POLITICO Massachusetts Playbook: SETTI ends his guv bid — PELOSI’s Boston fundraiser — Remembering WBZ’s LANA JONES

POLITICO Massachusetts Playbook: SETTI ends his guv bid — PELOSI’s Boston fundraiser — Remembering WBZ’s LANA JONES

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- "7 governors launch 'unprecedented' effort to study gun violence," by Ryan Hutchins, POLITICO: "More than half a dozen governors - most of them Democrats from the Northeast - announced plans Wednesday to launch an 'unprecedented' multistate consortium that will study gun violence as a public health issue. ... Since announcing the group in February, the governors have also won the backing of Republican Gov. Charlie Baker of Massachusetts, along with Democratic Govs. John Carney of Delaware and Ricardo Rosselló of Puerto Rico."

- "Ed Markey calls on nuclear regulators to protect plants against rising seas," by David Abel, Boston Globe: "Massachusetts Senator Edward J. Markey is calling on the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission to ensure that the spent fuel at Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station and other nuclear plants around the country is safely protected from rising seas. In a letter sent Monday to the commission's chairman, Markey expressed 'serious concerns' about the plant's plans to store the radioactive material in more than 60 large cylinders called dry casks, eight of which are just 200 feet from the shoreline at an elevation of about 25 feet above Plymouth Bay."

- "Medicaid needs to change, head of program says in Boston, and that includes spending caps," by Priyanka Dayal McCluskey, Boston Globe: "Seema Verma has one of the biggest jobs in health care: She runs the massive federal agency that insures 130 million Americans on Medicare, the health program for seniors, and Medicaid, the health program for the poor, low-income, and disabled. Verma visited Boston Wednesday to speak to doctors, scientists, investors, and executives at the World Medical Innovation Forum, run by Partners HealthCare."

- "Springfield wants MGM and its casino to stay - very badly," by Thomas Farragher, Boston Globe: "The news was stunning, and it landed like a solid punch to the gut of this city that has been staggered by too many of them. To the degree a city can speak in one voice, here's what the reaction sounded like after reports emerged that MGM Resorts International just might leave Springfield at the altar and place all of its chips in Everett:Uh-oh."

- "'Boston's not up for sale,' Wynn Resorts CEO says day after hinting otherwise to investors," by Michelle Williams, MassLive.com: "Wynn Resorts CEO Matt Maddox appeared on CNBC Wednesday to speak of a "refresh" within the company. His comments focused on Wynn properties in Las Vegas and Macau until he was asked, "What about Boston?"