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Presented by NARAL Pro-Choice Massachusetts
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GOOD MORNING, MASSACHUSETTS.
WELD MAKES IT OFFICIAL — Former Massachusetts Gov. William Weld is officially challenging President Donald Trump in the 2020 Republican primary. "I'm running for president of the United States," Weld said Monday during an appearance on CNN. "I would be ashamed of myself if I didn't raise my hand and run."
While close to 20 Democrats line up for the chance to challenge Trump in the general election, Weld has the first crack at the incumbent president. He faces steep odds: Trump's reelect machine brought in $30 million in the first quarter of the year, and the president polls well among Republicans, even in the early voting state of New Hampshire. To compete, Weld has said he plans to garner support among independent and millennial voters during the primary.
In the months ahead, you can expect Weld to tout his record from his Beacon Hill days. In his presidential announcement video, Weld touts his experience balancing the state budget and cutting taxes, as well as his record as U.S. attorney for Massachusetts under President Ronald Reagan. In the video, Weld also contrasts himself with the president through clips of Trump making fun of a disabled person and discussing grabbing women by the genitals.
The former Bay State governor is headed an hour north to New Hampshire today, with campaign stops planned in the southern part of the state. He'll hit the Red Arrow Diner and the Airport Diner in Manchester and Norton's Classic Cafe in Nashua before laying out his foreign policy vision at Southern New Hampshire University.
Weld, 73, most recently ran as the running mate of 2016 Libertarian presidential nominee Gary Johnson. He re-registered as a Republican earlier this year in Canton, Mass., where he lives.
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TODAY — Gov. Charlie Baker and Sen. Ed Markey attend the ribbon cutting for the Forcepoint Cyber Experience Center. Rep. Lori Trahan takes an infrastructure tour of the 3rd District. The Council on American-Islamic Relations holds a Muslim Lobby Day. Sen. Elizabeth Warren campaigns in Colorado.
Rep. Ayanna Pressley holds a transit equity forum in Chelsea. Former Gov. Bill Weld makes campaign stops in Manchester and Nashua. Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins, Boston City Councilors Ed Flynn and Matt O'Malley and AFL-CIO President Steve Tolman gather to read Martin Luther King Jr.'s "A Letter From Birmingham Jail" at Boston City Hall. Billionaire Tom Steyer talks about his Need to Impeach campaign at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics.
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A message from NARAL Pro-Choice Massachusetts:
Abortion is key to equality. All people deserve care without shame, stigma, or unjust barriers. The ROE Act affirms the fundamental belief that living a safe and healthy life is a basic right. Abortion opponents are misrepresenting efforts to protect abortion access, using inflammatory, insulating language to score political points. Learn more |
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 | DATELINE BEACON HILL |
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- "One of three MBTA retirees last year was under 55, putting another strain on pension fund," by Matt Stout, Boston Globe:"Nearly one-third of the employees who retired from the MBTA last year were under the age of 55, and dozens were still in their 40s, adding to the flow of younger retirees state lawmakers had hoped to stem years ago. The Legislature passed a law in 2009 intended to dial back a lavish public sector perk at the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, but because it only applied to new hires, many employees retiring now still fall under the old rules — and potentially collect pensions for longer than they actually worked at the T."
- 'I felt constantly lied to': Massachusetts foster parents say state makes it harder to help vulnerable children," by Shira Schoenberg, Springfield Republican: "Problems with the Department of Children and Families made headlines in 2013 after a child under DCF supervision went missing and was found dead. Since then, Gov. Charlie Baker's administration, which took office in 2015, has increased the department's funding by $180 million over four years and added 600 new staff, including social workers and supervisors. But little public attention has been paid to the daily travails of foster families, who say the service they provide in looking after the state's most vulnerable children is often repaid with disrespect, a lack of information and bureaucratic hurdles."
- RELATED: "Here's how some Massachusetts lawmakers want to fix the foster care system," by Shira Schoenberg, Springfield Republican: "The Massachusetts Legislature will consider two bills that could help address some of the problems foster parents have identified with the foster care system. One bill, sponsored by Rep. Tricia Farley-Bouvier, D-Pittsfield, Rep. Joseph McKenna, R-Webster, and Sen. Jo Comerford, D-Northampton, would create a foster parents' bill of rights."
