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GOOD MORNING, MASSACHUSETTS.
WHAT DOES WALSH DO NEXT? — Marty Walsh for Senate? Never say never. The Boston mayor said he's not running for Sen. Ed Markey's seat in 2020, but also kept his options open in the future.
"I'm not running against Sen. Markey. Absolutely not," Walsh said. "He does a good job down there in Washington for us and he's been very helpful to the city of Boston."
In the same breath, Walsh added : "Politics is a funny business. You don't know what's gonna happen. I'm not gonna rule anything out in the future. I have no idea what's going to happen in the future," Walsh said. "Maybe in the future I'm not running for anything, maybe in the future I'm running for something. Right now there's a lot of stuff here in Boston to focus on."
Walsh didn't say whether he's running for a third term as mayor of Boston in 2021. But he did address speculation that Boston City Councilors Andrea Campbell and Michelle Wu might be eyeing a run for the mayor's office. Walsh made the comments on WCVB's " On the Record," which aired Sunday.
"If people want to be mayor they should be looking at it. It's a great job, you can do a lot of great stuff here. I'm not going to begrudge anyone. I'll make my decision when I'm ready to make my decision on whether or not to run for a third term," Walsh said.
Markey's Senate seat has been the subject of speculation for months. And that pressure ramped up when Rep. Ayanna Pressley's upset victory against former Rep. Mike Capuano showed some Massachusetts voters are looking for a change in the state's old guard.
There's no shortage of potential Markey challengers. Brookline lawyer Shannon Liss-Riordan filed paperwork to run against him in a primary last month. And a University of Massachusetts Amherst poll conducted a week after the 2018 midterm election found Markey nearly tied in a head-to-head matchup against Attorney General Maura Healey for his Senate seat, if she decided to run. Twenty-seven percent of registered voters said they'd support Healey, 26 percent said they would support Markey and 35 percent said they were undecided. Rep. Seth Moulton had been another rumored primary challenger before he announced his presidential campaign.
But if Walsh and Healey skip the Senate race and either Democrat consider a run for governor in 2022, there's a chance they will compete with the nation's most popular governor. GOP Gov. Charlie Baker said he's not ruling out a third term, during an appearance on "Keller @ Large" on Sunday.
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TODAY — Gov. Charlie Baker and Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito speak to the Economic Development Planning Council. Baker and Polito hold a weekly leadership meeting with Senate President Karen Spilkaand House Speaker Robert DeLeo. Baker attends a ribbon cutting for the Newburyport Intermodal Transit and Parking Facility.
Boston Mayor Marty Walsh kicks off National Infrastructure Week in Roxbury. Walsh attends the ribbon cutting for Ocean Spray's new Boston office, then hosts the City Hall Interfaith Iftar. Rep. Richard Neal announces the 2019 Congressional Art Competition winner in Springfield. Sen. Ed Markey rallies for a Green New Deal in Washington, D.C. The Boston Federal Reserve holds a "Fed Listens" conference.
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 | DATELINE BEACON HILL |
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- "As UMass' costs rise, lawmakers try a new tactic: increase funding but demand a tuition freeze," by Matt Stout, Boston Globe: "For the last four years, the University of Massachusetts has increased in-state tuition, adding to the fiscal burden on students and their families. This year, the state Senate is saying no — and offering a 7 percent boost to the university system's funding, provided in-state tuition and fees don't increase next year. The proposed freeze, included in the Senate budget plan released last week, appears unprecedented, budget analysts say, and it has prompted warnings of deep cuts across the five-campus system. But it also underscores the challenge of reining in the price of a college education and, for policy makers, finding the right way to do it. Judging by the immediate fallout from the Senate's proposal, Beacon Hill may still be far from a consensus."
- "'We all do the same job': County correction officers protest lower pay than state prison officers," by Shira Schoenberg, Springfield Republican: "Correction officers who work for the state prison system and for each county sheriff are all paid different salaries, depending on contracts negotiated by their unions and decades-old pay ranges. That is true even though the state essentially took over the sheriff's departments and county jail system years ago, and state money pays the salaries of county jail workers. Correction officers visited the Statehouse Thursday to lobby for bills that would move all county correction officers to the same pay scale as state correction officers."
