Charlie Baker says, by Alison Kuznitz, MassLive: There are no plans for now to erect field hospitals in Massachusetts to bolster capacity as the state grapples with a surge in coronavirus-related hospitalizations and severe staffing shortages, Gov. Doughty trailed far behind at $467,586.38, followed by Chang-Daz at $351,058.75 and Diehl at $132,011.61. SCOOP: HEALEY HIRES A CM Jason Burrell will manage state Attorney General Maura Healeys campaign for governor, multiple sources tell Playbook. About 800 Ukrainians living in Massachusetts are eligible for temporary protected status, but that only applies to those who were here before March 1. NEW HORSE RACE ALERT: SAVING DAYLIGHT, SAVING PACKIES Luc Schuster of Boson Indicators talks about the U.S. Census undercount and what it might mean for Massachusetts. Im not going to forecast how long the fighting will go on for, but weve got to be there [for] Ukraine as they rebuild and weve got to be there with Ukraine as they establish their security and sovereignty on the world stage.. Mindy Myers, who managed Warren's inaugural Senate bid and then served as her chief of staff, is now a general consultant for Healey. Should it pass, copies will be sent to the governor, Congress and the White House. Healey has proposed a $400 million plan to expand child care tax credits for families, making an estimated 700,000 families eligible for up to $600 per child.Lawmakers have also taken steps to put more money into wages for child care providers. One day before she is to be sworn into office, Gov.-elect Maura Healey continued to flesh out her Cabinet. Healey, the countrys first openly gay AG, swiftly emerged as the frontrunner in the Democratic race when she announced her candidacy in January. Elizabeth Warren (Mass.) Have a petition you want signed? Town-by-town COVID-19 data in Massachusetts, by Ryan Huddle and Peter Bailey-Wells, Boston Globe. Presented by. THIS WEEKEND Rep. Jake Auchincloss hosts a town hall in Brookline at 2 p.m. Saturday. Rep. A morning rush hour trip on a well-traveled stretch of Interstate 93 southbound now takes nearly four minutes longer than three years ago. DOWNLOAD FOR iOS DOWNLOAD FOR ANDROID. Sonia's led that fight for her whole career and beaten insiders' assumptions over and over and people across Massachusetts are joining her to do it again.". All rights reserved (About Us). In their zeal to prevent the annual switch, the senate has unfortunately chosen the wrong time to stabilize onto, said Dr. Charles Czeisler, chief of the Division of Sleep and Circadian Disorders at Brigham and Womens Hospital., The Democratic women on the House Oversight Committee want to meet with Xavier Becerra on the availability of abortion pills, by Alice Miranda Ollstein, POLITICO: All of the Democratic women members of the House Oversight Committee [including Rep. Ayanna Pressley] wrote to HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra on Wednesday asking for agency action to make abortion pills more affordable and accessible and demanding a meeting on the issue., I hope he listens to us: Calls to close Springfield courthouse continue as states chief judge visits, by Jim Kinney, Springfield Republican: Judge Jeffrey A. Locke, chief justice of the state Trial Court, was in Springfield yesterday, touring the Roderick L. Ireland Courthouse, where persistent air-quality problems and now sewage leaks have lawyers, employees and public officials calling for the buildings immediate closure. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. [Still,] Wu went on to explain how she sometimes feels deep anxiety about bringing up her young children in such a contentious environment., Boston St. Patricks Day parade stirring controversy again, by Sean Philip Cotter, Boston Herald: The big annual St. Patricks Day parade in Southie returns this year with some of its customary turbulence as state Sen. Nick Collins is slamming organizers for shortening the route, and neighborhood electeds are calling for a police crackdown on drunken scofflaws., BPDA still guides building starts and plans under Wu administration, by Jennifer Smith, Dorchester Reporter: [Mayor Michelle] Wu ran for office on a platform of transit equity, climate readiness, and development overhaul. Basketball is a tough sport to play into middle age, but Healey, who is 50 years old, still has the uncanny court vision of an elite point guard. Share your message with our influential readers to foster engagement and drive action. And on the Fall River Expressway, traffic flow changes are barely perceptible., Health experts say making daylight saving time permanent is a terrible idea, by Gal Tziperman Lotan and Sahar Fatima, Boston Globe: The legislation, co-sponsored by Senators Edward J. Markey, a Massachusetts Democrat, and Marco Rubio, a Florida Republican, would move the US to the time zone we now inhabit during the summer months, when the sun rises and sets slightly later. FIRST IN PLAYBOOK: CLARKS ENERGY PUSH Assistant House Speaker Katherine Clark is calling on the Biden administration to do more to reduce energy costs for low-income households as Russias assault on Ukraine pushes fuel prices even higher. Deval Patrick, as deputy chief of staff for policy and cabinet affairs; Kristian Hoysradt, previously federal programs manager for the National Association of REALTORS, as deputy chief of staff to Lt. Gov.-elect Kim Driscoll; and Driscoll's 2022 campaign manager Juan Gallego as assistant deputy chief of staff to Driscoll. Healey, who previously served as the states attorney general, joined GMA3 to talk about what her victory represents, what made her campaign so successful and the lessons she learned playing point guard during her college basketball career. This new vaccine is not based on the mRNA technology used by Pfizer and Moderna, which requires storage in extremely cold temperatures and has made transportation and distribution challenging in much of the developing world.. It's the same role she filled for Healey at the attorney general's office. Maura Healey (@MassAGO) September 7, 2016 Her experiences playing intensely competitive basketball have also shaped the way Healey views politics . Baker derides red tape in $4 billion bill, potentially complicating when state will issue bonuses to essential workers, by Matt Stout, Boston Globe: Governor Charlie Baker on Thursday bemoaned what he called a lot of red tape in a $4 billion spending package currently on his desk, raising questions about the states ability to quickly distribute bonus checks to front-line workers that are being promised by March. More than 146,000 Bay State households