10/13/2017 07:04 AM EDT
By Lauren Dezenski (ldezenski@politico.com; @LaurenDezenski) and Rebecca Morin (rmorin@politico.com; @RebeccaMorin_)
TGIF, MASSACHUSETTS. Sunny with a high of 63 today.
DATELINE WARREN'S WAR CHEST - The latest fundraising numbers for Sen. Elizabeth Warren, released to me by her campaign, show another strong performance from Massachusetts' senior senator. Warren raised $2.98 million in the third quarter of the year - 99 percent of which came in donations of $100 or under. Seventy-four percent of the donations were $25 or under, according to her campaign.
With Republican opponents knocking Warren for her out-of-state visits, she touted 7,586 in-state donations, bringing her total in-state donor count this election cycle to 38,476.
Warren's haul brings her total cash on hand to $12.84 million - a formidable war chest more than one year out from the 2018 election. One of Washington's strongest fundraisers, Warren pulled in $3.45 million last quarter and a record $5.2 million in the first three months of 2017.
Meanwhile, among Warren's potential GOP challengers, John Kingston will inform supporters in an email this morning that he plans to make official his run against Warren on Oct. 25, his campaign tells me. Kingston revealed his own $3.23 million war chest last week - $3 million of which was self-funded. Look for Kingston's announcement to come in a speech at Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the US Senate. And tomorrow, as first reported here last week, Beth Lindstrom will officially announce her candidacy for the Republican nomination at District Hall in Boston's Seaport district.
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TODAY - Gov. Charlie Baker heads to Las Vegas for the "States Leading the Charge" Gubernatorial Panel at National Clean Energy Summit alongside California Gov. Jerry Brown, Hawaii Gov. David Ige, Ohio Gov. John Kasich, and Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval. He'll also pay his respects at the Las Vegas shooting memorial tribute at the base of the "Welcome to Las Vegas" sign - Members of the 32BJ SEIU and other groups plan to protest on the State House steps to mark the third month Francisco Rodriguez, a union member, has been held in ICE detention - Former President Bill Clinton and the Clinton Foundation bring the 10th annual Clinton Global Initiative University to Northeastern University.
HAPPENING THIS WEEKEND: On Saturday October 14th, Boston City Council President Michelle Wu is hosting an event in Jamaica Plain for concerned community members to discuss the Puerto Rico recovery effort and to raise funds, according to Wu's press office. All donations will go to the Massachusetts United for Puerto Rico Fund.
DATELINE BEACON HILL -
- "Health Connector Opts For Lower Insurance Rate Hike," by Colin A. Young, State House News Service: "The Massachusetts Health Connector will ready a plan of action in the event that the federal government cuts off certain insurance subsidies, but announced Thursday that it will use its standard 2018 rates and not significantly higher rates, as had been contemplated, for a subset of plans it offers."
- "Massachusetts on its way to banning bump stock gun devices," by Steve LeBlanc, Associated Press: "The Massachusetts Senate voted 33-0 on Thursday to ban the sale of bump stocks and trigger cranks, attachments that increase the firing rate of a weapon. A day earlier the state House voted 151-3 in favor of a bump stock ban."
- "Acton senator's ranked-choice voting bill sees sizable support in hearing," by J.D. Capelouto, Lowell Sun: "Activists donning blue 'Voter Choice Massachusetts' shirts packed a Statehouse hearing room Thursday and begged lawmakers to move forward on an Acton senator's bill to make 'ranked choice voting' an option on ballots statewide. Speakers at a hearing before the Joint Committee on Election Laws stressed their view that ranked choice voting -- which would give voters an option to rank several candidates instead of just one in an election -- is fundamental to increased involvement and diversity in politics."
- "MBTA to convene task force after surge of deaths on rail tracks," by Adam Vaccaro, Boston Globe: "State officials have convened a special working group and are asking for help from the federal government to counter a sharp and sudden increase in the number of people killed by Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority trains in recent months."
