POLITICO Massachusetts Playbook: Good and bad news for MASS DEMS — CHANDLER backs GONZALEZ — WARREN, MARKEY call for action on Puerto Rico

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POLITICO Massachusetts Playbook: Good and bad news for MASS DEMS — CHANDLER backs GONZALEZ — WARREN, MARKEY call for action on Puerto Rico

- "Dem Candidates Slam Baker, Make Case For Governor In Latest Debate," by Antonio Caban, WGBH News: "Democratic gubernatorial candidates Jay Gonzalez and Robert Massie hammered incumbent Republican Governor Charlie Baker's record while also taking jabs at each other in a Thursday debate, their final before party activists this weekend choose their nominee. While largely in agreement on their approaches to education, transportation, gender equity and race, Massie, a longtime activist and former Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor, positioned himself as bringing an outsider perspective to the corner office."

CHARLIE BAKER GOVERNS BY OUTSIDE EXPERTS YET AGAIN! 

- "Gov. Baker discusses his vision for Worcester," by Cyrus Moulton, Telegram & Gazette: "Gov. Charles D. Baker Jr. said Thursday that state police will bring in an outside expert to 'provide guidance' to leadership at the agency, which is facing problems ranging from alleged abuse of overtime to the scrubbing of an arrest report involving a judge's daughter. Mr. Baker and Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito engaged the editorial board in a wide-ranging interview, touching on other subjects, including the Pawtucket Red Sox possible move to Worcester, commuter rail improvements and capital investments."

POLITICO Massachusetts Playbook: WARREN’s Boston stop — Criminal justice reform hits BAKER’s desk — The state Senate spat

POLITICO Massachusetts Playbook: WARREN’s Boston stop — Criminal justice reform hits BAKER’s desk — The state Senate spat

THE WARREN REPORT -

- "John Williams named to take over key New York Fed president post," by Jeff Cox, CNBC: "Long rumored for the job, Williams will exit the president's post he held in San Francisco since 2011. Williams also has come under criticism because the fake accounts scandal at San Francisco-based Wells Fargo happened on his watch. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, who has been especially critical of how the Fed handled the Wells Fargo matter, had said she wanted to have Williams sit for a congressional grilling before his appointment was finalized."

THE KENNEDY COMPOUND -

- "O'Rourke Senate campaign makes 2 more stops in Waco area," by Phillip Ericksen, Waco Tribune-Herald: "U.S. Rep. Beto O'Rourke, an El Paso Democrat trying to unseat U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz this November, continued his statewide tour with two recent local stops ... O'Rourke was recently joined on Facebook by U.S. Rep. Joe Kennedy III, D-Massachusetts, between stops in Houston."

GE HOUSATONIC CLEANUP: 

- "Regional EPA chief seeks quick action on Housatonic River cleanup," by Clarence Fanto and Larry Parnass, the Berkshire Eagle: "The Environmental Protection Agency's new leader in New England believes mediation remains the best hope to advance a Housatonic River cleanup. Though one try at mediation bottomed out this winter, Alexandra Dunn says work to remove polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) from sections of the river will face up to five years of litigation and delay, unless agreement over how to conduct the cleanup can be found."

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