received help paying their energy bills through LIHEAP in fiscal 2020. A Colorado library is closed after meth contamination. Gov. She faces Democratic state Sen. Sonia Chang-Daz, who became Massachusetts first Latina and Asian-American state senator in 2008. Shes got endorsements from the Boston Globe and top Democrats including Sens. Massachusetts mayors increasingly leaned on each other as their cities bore the brunt of the pandemic. Mayor Michelle Wu on Thursday told a Boston.com reporter she has offered to partner with the transit agency to host job fairs aimed at beefing up staffing. Here's a refresher on that contest, and other significant parts of Healey's biography. The race for governor is entering a new phase as the Democratic Party caucuses to elect delegates to the June convention are now over, and campaigns will begin to focus on persuading uncommitted delegates and appealing to the broader electorate. Want to join our team? Join POLITICO to hear from local leaders on how theyre responding to being tested by unequal Covid-19 outcomes, upticks in hate crimes, homelessness, lack of affordable housing, inflation and a potential recession. Mayor Wu made an offer to help fix it, by Christopher Gavin, Boston.com: MBTA riders are slated to face another wave of service cuts as the agency combats a shortage of bus and train operators. SCOOP: HEALEY STAFFS UP State Attorney General Maura Healey has hired veteran Democratic strategist Mindy Myers as a general consultant for her as-yet-to-be-announced 2022 campaign. You will now start receiving email updates. He is taking leave from his job as an associate at Mintz to join Healeys team. You can unsubscribe at any time and can contact us here. Maura Healey has a record of supporting higher taxes, blocking gas pipelines from coming into our state, and failing to fight corruption and opioid abuse. I had a media person working with me. You will now start receiving email updates. According to Healey's team, 91% of donors contributing to the attorney general's political committee were from Massachusetts. Here's who's running for governor in Massachusetts. Burrell is the latest Warren 2012 alum to join Healeys campaign. Baker spent some time on the mens junior varsity team back in the day. The developer admitted in federal court to funneling tens of thousands of dollars in illegal Karyn Polito, both former municipal officials, operate. Charlie Baker has also directed the state Office for Refugees and Immigrantsto work with its federal counterpart to provide support for those displaced by the war. You can try. Marylou Sudders, the secretary of health and human services for all eight years of the Baker administration, is going to serve as a temporary advisor to the incoming Healey administration to help arrange a smooth transition at the executive office that says its services "directly touch the lives of slightly more than 1 in 4 residents in the Commonwealth some of our most vulnerable children, youth, adults, and elders.". Mary Beckman, a Beacon Hill veteran who recently served as the chief of the Health Care and Fair Competition Bureau in Healey's attorney general office, will run the Massachusetts secured a record $307.5 million for LIHEAP in fiscal 2022, funded partly through ARPA. Healey went to court to fight among other issues the travel ban targeting primarily Muslim countries, family separation at the United StatesMexico border, a push to let some employers deny health insurance coverage for contraception, multiple attempts to weaken the Affordable Care Act, multiple attempts to weaken protections involving student loans, multiple attempts to weaken regulation of environmentally damaging emissions by power plants and motor vehicles, and the attempt to add a citizenship question to the 2020 U.S. Census. Among the provisions in the three-page article would be a ban on teaching that an individual, by virtue of sex, race, ethnicity, religion, color, or national origin, is inherently racist, sexist, or oppressive, whether consciously or unconsciously., NH moves to shield remote workers from out-of-state taxation, by Christian M. Wade, Eagle-Tribune: New Hampshire lawmakers are moving ahead with a proposal that would prohibit residents who work out of state from being taxed by another state if they end up working from home or remotely. Maura is focused The sleek and navigable design offers a convenient way to access POLITICO's scoops and groundbreaking reporting. But back in 2014, when she first ran for attorney general, Healey started out as an afterthought. Gov. DOWNLOAD THE POLITICO MOBILE APP: Stay up to speed with the newly updated POLITICO mobile app, featuring timely political news, insights and analysis from the best journalists in the business. Last week, Gov. Her offer was made directly to Steve Poftak, the MBTAs general manager, who, as Wu told her followers on social media, she happened to bump into on an Orange Line train mid-commute that morning., Charlie Baker waiting to hear from Rachael Rollins to confirm new DA, by Amy Sokolow, Boston Herald: Gov. Share your ideas here. Superintendent Josh Vadala announced Thursday that an investigation by school officials found that high school football players simulated sexual activity while clothed in a locker room following practice Nov. 18, and that one player used racial and homophobic slurs.. Once Healey appoints her long-term secretary, Beckman will shift into the role of senior advisor at HHS. TODAY Gov. [In a press conference Wednesday, state AG hopeful Shannon] Liss-Riordan said that if elected she wouldnt expect the attorney generals staff to work in an unsafe building like the Roderick L. Ireland Courthouse., Name that plan! TODAY Pressley and colleagues unveil legislation to address mass incarceration at 10:30 a.m. Chang-Daz is on Bloomberg Baystate Business at 3:15 p.m. Downing's exit left Chang-Daz and Harvard professor Danielle Allen as the two major declared candidates in the race, with U.S. Labor Secretary Marty Walsh also weighing a run. Please make sure that the email address you typed in is valid, Playbook first reported Myers role in December, View all our politics and policy newsletters, Massachusetts Playbook - POLITICO Archive, View the Full Massachusetts Playbook Archives . Mayor Wu Talks With Hillary Clinton About Vaccine Mandate Protests Outside Home: I Sleep Well At Night, by CBS Boston staff: Boston Mayor Michelle Wu opened up to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in a new podcast about the backlash to her COVID vaccine mandate for city employees. 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