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Lawmakers, advisory panel plot Pilgrim’s future By  Christine Legere   Posted Apr 11, 2018 WEST BARNSTABLE — While there have been different perspectives among the public on the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station over the last 45 years, priorities are now aligning as the beleaguered plant progresses toward its announced permanent closure on June 1, 2019. That was the message delivered by the region’s senators and representatives during a meeting of the Pilgrim Nuclear Decommissioning Advisory Panel at Cape Cod Community College on Wednesday night. “We’re entering a really critical phase: the safe, swift decommissioning of Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station,” state Sen. Julian Cyr, D-Truro, said to the panel. Whether you are a plant opponent or plant employee, everyone sees safety as a top priority once the reactor shuts down, Cyr said. Wednesday was kind of a wrapup of the advisory panel’s first year of information gathering. Meeting time was dedicated to...

MassBudget    Information.    Participation.  Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center    Democracy. April 12, 2018 Millionaires have deep roots: An analysis of eight states Massachusetts can have an economy that generates broad prosperity and home-grown millionaires with world-class education and infrastructure. Several other states have top income-tax rates as high, or substantially higher, than what is proposed in Massachusetts. Those states do not have fewer millionaires, and have not seen less growth in their share of millionaires over time. The Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center's new report,  What Has Happened in Other States with High Tax Rates on Million-Dollar Incomes?  finds that strong state economies are built from the ground up, with a focus on fundamentals like a well-educated workforce. Internal factors, not migration, drive growth of overall incomes and of hig...

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...