- "Doctors' group wants to end vaccine opt-outs," by Christian M. Wade, Gloucester Daily News: "A group representing the state's physicians wants to limit parents' options to opt-out of vaccines required of children attending school. The Massachusetts Medical Society has adopted a new policy opposing non-medical exemptions for vaccinations, and it is pledging to lobby Beacon Hill to tighten the state's vaccine laws. "This is a serious public health issue that needs to be addressed," said Dr. Maryanne Bombaugh, the society's newly elected president. "Parents who don't get their children vaccinated not only put at risk the child but the entire community." Bombaugh said the most effective way to limit the spread of measles, mumps, rubella and other infectious disease is by preventing their occurrence."
- "Bill could expand access to home births — but critics say it limits who gets to be a licensed midwife," by Jacquelyn Voghel, Daily Hampshire Gazette: "With the arrival of a royal baby on Wednesday, out-of-hospital births dominated headlines amid speculation that Meghan Markle had chosen to give birth at home. But for months before the Duchess of Sussex brought out-of-hospital births into the spotlight, midwives in Massachusetts had been debating the effects of a bill that would legally recognize those who typically attend home births — certified professional midwives. Currently, Massachusetts does not legally recognize certified professional midwives (CPMs), who obtain their licenses through the North American Registry of Midwives (NARM). As of this month, CPMs have a path to licensure in 33 states, not including Massachusetts, according to the National Association of Certified Professional Midwives."
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| FROM THE HUB |
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- "First woman to lead UMass system, husband found dead in Florida home," by John Hilliard, Boston Globe: "Family and colleagues mourned Sunday the deaths of the first woman to lead Massachusetts' university system and her husband, a retired MIT professor, after the couple were found Friday in their Florida home overcome by carbon monoxide from a car they had purchased for its modern safety features, family members said. Their 2017 Toyota Avalon, which had a keyless ignition system, apparently was accidentally left running in the garage of the Sarasota home of Sherry H. Penney, 81, the former interim president of the University of Massachusetts, and James Livingston, 89, a retired Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor, according to family."
- "Driven crazy: Contest seeks solutions to Boston traffic jams," by Alexi Cohan, Boston Herald: "Frustrated commuters driven crazy by gridlock say drastic steps need to be taken to free up traffic — including widening roads, opening ride-hail lots just outside the city and awarding days off for not driving in. Boston is the seventh-most congested city in the nation and the Pioneer Institute wants to give $10,000 to whoever can solve the city's chronic congestion. The Pioneer Institute's 2019 Better Government Competition is centered on ideas to get commuters where they need to be quickly."
- "Natural gas facility opponents gain support," by L. Kim Tan, Boston Globe: "One of the hottest issues on the South Shore these days is the proposal by a Texas-based company to build a natural gas compressor station near the mouth of the Fore River in Weymouth. Enbridge Inc. says the compressor — part of a larger project known as Atlantic Bridge — will bring much-needed gas supplies into New England and coastal Canada by helping to push gas through a pipeline to the North Shore and beyond. But in Weymouth and Quincy, especially in the neighborhoods near the targeted site, many residents and local leaders vehemently oppose the project, convinced the facility's touted public benefits do not outweigh its potential danger and impact on health and property values."
- "Marty Walsh: Encore should have to 'make a case' for 4 a.m. liquor license," by Brooks Sutherland, Boston Herald: "Last call at 4 a.m. on the gambling floor at Encore Boston Harbor is too late, says Mayor Martin Walsh, who plans to ask gaming regulators to hold off on approval of later-than-usual booze hours at the soon-to-open resort casino. "I think at this point in time, we should get the casino open, see how the 2 o'clock license works, if there's a need, if there's a desire, if there's a concern that it hampers the business, then I think we should explore the opportunity of maybe going to 3 or 4 o'clock," Walsh told the Herald on Sunday. "But, right now, open it until 2, see what it looks like." Walsh said he thinks the state's Gaming Commission should be "respectful of the surrounding cities and towns" as it considers the hours proposed for Encore's alcohol license."
- "Harvard won't renew Weinstein lawyer as student house dean," Associated Press: "A Harvard faculty member who decided to represent Harvey Weinstein at his rape trial is losing his position as head of a student house at the college. Harvard College Dean Rakesh Khurana said in a written statement Saturday he would not renew the appointments of Ronald Sullivan and his wife, Stephanie Robinson, the school's first black faculty deans, citing concerns about the climate at Winthrop House, which he described as serious. Sullivan lives at the house and supervises students there. Some students and faculty members have faulted Sullivan's decision to represent Weinstein and his response to students' concerns."
