11/10/2017 07:00 AM EDT
By Lauren Dezenski (ldezenski@politico.com; @LaurenDezenski) with Rebecca Morin (rmorin@politico.com; @RebeccaMorin_)
TGIF, MASSACHUSETTS. Happy Veterans Day weekend and thank you to those who have served.
FRESH #MAPOLI POLL - A new Western New England University poll out yesterday had some key takeaways on statewide support for the state's electeds, with good news for Attorney General Maura Healey.
Healey enjoys some of the highest job approval ratings in the state, with 64 percent of registered voters approving of the job she's doing, and 16 percent disapproving. This comes after Healey has spent the last year raising her profile with a front-and-center role as one of the nation's top litigators against the Trump administration - which plays well in a state where President Donald Trump's job approval is just 19 percent. Healey has also held more than a dozen town hall meetings around the commonwealth, started after last year's presidential election, which could be coloring her favorable review.
Healey, whom many Democrats would like to see challenge Gov. Charlie Baker in 2018, doesn't quite stack up to the gov, though she comes close. He continues to enjoy the highest job approval ratings in the state at 68 percent, while 13 percent disapprove.
Healey's approval and disapproval numbers put her in slightly better light than another Massachusetts-based Trump antagonist: Sen. Elizabeth Warren, who has 63 percent job approval and 30 percent disapproval - nearly double that of Healey's.
Other numbers from this poll: Sen. Ed Markey trails Warren, Healey, and Baker with 53 percent job approval and 21 percent disapproval...76 percent disapprove of Trump's job performance...70 percent of residents feel "things in Massachusetts are generally going in the right direction."
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TODAY - After a visit to Takeda Pharmaceuticals & Life Sciences Women Entrepreneurs Announcement, Gov. Charlie Baker heads west to dedicate the new Chief Justice Roderick Ireland Springfield Hall of Justice and visit the Holyoke Soldiers' Home - Rep. Joe Kennedy III attends the Somerset veterans appreciation breakfast - The Massachusetts Tax Policy Commission hosts its annual tax policy conference in Boston.
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DATELINE BEACON HILL -
LATE-NIGHT STATE SENATE ACTION ON HEALTH CARE - From State House News' Senate session minutes : "The Senate's broad package of health care reforms cleared the chamber on a 33-6 party line vote at midnight after two days of debate. Before passing the bill, the Senate threw its support behind comparing estimated costs of single-payer health care to the state's current medical spending. Minority Leader Bruce Tarr criticized the bill as cumbersome and bureaucratic. Sen. James Welch, who chaired the working group that wrote the legislation, called it a 'consumer-driven bill.' 'This bill is really about the consumers and doing everything we can to make health care affordable for consumers and for the commonwealth,' he said after the session ended."
- "Baker Says He's Reviewing Edited State Police Arrest Report," by Steve Brown, WBUR: "Gov. Charlie Baker says it won't take long for him to complete his review of the facts surrounding the revision of a state police arrest report involving the OUI arrest of a judge's daughter. The trooper who made that arrest is suing the agency, claiming state police brass, including its superintendent, Colonel Richard McKeon, ordered him to edit the report to remove details of the arrest that could have embarrassed the judge."
- "Changes eyed for juvenile justice," by Christian M. Wade, Salem News: "An 18th birthday means you can serve on a jury, vote in elections and, if you get in trouble with the law, be sent to prison in Massachusetts. Juvenile justice advocates have argued for years that 18 is too young to hold someone fully responsible for their crimes. They want lawmakers to raise the age by a year, if not more, and point to research that suggests teen brains are still developing. The issue is expected to become a major sticking point in a debate over wide-ranging proposals to update the state's criminal justice laws ."
- "Marijuana activists, companies clash over recreational rules," by Dan Adams, Boston Globe: "Long-simmering tensions between the activist and business wings of the Massachusetts marijuana community boiled over this week, after several medical dispensaries urged the state to grant them a significant head-start in the recreational market while delaying or limiting the licensure of less established players. In a controversial memo submitted to the Cannabis Control Commission, the dispensaries argued the agency must divide implementation of the recreational industry into two phases if it hopes to meet an aggressive July 1 target date next year for the start of pot sales."
