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Presented by NARAL Pro-Choice Massachusetts
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GOOD MORNING, MASSACHUSETTS.
BIDEN ON THE PICKET LINE — In case you haven't heard, Joe Biden is coming to town. The former vice president and likely 2020 candidate will rally at the Stop & Shop picket line in Dorchester with Boston Mayor Marty Walsh this afternoon. And that means Biden be in front of the press just as the Mueller report is coming out.
Upwards of 30,000 Stop & Shop workers walked off the job last week after contract negotiations between unions and the company fell apart. And strikes are on the rise — the number of workers involved in work stoppages across the country in 2018, including lockouts and strikes, was the highest its been since 1986.
When Walsh and Biden appear together , Walsh will no doubt be asked whether he's supporting Biden for president if he runs. I asked Walsh the same question last month. "I got plenty of time," Walsh said, in reference to choosing a 2020 candidate.
Walsh and Biden are two pro-union Democrats with a friendly relationship. Biden visited Boston by video for the annual St. Patrick's Day breakfast last month, where he gave Walsh and Rep. Stephen Lynch shoutouts, among others. And here's a photo of Biden and Walsh eating pie together a couple of years ago.
Biden's not the first 2020-er to hit the picket line. Sen Elizabeth Warren came bearing Dunkin' Donuts for striking workers last week. Treasurer Deborah Goldberg will also speak at the Dorchester strike tomorrow, according to the State House News Service. She plans to bring a message from her parents, who founded the company that was sold in the late 1980s.
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TODAY — Gov. Charlie Baker attends Rep. Betty Poirier's Senior Spectacular in North Attleboro. Boston Mayor Marty Walsh attends the Firefighters Memorial Tree Dedication. Rep. Joe Kennedy IIIspeaks on a panel about asylum seekers at the southern border at Boston University. Sen. Ed Markey, Rep. Ayanna Pressley and Boston City Councilor Michelle Wu speak at a Sunrise Movement Green New Deal event.
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 | DATELINE BEACON HILL |
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— "Lawmakers, advocates seek $10M to avoid UMass hikes," by Katie Lannan, State House News Service: "The House Ways and Means budget falls short of the funding level University of Massachusetts officials have sought to stave off tuition and fee increases across its four undergraduate campuses, but state representatives will have two opportunities to push it there next week. UMass officials told legislative budget writers in March that if they fulfilled the university's $568.3 million funding request in next year's budget, UMass would be able to freeze tuition and fees for in-state undergraduate students. If not, the university's fiscal 2020 budget assumes a 2.5 percent in-state undergraduate tuition increase, UMass President Martin Meehan has said."
— "Medicare for All big hit with pols, not hospitals," by Michael Jonas, CommonWealth Magazine: "MEDICARE FOR ALL, which has gained traction among Democrats in Congress and some of the party's presidential contenders, is often described as a way to guarantee health coverage to all Americans through a single government program that takes private insurance companies, dismissed by proponents as wasteful "middlemen," out of the picture. Insurance companies would surely be big losers under a single-payer system. Far less well-appreciated is the enormous impact such a shift would have on health care providers. When it comes to Massachusetts hospitals, Medicare for All would be very tough medicine for some."
CHARLIE BAKER'S POLITICAL HACKS!
— "Baker-Polito donor nominated as Cambridge Clerk Magistrate," by Mary Markos, Boston Herald: "The Baker-Polito Administration nominated Sharon Shelfer Casey to the position of Clerk Magistrate of the Cambridge District Court Wednesday. Casey and her husband, Christopher Casey, donated the majority of a $5,700 total to Gov. Charlie Baker and Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito from employees at Casey & Lundregan, PC in the past five years, according to campaign finance records. Sharon Shelfer Casey started the real estate and elder law departments at Casey & Casey, PC in Lynn, in 1977, which later merged into Casey & Lundregan, PC out of Salem, according to the administration."
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A message from NARAL Pro-Choice Massachusetts:
Abortion is key to equality. All people deserve care without shame, stigma, or unjust barriers. The ROE Act affirms the fundamental belief that living a safe and healthy life is a basic right. Abortion opponents are misrepresenting efforts to protect abortion access, using inflammatory, insulating language to score political points. Learn more |
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| WHAT CITY HALL IS READING |
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— "For the first time, Boston municipal lobbyists are required to register their work with City Hall," by Milton J. Valencia, Boston Globe: "For the first time in Boston's history, anyone attempting to do business with the council or the administration will have to register their work with the city clerk's office as lobbyists. The new rules went into effect on Tuesday, although the city has established a 10-day grace period for registration, said City Clerk Maureen Feeney. Those who do not register could face a fine of up to $300, according to a city ordinance that was passed last year."
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| FROM THE HUB |
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— "BPS finalists stress desire to expand opportunities for city students," by James Vaznis, Boston Globe: "The three finalists for Boston schools superintendent pitched themselves Wednesday as leaders who will push to expand opportunities for all city students, hours after officials formally revealed their names as the best candidates for the top job. Two of the finalists — Marie Izquierdo, chief academic officer for Miami-Dade County Public Schools, and Oscar Santos, president of Cathedral High School — shared pieces of their personal journeys growing up as the children of immigrants and described how those experiences have driven their work. The third finalist, Brenda Cassellius, former state education commissioner in Minnesota, stressed collaboration."