- "Last class graduates from Newbury College," by Laura Krantz, Boston Globe: "Newbury College's last class graduated on Sunday, the final students to turn their tassels before the school shuts its doors for good. After several years of financial troubles, officials at the small Brookline liberal arts school announced last year that it would close after commencement. The school serves mainly low-income students and those who are the first in their family to attend college. It is one of many such schools in New England and around the country struggling to survive in an era of declining enrollment and rising tuition costs. President Joseph Chillo, who navigated the college through its final days, called the graduation bittersweet."
- "Somerville passes measure to lower voting age to 16, but hurdles remain," by Christina Prignano, Boston Globe: "The Somerville City Council voted to lower its local voting age Thursday, starting a process that — if successful — would allow 16- and 17-year-olds to cast ballots in municipal elections. The measure, which was passed unanimously, requires approval from the Legislature before it can be implemented. Several communities, including Concord, have tried in the past to enact similar teen voting measures, but so far none have succeeded in securing state approval. Still, Mayor Joseph Curtatone said Somerville would be the first community in the state to enact a voting age of 16 if its proposal is approved by state lawmakers."
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| WARREN REPORT |
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- "Trump backers applaud Warren in heart of MAGA country," by Alex Thompson, POLITICO: " It was a startling spectacle in the heart of Trump country: At least a dozen supporters of the president — some wearing MAGA stickers — nodding their heads, at times even clapping, for liberal firebrand Elizabeth Warren. The sighting alone of a Democratic presidential candidate in this town of fewer than 400 people — in a county where more than four in five voters cast their ballot for Trump in 2016 — was unusual. Warren's team was apprehensive about how she'd be received."
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| EYE ON 2020 |
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- "Democrats want an electable nominee. But what does that really mean in 2020?" by James Pindell, Boston Globe:"Democrats largely agree on the No. 1 trait they want in their 2020 Democratic presidential nominee — electability. Where they disagree, however, is on what that actually means. Launching his campaign at a union hall in Pittsburgh, former vice president Joe Biden argued his path to victory runs through Western Pennsylvania. In Iowa, Senator Bernie Sanders, a self-described Democratic Socialist, asserted that "virtually every poll that's ever been done" shows he can beat Trump. And last weekend, Senator Kamala Harris noted in Detroit that "pundits" who talk about "electability" in the Midwest often leave out a key bloc — the urban black population."
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| MOULTON MATTERS |
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- "2020 presidential candidate Seth Moulton on the escalating showdown between the White House and Congress." Link.
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| DATELINE D.C. |
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- "What's At Stake In The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribal Land Bill," by Carrie Jung, WBUR: "National legislation aimed at preserving the federal trust status of the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe's land is expected to go to a vote before the full House this week. It's a vote that was supposed to happen last week, before a tweet by President Donald Trump against the bill caused its sponsors to pull it from the House floor. The bill's lead sponsor, Massachusetts Rep. William Keating, says he's confident the legislation has enough votes to pass. "We have a core of Republican support," said Keating in an interview with WBUR's Radio Boston."
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| ABOVE THE FOLD |
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— Herald: "IN CONTROL," — Globe: "Doused, drenched, and dejected," "Pelosi at odds with candidates on the left." |
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- "Gov. Baker to UMass grads: Purpose comes from being 'in it' with people you care about," by Dusty Christensen, Daily Hampshire Gazette: "Gov. Charlie Baker was the honored guest on Friday. In his commencement speech, he said that happiness is fleeting, but that "chasing it misses the bigger picture." He said that what matters more is purpose, which comes from life experiences: "Purpose comes from being 'in it' — whatever it might be — with people you care about, and who care about you. Marriage. Friendship. Work. Community service. Play. Child raising. Coaching. Teaching. Cheering. Volunteering." "Note I didn't mention politics," Baker said. He gave the graduates three pieces of advice: make smart choices, be a good listener and appreciate that life is a team sport. He told several stories about his own family to illustrate why those points were important."
- "Suffolk Downs officials take stock of Great Barrington Fairgrounds for state's horse racing future," by Heather Bellow, The Berkshire Eagle: "Bittersweet vines climb steps of the grandstand. And they've made their way to the top of camera towers that hover over a bend in the racetrack. Vines aside, the state of the long-closed thoroughbred racetrack in Great Barrington didn't send prospective new operators running for cover last week. Rick Hammerle, a racetrack consultant who once worked at the famous Santa Anita Park, peered into an old stall, 21 years after horses last ran in Great Barrington. "They would beg for these," he said of people at his former California track, pounding a fist on an outside wall and finding it firm ."