- "Energy pipelines are on ice, but Baker is still getting heat on natural gas," by Jon Chesto, Boston Globe: "The region's two giant pipeline projects are on the shelf for now. So what were protesters doing in Governor Charlie Baker's office Wednesday, pressing him to just say 'no' to natural gas? They want Baker to sign an order aimed at blocking permits for new fossil fuel infrastructure projects."
TRUMPACHUSETTS -
- "Haitian TPS holders seek extension," by Karen Morales, Bay State Banner: "The Temporary Protected Status of an estimated 5,000 Haitians living and working in Massachusetts is under threat from President Trump and the Department of Homeland Security. The Trump administration is expected to decide by Nov. 23 whether to terminate or to extend TPS for 58,000 Haitians who legally live and work in the U.S."
- "Data Show More Than 12,000 Immigrants In Mass. Have Temporary Status," by Shannon Dooling, WBUR: "In Massachusetts, there are thousands more recipients of Temporary Protected Status (TPS), a temporary immigration status currently under review by the Trump administration, than originally estimated by advocates. The larger number has some advocates concerned about the potential hit to the state's economy if the status is ended and these immigrants are deported."
WARREN REPORT -
WARREN WALKS BACK RIGGED TALK - "US Sen. Elizabeth Warren says there was 'some bias' at DNC in 2016, but primary 'was fair,'" by Shannon Young, Masslive.com: "U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, said this week while the Democratic National Committee may have shown some 'bias' in 2016, she believes the primary fight between Hillary Clinton and U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders was 'fair.' Warren, who has become a high-profile figure in Democratic Party politics, largely dismissed claims that the DNC essentially 'rigged' the primary and nomination process to benefit Clinton."
MOULTON MATTERS -
- For your weekend dance card: Rep. Seth Moulton holds his third veterans town hall, this time in Marblehead, on Saturday at 11 a.m. On Sunday, Moulton will deliver a sermon he wrote called "Courage in Peace" to Harvard College's Memorial Church service marking the 85th Anniversary of its Commemoration of Benefactors and of the War Dead, according to Moulton's office.
ON THE STUMP -
- "Galvin will seek seventh term as Secretary of State," by Michael P. Norton, State House News Service: "Galvin was first elected secretary of state in 1994 and has held the position since then. In asking voters for a seventh term next year, Galvin will likely suppress pent-up interest in the office among Democrats. Over the years, he has rarely faced major challenges."
WOOD WAR - Herald: "VETERANS DAY" - Globe: "Baker asks why arrest report was altered," "Awestruck, then devastated," "BOXED SET," "UMass Boston budget chaos criticized," "Allegations against Moore roil the GOP," "Forgotten by Eversource, but huge bill coming due."
THE LOCAL ANGLE -
- "Chaotic management led to UMass Boston deficit, audit says," by Laura Krantz, Boston Globe: "A new audit of UMass Boston finances paints the first detailed picture of the chaotic budgeting process at the school over the past two years,including multi-million-dollar swings in tuition revenue estimates and rapidly shifting reports on the size of the deficit. The audit, sent to university trustees Thursday afternoon, points to faulty record-keeping, lack of discipline, and a poor understanding among UMass Boston officials of how the campus's major construction projects would impact the day-to-day budget ."
- "Cape crew brings Wi-Fi to devastated Puerto Rico," by Tanner Stening, Cape Cod Times: "When Sandwich resident Chris Kluckhuhn decided to fly down to Puerto Rico to help with disaster relief in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, he never expected to find what he witnessed. 'It was one of the most uplifting and amazing experiences of my life,' said the 43-year-old Coast Guard veteran, who runs a technology firm - Avwatch Inc. - that helps re-establish vital communications systems in the wake of disasters. Kluckhuhn and a couple of his colleagues flew down to the city of Humacao on Oct. 18 after a private individual, whom Kluckhuhn declined to identify, offered to fund the trip."
- "Actor Kevin Spacey accused of Nantucket assault, by Ethan Genter, Cape Cod Times: "A former Boston news anchor has accused actor Kevin Spacey of sexually assaulting her teenage son at a Nantucket restaurant in 2016, adding to a wave of sexual misconduct allegations against the two-time Oscar winner. 'The victim, my son, was a starstruck, straight 18-year-old young man who had no idea that the famous actor was an alleged sexual predator, or that he was about to become his next victim,' former Channel 5 anchor Heather Unruh said Wednesday at a press conference at a hotel in Boston."
