POLITICO Massachusetts Playbook: HEALEY sues again — DONOGHUE headed to Lowell — MOULTON’s midterm juice
HEALEY sues again — DONOGHUE headed to Lowell — MOULTON’s midterm juice
03/28/2018 06:56 AM EDT
By Lauren Dezenski (ldezenski@politico.com; @LaurenDezenski) with Brent D. Griffiths (bgriffiths@politico.com; @BrentGriffiths)
GOOD MORNING, MASSACHUSETTS.
NO CENSUS CONSENSUS - Attorney General Maura Healey is taking President Donald Trump to court again.
This time, it's over the proposed change to the 2020 census that would include a proof of citizenship question, which Healey and others say will have a disproportionate impact on states with large immigrant populations.
Healey blasted the Trump administration's "blatant and illegal" move yesterday, "which will result in an undercount of the population and threaten federal funding for our state and cities."
Massachusetts is one of a dozen states that signed onto a lawsuit headed by New York AG Eric Schneiderman. "This move directly targets states like New York that have large, thriving immigrant populations - threatening billions of dollars in federal funding for New York as well as fair representation in Congress and the Electoral College," Schneiderman said.
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TODAY - Members of the Special Committee on Net Neutrality and Consumer Protection hold a media availability on their forthcoming net neutrality report and proposed legislation followed by a public hearing - The Clean Energy Caucus holds its inaugural meeting - Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is in Cambridge for a discussion on the Senate, upcoming elections, and his autobiography at Harvard's Kennedy School.
DATELINE BEACON HILL -
CHANGES IN THE SENATE - "Donoghue unanimous choice for Lowell city manager," by Rick Sobey, Lowell Sun: "[Eileen Donoghue], lawyer and former Lowell mayor was unanimously chosen by the City Council after she and two other finalists were interviewed by the nine members Tuesday evening. She will be the city's first female city manager."
ANOTHER TEFLON CHARLIE BAKER SCANDAL! ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL!
- "State Police will pay Troop F directly," by Matt Stout and Matt Rocheleau, Boston Globe: "State Police troopers who patrol Logan International Airport, the Seaport, and other Massachusetts Port Authority properties will now be paid directly by the beleaguered law enforcement agency under a newly hatched agreement spurred by officials' failure to disclose years of payroll records for the unit. The deal, announced Tuesday after officials from both agencies huddled in a closed-door meeting, comes on the heels of a Globe report showing that neither the State Police nor Massport had publicly filed information on payouts for Troop F with the state comptroller since 2010."
- "Brockton senator arrested in Weymouth, charged with drunk driving," by Matt Murphy, State House News Service: "Sen. Michael Brady of Brockton was arrested in Weymouth over the weekend for drunk driving while on his way home, according to his office and the Quincy District Court. Brady, a two-term senator, was on his way home in the early morning hours of Saturday when he was stopped by Weymouth police on Route 18 in South Weymouth and placed under arrest for operating a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol."
- "Mass. Senate takes politics to the loco level," by Peter Lucas, Lowell Sun: "The three progressive Democrats [current Senate President Harriette Chandler, Senate President-elect Karen Spilka and former Senate President Stanley Rosenberg] are (or were) friends. All have bought into Rosenberg's concept of "shared leadership," except of course when it comes to who is running the Senate."
- "Problems at Massachusetts RMV will subside in the next several weeks, Gov. Charlie Baker says," by Gintautas Dumcius, MassLive.com: "The long lines and increased wait times at the Massachusetts RMV will be gone in several weeks, Gov. Charlie Baker said as state transportation officials switched to a different technology system and implemented new federal requirements for licenses."
- "Education board passes resolution opposing plan to arm teachers," by Laura Crimaldi, Boston Globe: "The state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education on Tuesday unanimously passed a resolution declaring its opposition to President Trump's call to arm teachers as part of an effort to protect students from shooting massacres."
- "Gov. Charlie Baker signs law to avert health insurance price spikes for retired teachers," by Shira Schoenberg, MassLive.com: "Gov. Charlie Baker signed a bill Monday to avert steep health insurance premium hikes for retired teachers. The bill will help nearly 1,000 teachers who had faced potential price increases of between 20 and 80 percent."
MOULTON MATTERS -
- "How Veterans Are Powering the Democrats' 2018 Hopes," by Michael Kruse, POLITICO Magazine: "Backed by members of Congress like Representative Seth Moulton (D-Mass.) and organizations like VoteVets and New Politics, this roster of aspirants is a key to Democrats reclaiming control of the House of Representatives in November's midterms, party strategists believe. 'Seth Moulton's kind of a North Star for a lot of these guys,' said Anson Kaye, a prominent media strategist who's working for [Max Rose, a veteran and Democrat running in New York's 11th Congressional District.]
THE WARREN REPORT -
- "Elizabeth Warren wants to grill likely New York Fed president on Wells Fargo oversight," by Jeff Cox, CNBC: "Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a Massachusetts Democrat who has been a staunch banking critic, particularly on issues relating to the Wells Fargo fake account scandal, said she wants a chance to grill [John Williams] before he is appointed. 'Mr. Williams' track record raises several questions, including about his fitness to supervise Wall Street banks given the San Francisco Fed's inadequate supervision of Wells Fargo during its many consumer scandals,' Warren said in a statement."