- "Springfield's acting police commissioner seeks to regain public trust," by Laura Crimaldi, Boston Globe: "Cheryl Clapprood's ascension in February to acting commissioner of the Springfield Police Department didn't come with the benefit of a clean slate. She took charge of the department of 473 officers after Commissioner John Barbieri retired unexpectedly. The Department of Justice had launched an investigation last year into whether the narcotics unit routinely used excessive force and violated people's civil rights, and several officers were on unpaid leave because of criminal charges in state and federal courts. But the negative headlines didn't let up after Clapprood took over."
- "State added to feud over Windsor roads," by Larry Parnass, The Berkshire Eagle: " A new and wider "public" will play a role in a tussle over who owns rural roads in Windsor. A Land Court case pitting a former Windsor Select Board member against the town and two neighbors was to go to trial in April, more than a year and a half after it was filed. But the case was removed from the Boston court's trial schedule after a newly assigned judge raised the question of whether the state of Massachusetts ought to be involved because it holds legal rights on behalf of residents that could have bearing on the dispute."
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| THE LOCAL ANGLE |
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- "Tough budget choices ahead for Lowell schools," by Elizabeth Dobbins, The Lowell Sun: "A $9.9 million boost to state aid over last year won't save the "threadbare" school district from more cuts this upcoming school year, according to a preliminary budget presented by school administrators last week. In the days since, the proposal to cut four, later reduced to three, band directors became a rallying cry among students, parents and educators who opposed the reductions. During a budget hearing Monday, opponents argued cutting the three band directors, a savings of about $270,000, would essentially end the middle school band program, even if it was replaced with an after-school program as administrators suggest."
- "Private developers donate $100K to Quincy mayor," by Erin Tiernan, Patriot Ledger: "As Quincy continues to undergo a building boom that is changing the face of the city and drawing in millions of real estate investment dollars, one clear winner has emerged: Mayor Thomas Koch's campaign account. In the last three years, Koch's campaign has received nearly $100,000 from developers seeking to build in the city, according to a Patriot Ledger review of campaign finance records. Most of the more than two dozen developers who contributed to Koch's campaign donated several thousand dollars or less, but more than half of the money came from just three development companies with projects planned or already in the works in Quincy Center's special redevelopment district, where Koch's administration takes a heavier hand in crafting the terms of the deals than in other residential projects."
- "Worcester Catholic bishop: Transgenderism not rooted in science," by Mark Sullivan, Telegram & Gazette: "Roman Catholic Bishop Robert McManus told a Catholic health care conference here this week that transgenderism poses troubling challenges to church institutions as well as modern culture. Bishop McManus said that while people who consider themselves transgender are children of God who are to be treated with love, dignity and compassion, transgenderism represents a sharp departure from Catholic understandings of the human person and natural moral law."
- "Black Picnic controversy returns," by Dustin Luca, The Salem News: "For the second year in a row, confusion and debate surround the Black Festival — an age-old picnic and gathering in Salem Willows — which is scheduled to take place in July. It has not, however, received an OK yet from city park and recreation officials. Despite having an agreement in place in previous years, Salem United President Doreen Wade has balked at signing one this year. "We are a black organization, and we're the only ones that are being required...to have an MOU," Wade said."
SAVE THE WHALES: Auditor Suzanne Bump, Treasurer Deborah Goldberg, Attorney General Maura Healey and Rep. Katherine Clark teamed up to voice support for the SAVE Right Whales Act and "mama whales" for Mother's Day. Tweet.
SPOTTED: Rep. Seth Moulton and members of his 2020 team running in the early morning on Friday from the Capitol to the Washington Monument and back in the middle of their two-day campaign retreat. Pic.
ALSO SPOTTED: Ed Markey boarding a flight at Logan Airport. He will headline a Green New Deal rally in DC today with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. Bernie Sanders.
HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY - to Greg Piatelli and Geoff Browning, who both celebrated Saturday.
DID THE HOME TEAM WIN? Yes and yes! The Bruins beat the Hurricanes 6-2. The Red Sox beat the Mariners 11-2.
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