- "Congestion pricing gains steam as traffic worsens," by Sean Philip Cotter, Boston Herald: "Momentum is building for congestion pricing as lawmakers say the traffic heading into downtown Boston is backing up into their neighborhoods and paralyzing their roads. "Doing nothing for this problem is only exacerbating this problem," said state Sen. Joseph Boncore, D-Winthrop, the Senate chairman of the Joint Committee on Transportation. Boncore said it would give people a reason to get out of their cars and into public transportation by making car trips more expensive during peak times. He and state Rep. Adrian Madaro, D-East Boston, have introduced bills that would let the state hike tolls during rush hour and lower them during the rest of the day."
- "State expands treatment for people with both addiction and mental illness," by Felice J. Freyer, Boston Globe: "Massachusetts health officials are significantly expanding addiction treatment, adding nearly 400 long-term recovery beds devoted to people who suffer from both addiction and mental illness. The recent move aims to address a major failing of the current system: Addiction programs typically lack the expertise to also treat the depression, anxiety, and trauma that often underlie and perpetuate drug use."
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| FROM THE HUB |
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- "'We're gonna have a boom at Star Market:' Sen. Ed Markey joins Stop & Shop workers on strike in Quincy," by Steph Solis, MassLive.com: "Visiting Stop & Shop workers on strike in Quincy, U.S. Sen. Ed Markey pointed to the handful of cars in the parking lot behind them. "You are gonna win," the Massachusetts Democrat told dozens of workers Monday morning. "You can see that the people of Massachusetts are with you. There's no one shopping here today at Stop & Shop." He added: 'We're gonna have a boom at Star Market ... but at Stop & Shop they are going to have a hard time until they come to the bargaining table to give the families what they need.'"
- "As Small Private Colleges Keep Closing, Some Are Fighting Back," by Jon Marcus and Kirk Carapezza, WGBH News: "It was in his part-time job as a campus tour guide that Jared Maymon first heard prospective students and their parents asking not just about the food, the dorms or the required courses, but about whether his college would be around long enough for them to experience any of those things. Several other New England institutions had abruptly closed because of falling enrollments, growing debt and other problems. And Nichols College in Dudley, Mass., where Maymon is a junior double-majoring in economics and finance, fits the same profile: small and with a comparatively low endowment and a student body drawn mostly from a few surrounding states."
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| DAY IN COURT |
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- "A step forward for Robert Kraft: No trafficking charges in spa case," by Bob Hohler, Boston Globe: "Embattled Patriots owner Robert Kraft heads into the next phase of his legal fight after posting a partial victory last week when Palm Beach County prosecutors said they found no human trafficking at the Jupiter massage parlor where he allegedly paid female workers for sex. The disclosure provides the 77-year-old billionaire his first legal breakthrough as he attempts to restore his reputation and suppress the video evidence against him. Police had cited possible human trafficking when they successfully applied for a "sneak and peek'' warrant under the Patriot Act to conduct covert video surveillance at the spa."
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| WARREN REPORT |
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- "Elizabeth Warren: I'd End Offshore Drilling on Day One of My Presidency," by Gideon Resnick, The Daily Beast: "Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) is promising to sign an executive order on her first day in the White House that would place a "total moratorium on all new fossil fuel leases including for drilling offshore and on public lands." The proposal is part of a public-lands policy rollout the 2020 Democrat unveiled before a trip to South Carolina, Colorado, and Utah—a plan she hopes will address "lands under threat" by President Trump's administration."
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| TRUMPACHUSETTS |
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- "Mayor Walsh Criticizes Trump's Sanctuary City Tweet: 'There's No Real Plan For Immigration Reform In This Country,'" by Tori Bedford, WGBH News: "Mayor Marty Walsh responded to President Donald Trump's proposal to move migrants to sanctuary cities, criticizing the president for the "crazy" plan. "Those Illegal Immigrants who can no longer be legally held (Congress must fix the laws and loopholes) will be, subject to Homeland Security, given to Sanctuary Cities and States!" Trump tweeted Monday. Boston, along with a handful of other cities and towns in Massachusetts, has a sanctuary city policy, meaning local police officials are prohibited from detaining anyone based solely on their immigration status."
- "Trump's threatened migrant influx would strain Massachusetts sanctuary cities, experts say," by Rick Sobey, Boston Herald:"Massachusetts sanctuary cities such as Somerville, Cambridge and Boston would be overwhelmed if President Trump follows through on his threat to flood them with thousands of detained migrants, local economic and immigration experts say. School systems would be strained, and it could prove impossible to house them in an already saturated and super-charged real estate market. While both Somerville and Cambridge officials have touted their sanctuary city status, and Boston calls itself an illegal immigrant-friendly "trust act" city, migrants are more typically placed in Lynn, Chelsea and other places with lower housing prices, said Jessica Vaughan, director of policy studies with the Center for Immigration Studies."