- "Attleboro Women's Health Center accused of deceptive practices," by Kayla Canne, Sun Chronicle: "A women's health clinic that claims to offer abortion consultations has been accused of ulterior motives and alleged ties to a pro-life organization next door. Campaign for Accountability, a nonprofit watchdog organization that operates out of Washington, D.C., Thursday petitioned state Attorney General Maura Healey to investigate the Attleboro Women's Health Center on East Street on charges of deceptive business practices in violation of state law."
- "Highlights of AG's argument to block Berkshire Museum art sale," by Larry Parnass, Berkshire Eagle: "Legal briefs make plain how the Attorney General's Office views the Berkshire Museum art sale. Its lawyers oppose it eight ways from Sunday. Though the office lost big Tuesday in Berkshire Superior Court, it could seek to be heard in a higher venue, even as hours tick down to Monday's first sales."
- "Texas Shootings and Gun Control Politics," by NECN: "An agenda for preventing future mass shootings and political realities that could mean no action, despite the tragedy in Texas. GUEST: John Rosenthal, founder of Stop Handgun Violence." In the segment: Rosenthal calls for a boycott of Shaw's, Star Market, Osco, and Steward Health over their investments' ties to the gun industry.
MEDIA MATTERS - "Boston Globe hit by denial of service attacks," by Hiawatha Bray, Boston Globe: "The Boston Globe was hit with a second day of attacks by unknown cyberassailants Thursday, leaving bostonglobe.com and the company's other websites unavailable for parts of the day. The Globe's websites and internal servers were subjected to a distributed denial-of-service, or DDoS, attack, one of the most common forms of computer vandalism. DDoS attackers commandeer hundreds or thousands of computers and other digital devices that are owned by law-abiding users around the world."
SPOTTED - Lunching at the Kinsale: City Councilor elect-Lydia Edwards and her former challenger, Stephen Passacantilli.
MAZEL! - to Michael J. Nichols, named executive director of the Esplanade Association. He previously served as chief of staff at the Rose Kennedy Greenway Conservancy.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY - to MassINC Polling Group president Steve Koczela, Mass. Department of Agricultural Resources Assistant Commissioner Jason Wentworth, CK Strategies VP of government and public affairs Shawn Duhamel, Massachusetts State Lottery analyst David O'Reilly, Cindy Rowe, chair of the Brookline Democratic Town Committee, and Steve Hoffman, Newton Democratic activist and deputy Division Chief in the AGs Office.
HAPPY BIRTHWEEKEND - to LG Karyn Polito and CK Strategies founder Chris Keohan who both celebrate Saturday and to Sunday birthday-ers Senate President Stan Rosenberg, Seekonk state Rep. Steven Howitt, Berkshire Eagle reporter Haven Orecchio Egresitz, and MassINC alum Winthrop Roosevelt.
THE HOME TEAMS DID NOT PLAY.
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FRESH OUT OF THE GATE: AN EMERGENCY RESULTS EDITION OF THE HORSE RACE - Election Day has come and gone and we're here to parse who landed in the winner's circle across the state. Also, a surprise appearance by Sam Hammar, chair of the Melrose Democratic City Committee, to discuss why a partisan city committee got involved in a non-partisan municipal election. Subscribe and listen now on iTunes andSound Cloud.
- And more details are coming soon about the live Horse Race event at Ned Devine's in Boston on Nov. 28. No actual horses, just a lot of jockeying for #mapoli insights. Plus, there will be swag!
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** A message from New England Clean Power Link : Poised to supply Massachusetts with 1,000 MW of clean, sustainable power, the New England Clean Power Link is ready to roll. The only project with a Presidential Permit, full site control and full host state support, the innovative buried project will help Massachusetts meet its legislative requirements for lower carbon emissions. The entire line will travel underground and underwater, and is expected to deliver low-cost electricity to the Commonwealth over the next 40 years. Massachusetts can expect to reap $19.9 billion in benefits over the next 20 years alone, while ratepayers can expect to save $655 million a year in energy costs. Most importantly, the project is 100% privately financed and comes with a fixed-price bid, protecting taxpayers and ratepayers alike from any cost overruns. The project's developers have also established a $20 million fund to assist low-income ratepayers in western Massachusetts. More **
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