Middleboro Review et al

DEVAL’s 2020 radar — BUTTIGIEG backs SETTI — CAPUANO gets cold shoulder from WARREN, MARKEY 03/07/2018 07:33 AM EDT By Lauren Dezenski  ( ldezenski@politico.com ; @LaurenDezenski) with Brent D. Griffiths ( bgriffiths@politico.com ; @BrentGriffiths) GOOD MORNING, MASSACHUSETTS.  A nor'easter is bearing down on the state for a second time in less than a week - Happy hunkering. DEVAL'S RADAR SCREEN -  Thanks to four little words, former Gov.  Deval Patrick  has joined the ranks of the Massachusetts politicians who are eyeing the 2020 presidential race. The election, he said in an interview recorded for Kansas City's  KCUR  last week, is "on my radar screen." What exactly does that mean? Those close to Patrick tell me that while the comments signal a shift in his publicly expressed interest as he weighs a  potential run,  it's still far from any definitive declaration. As  John Walsh , the former chief of Patrick's PAC, put ...

MASS FISCAL’s day in court — HEFFERNAN’s hire questioned — Election day in ATTLEBORO and LYNN 03/06/2018 06:55 AM EDT By Lauren Dezenski  ( ldezenski@politico.com ; @LaurenDezenski) with Brent D. Griffiths ( bgriffiths@politico.com ; @BrentGriffiths) GOOD MORNING, MASSACHUSETTS. MASS FISCAL GETS ITS DAY IN COURT -  The right-leaning fiscal watchdog  Mass Fiscal Alliance  gets its first hearing in front of the state's highest court today over the so-called union loophole that allows unions to donate upwards of $15,000 to a single candidate while individuals can only donate $1,000. Mass Fiscal has been fighting this measure in the state's campaign finance law for years on multiple  fronts   -  but this is the first time a case related to it will be heard in front of the Supreme Judicial Court. The group has specifically cited the infusion of cash seen in the 2013 Boston mayoral race when unions bundled hundreds of thousands of dollars to...

Subscribe   Archives   Twitter   Facebook   Instagram This email may be cut off by your email provider. To see today's full MASSterList, click "View entire message" at the bottom, or view the online version  here. By Jay Fitzgerald and Keith Regan 03/06/2018 It's time | Questionable hirings | Fare limbo Happening Today   Special elections, Cannabis Control Commission, safe injection facilities   --  Public defenders  rally outside district courthouses this morning to demand the same collective bargaining rights as other state employees, Boston Municipal Court on New Chardon Street, Northampton District Court on 15 Gothic Street, and Fall River District Court on 186 South Main Street, starting at 8:15 a.m. -- Voters in parts of Attleboro will  head to the polls today  to narrow the field to fill the House seat last held by Mayor Paul Heroux, a Democrat from the Second Bristol District seat. -- R...