- "Time is past for still more excuses," by Joe Battenfeld, Boston Herald: "New slogan for the Baker campaign: 'Worse than New Jersey!' ... What an embarrassment. Massachusetts displaces the Garden State as having the worst commuter transit system in the nation, and all under Gov. Charlie Baker's watch."
TRUMPACHUSETTS -
- "Kerry warns US could 'isolate itself' by leaving Iran deal," by Michael Levenson, Boston Globe: "At points, the 73-year-old former Democratic nominee for president sounded like the candidate who once barnstormed the country, as he gave long, animated answers, and lamented the plight of Americans 'working harder and making less.'"
THERE'S ALWAYS A MASSACHUSETTS CONNECTION - "Small biz welcomes Trump order to expand group insurance pools," by Katie Lannan, State House News Service: "As President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday that he said would provide "relief" from the Affordable Care Act, a Massachusetts shop owner stood over his shoulder. Dave Ratner, the owner of the Springfield-based, seven-store chain Dave's Soda and Pet City and a board member of the Retailers Association of Massachusetts, was among the small business owners and association heads invited to the White House for what Trump called a 'historic' announcement."
- "Lawmakers press agency to finish review of contraception bill," by Matt Murphy, State House News Service: "House and Senate leaders appear keen to speed up their review of a bill that would protect a women's access to free birth control in Massachusetts after President Donald Trump last week moved to expand employers' ability to opt out of the coverage requirement on moral grounds."
THE WARREN REPORT -
- STUMPING IN THE SPECIAL: Sen. Warren heads to the Bristol and Norfolk state senate district this weekend to stump for Democratic candidate Paul Feeney ahead of Tuesday's special election. Warren will kick off a canvass at a North Attleboro VFW on Sunday. Later that day, she heads to Boston for an event with Mayor Marty Walsh at Doyle's Pub.
- "How Elizabeth Warren Became the Soul of the Democratic Party," by Graham Vyse, The New Republic: "Institution scholar Bill Galston, who disagrees with Warren on many policies, acknowledged her ascendancy in this moment. 'If you forced me to lay down a bet today on the most likely nominee of the Democratic Party, it would be Senator Warren,' he said-while emphasizing that this was 'a simple assessment of current realities,' not a prediction. 'If you asked me to define the center of gravity, it would be pretty close to where she is right now.'"
TSONGAS ARENA -
- "Westford's Lori Trahan launches campaign for 3rd District seat," by Chris Lisinski, Lowell Sun: "Consulting firm executive Lori Trahan, who served as chief of staff to Marty Meehan when he was a congressman, announced Thursday that she will run to succeed Rep. Niki Tsongas in 2018. Trahan, a Democrat, had been fundraising for weeks while considering a bid for the 3rd District. Her Thursday announcement makes her candidacy official."
WOOD WAR - Herald: "CHARLIE LOST ON T" - Globe: "More upheaval at UMass Boston," "State, T seek to halt surge of rail deaths," "Kerry warns US could 'isolate itself' on Iran," "ANOTHER WEEK IN A MAD, MAD WORLD," "Trump will scrap health subsidies," "At Barstool, a one-woman revolt against 'I won't be offended' clause."
THE LOCAL ANGLE -
- "Tewksbury shooting victim was part of 'perfect little family,'" by Robert Mills, Lowell Sun: "For Jason and Rhonda LeRocque, their 6-year-old daughter Ali, and Jason's father Roy LeRocque, the day of Oct. 1 unfolded just like the rest of their family vacation to Las Vegas had. ... Each evening, Ali would eventually tire, and Rhonda and Jason would take her back to their hotel room and return to the show. 'This same routine happened on Sunday, October 1,' Jason LeRocque said Thursday as he spoke for the first time in public about that horrific day. 'Rhonda and I had dropped Ali off to my father, returned to the festival and shortly after that the gun shots began.'"