THE KENNEDY COMPOUND -
- "Kennedy's Profile On The Rise As Democrats Push To Retake The House," by Ian Donnis, Rhode Island Public Radio: "[Rep. Joe] Kennedy said if Democrats can retake the U.S. House of Representatives this November, it would serve as a counter-balance to Trump and his agenda. We spoke as Kennedy headed into an Attleboro Democrats unity event at the Murray Unitarian Universalist Church on Saturday."
ON THE STUMP -
- "Election officials prepare for cyberattacks," by Michael Levenson, Boston Globe: "The headlines kept getting worse: 'Election officials from 38 states and territories were assigned to play various roles in the drama: a judge, an NAACP leader, an ACLU lawyer, a political operative, an IT specialist. The military-style table-top exercise, as it was called, was sponsored by cybersecurity experts at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, who have launched a project called Defending Digital Democracy to prepare election officials for possible interference by Russian, North Korean, Iranian, or American hackers in the midterm elections this fall."
- "Jamaica Plain's Nika Elugardo Challenging State Rep. Sanchez," by David Ertischek, Jamaica Plain News: "[Nika Elugardo] was a senior policy advisor to state Sen. Sonia Chang-Diaz, founded departments at the Emmanuel Gospel Center to provide education, youth violence prevention and anti-trafficking and more. Her next career move is challenging state Rep. Jeffrey Sanchez for the 15th Suffolk/Norfolk District seat."
- "New 'Women for Kingston' coalition to support John Kingston's GOP US Senate campaign, focus on community service," by Shannon Young, MassLive.com: "John Kingston, a Winchester businessman and Republican running for U.S. Senate in Massachusetts, has launched a coalition of female supporters to help promote his 2018 bid, campaign officials announced Tuesday ... [it] will be led by Jean Kingston -- the Republican's wife -- and Worcester County Register of Probate Stephanie Fattman."
WOOD WAR - Herald: "GET OUT OF MY FACEBOOK!" "SAME OLD SONG AND DANCE" - Globe: "Hancock returning to the Back Bay," "Seniors struggle to accept not being accepted," "SWEET DREAMS," "Koch-backed effort at Wellesley to be overhauled," "Junk science can't reverse a clutter disaster," "For pregnant, fewer hospitals deliver."
THE LOCAL ANGLE -
- "Former Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick ... to Deliver Bentley University's Commencement Addresses," from Bentley University: "Former Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick will deliver the keynote address at Bentley University's 99th undergraduate commencement ceremony this May. Patrick, who spoke at the inauguration of Bentley President Gloria Cordes Larson in 2008, will return to campus for what will be one of Larson's final events at the university before she steps down in June."
- "Reporter tests out Bay State gun permit process," by Samantha J. Gross, Boston University Statehouse Program: "Massachusetts is the among the 14 other states that require gun permits and registration. But how strict, exactly, are the state's notoriously tighter gun laws? As a Massachusetts transplant, I decided to put the law to the test."
- "Back From D.C. March, Berkshire Teens Question Gubernatorial Hopefuls," by Josh Landes, WAMC: "Sunday's Democratic forum with three candidates running for Massachusetts governor had a pair of special guests. Two high schoolers from The Berkshires [who] attended the March For Our Lives march in Washington, D.C."
- "A Berkshires-NYC train service could relaunch by 2019," by Adam Vaccaro, Boston Globe: "A working group formed by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation this week concluded that rail service between New York and western Mass. could be established again during summer weekends - so long as they can find a way to pay for it. The 'Berkshire Flyer' proposal, which borrows its name from the seasonal CapeFlyer trains that run between Boston and Hyannis on summer weekends, would bring New Yorkers north on Fridays and send them home on Sundays over 20 warm-weather weekends."
- "Problems at Pilgrim nuclear plant continue," by Christine Legere, Cape Cod Times: "Another equipment snafu at Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station was discovered on Sunday, this time in the critical safety system used to stop fission from occurring in the plant's reactor during an emergency. It marked the third mechanical problem at the 45-year-old beleaguered plant in as many weeks. The reactor is going into its fourth week of shutdown."
- "Self-Driving Vehicle Testing Will Resume In Boston," by Liam Martin, CBS Boston: "Self-driving vehicles will be back on the road in the Seaport. Two companies that have been testing cars in Boston have been cleared to start testing again."
- "These Saucony/Dunkin' collaboration shoes give a whole new meaning to "America runs on Dunkin'," by Megan O'Brien, Boston.com: "Lifestyle running brand Saucony, which has modeled running shoes after the Freedom Trail and the Green Line, has tapped into another local icon for its newest limited-edition footwear. The Waltham-based company has teamed up with Dunkin' Donuts to create an orange and magenta-infused version of its Kinvara 9 in anticipation of the Boston Marathon."
- "Yankees Suck," by Jason Schwartz, Boston Magazine: "... We cannot afford another boring Red Sox season. It is 2018, the world has gone mad, and we desperately need a distraction-even if for just a few hours a night. So what is the answer? I have it for you in two words, my friends: Yankees suck."
HAPPY BIRTHDAY - State Rep. James Miceli of Wilmington.
DID THE HOME TEAM WIN? No! The Bruins lost to the Jets, 5-4 in a shootout.
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