on celebrity chef Barbara Lynch in which it claimed that “Southie” is a “local term for this neighborhood and the people who built it.” Kyle Scott Claus of Boston Magazine notes that the Grey Lady isn’t the first to fall into the ‘Southie’ trap or to be completely befuddled by the region’s geography.
Boston Magazine |
| Is Hillary itching for a rematch? |
OK, we haven’t taken leave of our senses here. But Trump’s epically abysmal poll numbers – see Gallup poll on promise keeping, or lack thereof - are generating all sorts of speculation. The Boston Globe’s Joan Vennochi argues that Clinton is “of course” thinking of a rematch, adding “why shouldn’t she when Martin O’Malley, an asterisk in the last presidential contest, can boldly contemplate 2020?” After all, Vennochi notes, “nothing is farfetched. Not after Trump.”
Boston Globe |
| Regulators pan UMass psych-bed plan |
State regulators from the Department of Public Health are casting doubts on plans by UMass Memorial Hospital to reduce the number of psychiatric inpatient beds at its Worcester facility, Kim Ring of the Telegram reports. The hospital wants to convert 13 beds for use by surgical patients but the DPH wants more information after nurses and others testified at a public hearing that the beds are heavily used and that the city’s emergency rooms are already handling overflow from the unit.
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