- "Marijuana dispensary owners advance on Cape and Islands," by Christine Legere, Cape Cod Times: "Medical Marijuana of Massachusetts will be the first of the state's nonprofit organizations to open a dispensary on Cape Cod, recently announcing plans to begin operation in a small, nondescript building on Echo Road in Mashpee in late December. It likely won't remain the only one in the region for long."
- "Fire chief cites city's readiness, says occupational cancer a major concern," by Jennifer Smith, Dorchester Reporter: "Ask Boston Fire Commissioner Joseph Finn what really keeps him up at night."
- "UMass Boston leader Barry Mills to step down in June," by Laura Krantz, Boston Globe: "The interim leader of the University of Massachusetts Boston, jolting a campus that has been rocked by financial upheaval and the loss of its longtime chancellor, will step down in June 2018, he announced Thursday."
- "Opponents of Berkshire Museum art sale donate to legal fund to stop auctions," by Larry Parnass, Berkshire Eagle: "With the sale of two Norman Rockwell paintings now a month away, opponents of the auction of these and other Berkshire Museum works are contributing to a legal fund. The group Save the Art-Save the Museum has raised more than $6,000 in an online campaign that debuted Sunday."
- "Massachusetts Technology Collaborative still fighting to gain access to its own network," by Larry Parnass, Berkshire Eagle: "A six-month battle to protect its 1,200-mile broadband network is down to a game of inches for the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative. With a short length of cable, the state agency could plug into the network's 'point of presence' in Springfield - and gather information, for the first time in years, on how the system is being used."
- "Initiative targets homeless in Salem," by Ariana MacNeill, Salem News: "Through ongoing initiatives to work with the city's homeless population, Salem officials just launched Change It, which seeks to direct those well-intentioned dollars instead to services that benefit the homeless. By sending a simple text message - SALEM to 50555 - residents or visitors can quickly make a $5 donation to benefit the services that feed, clothe and shelter this vulnerable population, and also work to turn their lives around."
- "Student arrested after racially-motivated incident," by Dustin Luca, Salem News: "Salem State University leaders were barely a dozen hours removed from a highly charged student-run forum on racial discrimination by the time school officials reluctantly, but publicly, reported Wednesday afternoon that another incident had occurred on campus. Zachary Phinney, 24, of North Attleboro, a student at Salem State, was arrested on North Campus Wednesday morning and charged with disturbing the peace. He was arraigned that afternoon, and a pre-trial hearing is set for Nov. 21."
HAPPY BIRTHWEEKEND - to Sen. Pat Jehlen of Somerville; Pierce Haley of Selin Haley; Hilary Sargent, consultant at MIT's Media Lab; The Boston Globe's Victoria McGrane, a WSJ and Politico alum; Natasha Silva of Rep. Stephen Lynch's office. They all celebrate on Saturday.
LAST WEEKEND WEDDING - Pool report: "In a brief and heartfelt ceremony at the Mandarin Oriental in Boston, Lindsay Grey was married Saturday evening to Dan Rea III, executive vice president/general manager of the Red Sox Triple-A affiliate, the Pawtucket Red Sox, followed by a party at the hotel. The bride is the daughter of David and Janet Grey and the groom is the son of Boston talk radio host Dan Rea Jr., host of WBZ 1030 AM's 'Nightside with Dan Rea,' and Jeanne O'Keefe. They couple met at a Halloween party at Harvard, where the groom is a 2010 grad.
"Guests included Larry Lucchino, Boston Red Sox president/CEO emeritus, and former president/CEO of the Red Sox, San Diego Padres, and Baltimore Orioles; groomsman Joe Bradlee, director of communications and community relations for the Pawtucket Red Sox, and grandson of late Washington Post Executive Editor Ben Bradlee. Also on hand was the bride's cousin, the senior Politico reporter Alex Isenstadt, and Kiki and Tim Burger, whose 1-year-old daughter Dahl Sylvia Burger (named in part for the bride's late Aunt Sylvia, Tim's Mom, who would have been Dahl's maternal grandmother) served as the flower girl." Pic of the couple with the groomsmen
THE HOME TEAM DID NOT PLAY.
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