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01/30/2018 07:09 AM EDT By Lauren Dezenski  ( ldezenski@politico.com ; @LaurenDezenski) with Brent D. Griffiths ( bgriffiths@politico.com ; @BrentGriffiths) GOOD MORNING, MASSACHUSETTS. FIRST IN PLAYBOOK: PELOSI'S COMING TO TOWN -  House Democratic Leader  Nancy Pelosi  heads to Cambridge on Thursday for a midday town hall about the impact President Donald Trump's tax plan will have on Massachusetts families. She'll appear alongside Tax March Executive Director  Nicole Gill  and Center for American Progress Senior Fellow  Seth Hanlon . This is the third town hall across the country as Democrats seek "to shine a light on Republican tax breaks for millionaires, billionaires and wealthy corporations at the expense of working families" over the next 100 days, according to organizers. While deeply Democratic, Cambridge may not be the best locale to highlight the tax plan's impact on working families  -  after all, the city is home to o...

01/25/2018 06:54 AM EDT By Lauren Dezenski  ( ldezenski@politico.com ; @LaurenDezenski) with Brent D. Griffiths ( bgriffiths@politico.com ; @BrentGriffiths) GOOD MORNING, MASSACHUSETTS. WHAT A DIFFERENCE A YEAR MAKES, ACA EDITION -  Governor  Charlie Baker 's team is banking on a key certainty from Washington as they craft his latest budget proposal: That the Affordable Care Act remains essentially untouched over the next year. While last year's concerns around changes to  -  or dissolution of  -  the Affordable Care Act prompted the state to  gird itself  from what could have been a multi-billion dollar hit to its coffers, this year, the consideration has largely vanished. "We're working on the assumption that at least for this fiscal year, there does not seem to be a significant amount of focus on changes in health care," Baker told reporters as he rolled out his $40.9 billion budget proposal yesterday. Baker said he anticip...

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 01/22/2018 Virtual crackdown | 'Bill Belichick smiled' | JOB BOARD MONDAY Happening Today   Online education, GIC hearing, DOT-MBTA meeting   -- Judges from the oldest appellate court in North America discuss the  Supreme Judicial Court's history  in Salem, where it held its first sitting 325 years ago, with SJC Chief Justice  Ralph Gants , Justice  David Lowy and  Robert Brink , executive director of the Supreme Judicial Court Historical Society, expected to attend, Courtroom K, 5th Floor, 56 Federal St., Salem, 8:30 a.m. --  Department of Higher Education  holds a public hearing on an interstate reciprocity agreement on  distance and o...