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WARREN’s bipartisan pot protection — SENATE takes up ‘red flag’ bill today — BROWNSBERGER backs L’ITALIEN 06/07/2018 07:28 AM EDT By Lauren Dezenski  (ldezenski@politico.com; @LaurenDezenski) with Brent D. Griffiths (bgriffiths@politico.com; @BrentGriffiths) PUTTING THE "POT" IN BIPARTISANSHIP —  Sen.  Elizabeth Warren  unveils a high-profile, bipartisan bill in Washington today that's designed to protect legalized state marijuana industries from federal government meddling. Warren's Republican cosponsor is Colorado's Sen.  Cory Gardner , who's familiar with the issue — Colorado was one of the first states to legalize marijuana for recreational use. While Warren and Gardner are on opposite sides of the aisle, they're on the same side in wanting to protect their states' lucrative legalized marijuana industries. Gardner did not sign on to Warren's bipartisan  letter  in January asking AG  Jeff Sessions  to protect states' existing ma...

DEMS meet again — Globe investigating McGRORY text exchange — NEW POLITICS’ local endorsements 05/24/2018 07:18 AM EDT By Lauren Dezenski  (ldezenski@politico.com; @LaurenDezenski) with Brent D. Griffiths (bgriffiths@politico.com; @BrentGriffiths) GOOD MORNING, MASSACHUSETTS. DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY BATTLE ESCALATION —  In a gubernatorial primary long categorized as cordial, Democrat  Bob Massie took a new turn earlier this week at the First Essex and Middlesex Delegate Dinner on Tuesday night as he sought to show daylight between his campaign and  Jay Gonzalez . That specifically came from Massie highlighting longtime support for single payer health care and women's rights, and "that he was not a government insider who just wants to go back to the Patrick days," according to First Essex and Middlesex Coalition's  Kathy Pasquina , who is supportive of Massie. Another Democrat who was in the room,  Maryanne Rutter , who backs Gonzalez, described th...

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 05/23/2018 McGrory Too | Pimping out | ICE reversal Happening Today   Baker in D.C., Boston Bruins-BPS, Senate budget, ‘Red flag’ bill   -- Gov.  Charlie Baker  heads to Washington today and plans to meets with the Commanding General and Chief of Engineers of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Lieutenant General  Todd Semonite , U.S. Government Accountability Office, 441 G Street NW, Washington, D.C., 10 a.m. --  Governor's Council  meets to review Gov. Baker's nomination of attorney  Neil Sherring  to a Housing Court circuit judgeship, Council Chamber, 10:30 a.m. -- The  Senate continues voting  on amendments to its $41.4 billi...