POLITICO Massachusetts Playbook: A SENATE transition unlike any other – WARREN will serve full term – CDC investigating HIV uptick
A SENATE transition unlike any other – WARREN will serve full term – CDC investigating HIV uptick 04/06/2018 07:06 AM EDT By Lauren Dezenski ( ldezenski@politico.com ; @LaurenDezenski) with Brent D. Griffiths ( bgriffiths@politico.com ; @BrentGriffiths) GOOD MORNING, MASSACHUSETTS. Welcome to Friday. A TRANSITION UNLIKE ANY OTHER - After a spate of unflattering headlines, state Senate President Harriette Chandler and Senate President-in-waiting and Ways and Means Chair Karen Spilka have publicly agreed on a transition date to pass the gavel. The transition's timing - the week of July 23rd, the final week of formal session for the year - left some scratching their heads. As MassLive's Gin Dumcius put it on Twitter, that's the week "when a crazy amount of bills are flying back and forth, people running down the halls with documents, cats and dogs living together." Chandler and Spilka's teams are less concerned about th...