— "'Somebody's Going To Listen': Opioid Watchdogs Fight Epidemic With Letter Drops, Grassroots Action," by Alex Schroeder, WBUR: "Kramer manages the Opioid Watchdogs Letter Drops, a nascent grassroots campaign that began three months ago. Members in at least 30 states and Puerto Rico pick a day, pick a media outlet and fill that outlet's mailbox with letters telling the stories of loved ones lost to the opioid epidemic. The effort is an offshoot of a larger group: Purdue Watchdogs, an online network of family members, advocates and some doctors and nurses who share resources and advice, and plan public events."
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| ON THE STUMP |
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— "Bill Weld: I'm in GOP primary to beat Trump, not just weaken him," by Caitlin Oprysko, POLITICO: "Bill Weld, the Republican former governor of Massachusetts who is mounting a primary challenge to President Donald Trump, insisted Wednesday he is running to win his party's presidential nomination, not just weaken Trump. Weld, who ran against Trump in 2016 as the vice presidential nominee of the Libertarian Party, outlined his strategy to take on the president in an interview on CNN's "New Day." The former Massachusetts governor said his candidacy would hinge in part on winning the first in the nation New Hampshire primary, then focusing on New England and the mid-Atlantic states before doing a swing through the West and the Rust Belt."
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| DAY IN COURT |
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— "Judge Bars Release Of Kraft Massage Videos Before Hearing," by Terry Spencer, Associated Press: "Prosecutors can't release undercover video of New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft and others allegedly receiving sex acts at a Florida massage parlor until a Florida judge rules later this month. Circuit Judge Joseph Marx on Wednesday barred the release of any video from the Orchids of Asia Day Spa before an April 29 hearing where he will hear from all parties, the Palm Beach Post reported. Palm Beach County prosecutors had filed a notice in a related case saying they believe the videos are public records under Florida law and plan to release pixilated versions — a move Kraft's attorneys quickly moved to block, accusing prosecutors of apparent 'gross prosecutorial misconduct.'"
— "Prosecutors describe second ticket quota system in troubled State Police unit," by Matt Rocheleau, Boston Globe: "In a new court filing, federal prosecutors say troopers in a troubled State Police unit had a second quota system for issuing traffic tickets on the Massachusetts Turnpike. Prosecutors in US Attorney Andrew E. Lelling's office last month described how troopers working four-hour overtime shifts for the Accident and Injury Reduction Effort, or AIRE, program within the disbanded Troop E were required to issue at least eight citations per shift."
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| WARREN REPORT |
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— "'A treasure for all of us': Sen. Elizabeth Warren talks public land policy during a walking tour in Big Cottonwood Canyon," by Taylor Stevens, Salt Lake Tribune: "As she walked under snowcapped mountains and bare tree branches on Wednesday afternoon, Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren received a firsthand account of the challenges in Utah's Wasatch Front canyons. "The pressures that we're facing in this region are out of control," said Carl Fisher, executive director of Utah's Save Our Canyons organization. He cited climate change, biodiversity loss and high visitation rates."
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| TRUMPACHUSETTS |
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— "Trump 2020 campaign spokeswoman says they're 'unconcerned' about challenger William Weld," by Tyler Kendall, CBS News: "The press secretary for President Trump's re-election campaign said Tuesday that they're 'unconcerned' about his first Republican challenger in the 2020 race. Kayleigh McEnany, the national press secretary for Mr. Trump's 2020 campaign, told CBSN's 'Red & Blue' on Tuesday that they're taking former Massachusetts Gov. William Weld "not seriously at all." "We are unconcerned," McEnany said. 'We're focused on the Democrats.' Weld, who has been mulling a run for months, officially launched his bid Monday for the Republican nomination. Weld appeared on the ballot in 2016, as the Libertarian party's nominee for vice president."
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A message from NARAL Pro-Choice Massachusetts:
We all deserve the freedom to control our bodies, our families, and our futures. Abortion is fundamental to our equality. But even in Massachusetts, people seeking abortion care face unjust barriers every day. The ROE Act affirms the fundamental belief that living a safe and healthy life is a basic right - as is the freedom to define our own path. Abortion opponents have been misrepresenting efforts to protect access to abortion care, using inflammatory and insulating language to score political points. With Roe v. Wade under threat like never before, our state has a duty to lead the way in protecting access to abortion care. Together, we can ensure that all people have access to abortion care without shame, stigma, or barriers. Massachusetts must lead by passing the ROE Act! Learn more |
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| MOULTON MATTERS |
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— "Moulton hires staff for expected presidential campaign," by Daniel Strauss and Stephanie Murray, POLITICO: "Democratic Rep. Seth Moulton has built a presidential campaign-in-waiting ahead of an anticipated launch next week, making preparations from designating a campaign manager and other senior staff to commissioning a new logo. Moulton, an Iraq War veteran serving his third term in Congress, recently taped an announcement video in his hometown of Marblehead. The video, according to a Democrat with knowledge of Moulton's staffing and announcement plans, was directed by writer and producer Lance Khazei."
