POLITICO Massachusetts Playbook: PRESSLEY’s OCASIO-CORTEZ bump — BAKER signing GRAND BARGAIN into law today — Mass. Dems want SCOTUS replacement picked post-2018
- "US officials reject Baker's Medicaid proposals," by Priyanka Dayal McCluskey, Boston Globe: "Federal officials have rejected proposals from Governor Charlie Baker's administration to slash costs in the Massachusetts Medicaid program by limiting coverage for some prescription drugs and moving thousands of people off the program. The Washington-based Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, or CMS, said Wednesday that Massachusetts' request did not meet the agency's requirements for such changes."
- "Key evidence in alleged trooper overtime scam came from cruiser radios," by Martin Finucane, Boston Globe:"The three Massachusetts state troopers who are facing federal embezzlement charges for allegedly charging tens of thousands of dollars of fake overtime were betrayed by trusted tools: their cruisers and their radios, according to federal investigators. Records from the radios were a key part of the paper trail laid out in the affidavits supporting the criminal complaints against the troopers."
-"Mediator again seeks elusive compromise on Housatonic River cleanup," by Larry Parnass, The Berkshire Eagle: "Same problem. Same disputing parties. Same mediator. It begs the question: Is a breakthrough possible on the region's costliest environmental disaster? The last time attorney John G. Bickerman waded in to help the Environmental Protection Agency, the General Electric Co. and a flotilla of stakeholders come to terms on further removal of a probable carcinogen from the Housatonic River, he didn't see much hope."
CHARLIE BAKER'S POLITICAL HACKS!
- "MBTA shells out $2,500 for break room pool table refurbish," by Dan Atkinson, Boston Herald: "The MBTA spent more than $2,500 in taxpayer dollars to refurbish a billiards table so employees could play pool while on break, but doesn't plan to use more tax funds to repair its other employee pool tables, officials said. Manager of Customer Experience Projects Lisa Radosta ordered the repairs from Boston Billiards last year, according to emails obtained by the Herald."
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