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- "Bill would stop D.C. from buying railcars made in China, assembled in Mass." by Drew Hansen, Washington Business Journal: "Greater Washington's senators are proposing legislation to provide Metro with 10 years of federal funding provided the transit system agrees not to buy rail cars from China. According to The Washington Post, the China Railway Rolling Stock Corp., which is owned by China and has offices in Massachusetts, has been pursuing a contract to build up to 800 of Metro's 8000-series rail cars. The contract could be worth more than $1 billion."
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| EYE ON 2020 |
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| ABOVE THE FOLD |
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— Herald: "OUR LADY OF PARIS IN FLAMES," — Globe: "Deluge, and a finish-line dash," "Partial victory for Kraft." |
| FROM THE 413 |
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- "'A moment for women's colleges': Smith and Mount Holyoke see spike in admissions," by Dusty Christensen, Daily Hampshire Gazette: "It has been called the "Seven Sisters' Surge" and the "Trump Bump." Whatever the name, the trend is clear: Over the past several years, there has been a spike in the number of students applying to women's colleges across the country. Locally, over the past five years, the total number of applications to Mount Holyoke College has jumped 23.6 percent, while Smith College has seen similar growth at around 25 percent, according to the colleges."
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| THE LOCAL ANGLE |
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- "Notre Dame on fire: Massachusetts students toured the Paris cathedral hours before it went up in flames," by Melissa Hanson, MassLive.com: "Students from a local high school were on a river cruise in Paris Monday as they watched flames engulf the Notre Dame Cathedral and firefighters rush to try and save the historic structure. The students from Bartlett High School in Webster had toured the church in the morning, according to Superintendent Ruthann Petruno-Goguen. Petruno-Goguen said she spoke with trip chaperone Melinda Doherty and confirmed that everyone was safe."
- "Local schools waking up to student sleep needs," by Mary Whitfill, Patriot Ledger: "Only a handful of schools across the region have acted on research that says teens and pre-teens need more sleep than any other age group and that school start times need to be significantly later to accommodate that need. Duxbury, Hanover, Hingham and Sharon have implemented later start times for middle or high school students within the past decade, and Scituate's school committee is scheduled to vote on a change at its April 22 meeting. Start School Later, a national nonprofit that helps parents advocate for a later first bell, says start times should be no earlier than 8:30 a.m. for middle and high school students. The organization says only 15 percent of high schools in the U.S. start that late."
- "Central Mass. rural schools dreading more cuts, as help lies on horizon," by Scott O'Connell, Telegram & Gazette: "Financial anxiety is practically synonymous with public education in Massachusetts these days, but it's in the state's rural areas where school officials may be feeling the most stress over the coming budget. With many of those relatively poorer, sparsely populated communities facing public school deficits of hundreds of thousands of dollars for next year, the current state budget picture would give them a pittance to cover those gaps. So far, Gov. Charlie Baker's and the state House Ways & Means committee spending plans would give some of those districts just a $20 or $30 per-student funding increase in fiscal 2020, according to rural superintendents."
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| MEDIA MATTERS |
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- Edward Fitzpatrick joins the Boston Globe as part of the paper's Rhode Island expansion. Fitzpatrick served as director of media and public relations at Roger Williams University. Tweet.
MAZEL! Jefferson Smith , Founder of thinkjet, and his wife, Anna, Creative Director at ASICS Digital, welcomed Everett Rawlings to the world on April 14. Everett is 8 lbs 4 oz, 19.5 inches.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY - to Patriots coach Bill Belichick, who is is 67;Doug Elmendorf , who is is 57; and Ann Romney, who turns 7-0 today.
DID THE HOME TEAM WIN? No and no! The Maple Leafs beat the Bruins 3-2. The Orioles beat the Red Sox 8-1.
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A message from NARAL Pro-Choice Massachusetts:
We all deserve the freedom to control our bodies, our families, and our futures. Abortion is fundamental to our equality. But even in Massachusetts, people seeking abortion care face unjust barriers every day.
The ROE Act affirms the fundamental belief that living a safe and healthy life is a basic right - as is the freedom to define our own path. Abortion opponents have been misrepresenting efforts to protect access to abortion care, using inflammatory and insulating language to score political points.
With Roe v. Wade under threat like never before, our state has a duty to lead the way in protecting access to abortion care. Together, we can ensure that all people have access to abortion care without shame, stigma, or barriers. Massachusetts must lead by passing the ROE Act! Learn more |
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