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| DATELINE D.C. |
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— "Reps. Pressley, Levin 'Stand With One United Voice' In Denouncing Omar Attacks," by Adam Waller and David Folkenflik, WBUR: "Rep. Ilhan Omar's remarks made last month in which she described the 9/11 attackers as "some people who did something" has inflamed a new round of heated rhetoric between the Democrats and President Trump surrounding the first-year Democratic congresswoman from Minnesota. The president drew more attention to the issue with a tweet last Friday highlighting portions of Omar's comments alongside video of the 9/11 attacks."
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| IT'S NOT EASY BEING GREEN |
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— "Group calls for Globe to 'take leadership in its coverage of the climate crisis,'" by Danny McDonald, Boston Globe: "Dozens of environmental activists demonstrated in downtown Boston Wednesday, blocking traffic on State and Congress streets at one point, with the aim of prompting The Boston Globe to take 'leadership in its coverage of the climate crisis.' The group, Extinction Rebellion Massachusetts, said in a statement that headlines from media outlets such as the Globe 'have not reflected the climate crisis with sufficient urgency or effectively communicated its full impacts on human life.'"
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| MARIJUANA IN MASSACHUSETTS |
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— "'Don't forget about us,' Massachusetts medical marijuana patients say," by Shira Schoenberg, Springfield Republican: "As the Cannabis Control Commission considers changes to the state's marijuana regulations, and lawmakers begin a new legislative session, an advocacy group for medical marijuana patients is pushing for multiple tweaks to the medical program. Perhaps the biggest change is the group wants to end the requirement that medical marijuana dispensaries grow and manufacture their own products."
- P.S. If you use medical marijuana or CBD (or if you're a health professional who has worked with it), we want to hear from you. Tell us your story and a reporter might reach out.
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| ABOVE THE FOLD |
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— Herald: "OUR SAVING GRACE," — Globe: "From top to bottom, a struggle," "Trump's lawyers readied for report," "A TYPE-FACE-LIFT." |
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| FROM THE 413 |
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— RELATED: "Hampshire County lawmakers developing legislation to dissolve Hampshire Council of Governments," by Shira Schoenberg, Springfield Republican: "Hampshire County lawmakers say they are working on developing legislation to dissolve the Hampshire Council of Governments and to protect retirees who rely on the council for their pensions. But it is not clear yet what that protection would look like. 'We're working hard to find the right special legislation to allow HCG to dissolve and also to make sure we're taking care of all the people who could be impacted,' said Rep. Lindsay Sabadosa, D-Northampton."
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| THE LOCAL ANGLE |
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— "Report: Still no plea discussions between Fall River mayor, federal prosecutors," by Laurel J. Sweet, Boston Herald: "More than six months after his stunning arrest on fraud charges, Fall River Mayor Jasiel F. Correia II and federal prosecutors have still had no plea discussions, according to a status report on his case. A trial date has not been scheduled; however, U.S. District Court Magistrate Judge Donald L. Cabell has asked to confer with federal prosecutors and Correia's attorney Kevin Reddington in his courtroom June 3. Correia, 27, was re-elected last month on the same night constituents also voted to recall him."
— "After scandal, 'nothing to hide' in new Braintree police evidence room," by Fred Hanson, Patriot Ledger: "There's a whole lot of glass inside the Braintree Police Department's new evidence room, but not a single window to the outside. From where the evidence officers sit, they can look through glass walls at the lockers where officers will drop off the evidence, the main storage area, the room where firearms and other valuables will be stored, and another where drugs will be kept. All are enclosed by glass walls with doors that require a key fob, a pin code and a thumb print to unlock. Cameras inside the room and in the hallways approaching it can see everything."
— "Transportation priorities formulated for region's Mobility 2040 long-range plan," by Cyrus Moulton, Telegram & Gazette: "The I-90/I-495 interchange reconstruction? Replacing the Vernon Street bridge over Interstate 290? East-West passenger rail? Planners with the Central Massachusetts Regional Planning Commission presented a wish list of projects and asked for priorities at a public meeting and outreach session Wednesday for Mobility 2040, the region's long-range transportation plan."
TRANSITIONS — Simmons University President Helen Drinan will leave the school in June 2020.
— Jessica Lieberman joins New Politics as a campaign adviser. Lieberman was campaign manager for lieutenant governor candidate Quentin Palfrey.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY — to Charlie Baker , president and co-founder of Dewey Square Group, who turns 61; Theresa Verbic, Kelsey Donohue, director of comms at Harvard's IOP and an Obama WH and State alum, who recently married Timothy Bishop, pic; Trey Grayson,who turns 47, and Tracy Spicer, principal at Avenue Solutions and Sen. Kennedy alum.
DID THE HOME TEAM WIN? Yes and no! The Celtics beat the Pacers 99-91. The Bruins beat the Maple Leafs 6-4. The Yankees beat the Red Sox 5-3.
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