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A GRAND BARGAIN show of force – BAKER, TRUMP back WARREN pot bill – MAYORS speak out on trans discrimination ballot question 06/11/2018 07:05 AM EDT By Lauren Dezenski  (ldezenski@politico.com; @LaurenDezenski) with Brent D. Griffiths (bgriffiths@politico.com; @BrentGriffiths) WELCOME TO MONDAY, MASSACHUSETTS. A GRAND BARGAIN SHOW OF FORCE —   Raise Up Massachusetts , the group behind the potential $15 minimum wage and paid family leave ballot measures — and also wrangling with negotiators on Beacon Hill over the so-called "grand bargain" — plans to deliver a public show of force this week. Raise Up is holding a self-described week of action with rallies in and around the State House from Monday to Thursday. The public displays come at a useful time for Raise Up, which is currently locked in negotiations for a potential legislative compromise between their two ballot questions and a sales tax decrease, which is being pushed by the  Retailers Association o...

SPICER stumping for DIEHL today — KENNEDY’s Facebook exchange — HOUSE seeks STATE POLICE oversight 04/12/2018 07:03 AM EDT By Lauren Dezenski  ( ldezenski@politico.com ; @LaurenDezenski) with Brent D. Griffiths ( bgriffiths@politico.com ; @BrentGriffiths) GOOD MORNING, MASSACHUSETTS. SPICER'S IN TOWN -  Former White House Press Secretary  Sean Spicer  makes landfall in Boston today. He's in town for a fundraiser for state Rep.  Geoff Diehl , who is hoping win the Republican party's nomination to unseat Sen. Elizabeth Warren in November. The fundraiser has been hyped by the Diehl campaign itself since it was announced on March 28. Diehl asked Spicer to do the 5 p.m. fundraiser at Boston's Union Oyster House and he agreed, according to Diehl's campaign, which says the two met through mutual friends. A strong financial showing (thanks to this event and others) could boost fundraising numbers for a campaign eager to break from the pack of three 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 03/13/2018 Staying safe | Body-camera politics | Fare punt Happening Today   State offices, courts, schools and many businesses closed today due to storm   -- Gov. Charlie Baker has ordered non-emergency executive-branch government closed today and has asked all residents to stay off roads due to today's snow blizzard. -- All Massachusetts courts are also closed and most school districts have cancelled classes for the day. -- The MBTA will be operating on an ‘extremely reduced’ schedule.  Today's News   'Stay safe. Spring arrives next week'   As the Massachusetts court system has told its employees in regards to today’s storm: “Please stay safe....