Some local media news:
@politico.com is ending Mass Playbook as @kellygarrity.bsky.social joins the Globe to write a new politics newsletter
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Some local media news:
@politico.com is ending Mass Playbook as @kellygarrity.bsky.social joins the Globe to write a new politics newsletter
IMMIGRATION: MA U.S. Attorney Leah Foley has overseen a more than six-fold increase in the number of federal criminal immigration cases prosecuted in the state in the year since she was appointed, according to data she provided Thursday morning. #mapoli www.wbur.org/news/2026/02...
HEALEY AIDE: A Venezuelan staffer working for Gov. Maura Healey could lose her job because her H-1B visa is about to expire and the Trump administration has not granted her permanent residency, according to court documents. #mapoli www.wbur.org/news/2026/02...
In a letter to Democratic state committee members, Secretary of State Bill Glavin says he will seek a record ninth term. #mapoli
VoteVets and New Politics are endorsing Rep. Seth Moulton for Senate politi.co/46ts9HH #mapoli
Inbox: Mass. budget writers estimate they’ll have $44.9 billion to build their FY27 budget around. #mapoli
(includes millionaires tax revenue)
Lots in today’s Mass. Playbook, including a possible Boston-based challenger to state Sen. Will Brownsberger politi.co/3MuGkoT #mapoli
I missed this earlier this morning -- Sen. Nick Collins, facing the likelihood of a electoral challenge next year, is hitting back at Mayor Wu over her past Prop 2 1/2 comments
www.wbur.org/news/2025/12...
Worcester County Sheriff Lew Evangelidis is mulling a U.S. Senate bid — something that could throw a wrench in GOP’s plan to vote to endorse John Deaton later this week. politi.co/3XzUdUY via @politico.com #mapoli
Rep. Ayanna Pressley on whether Sen. Chuck Schumer should step aside as minority leader:
pair of Fall River election stories this morning: Catching up with Mayor Coogan after the election, he says this will be his last term in office, saying declining voter support shows there's a "time limit" on the job for voters www.heraldnews.com/story/news/p...
news - Rep. Ayanna Pressley is seriously considering jumping into the race for the Massachusetts Senate seat currently held by fellow Democrat Ed Markey and has been checking in with allies about a possible run, per four ppl familiar
w/ @kellygarrity.bsky.social
www.politico.com/live-updates...
Just received a Markey, Pressley, Moulton #MASen poll.
www.politico.com/newsletters/... The Working Families Party (ri wfp, to be precise) arrived here with a bang when it unseated RI House Majority Leader John DeSimone in '16. @kellygarrity.bsky.social reports on how WFP is setting up shop in MA
A Maine oyster farmer running for Senate is winning praise from some Democrats.
But he could end up facing a primary against a candidate that party leaders are actively recruiting to run: Gov. Janet Mills.
Rep. Katherine Clark talked to reporters about at potential Moulton/Markey Senate matchup at an event in Boston today:
Gov. Maura Healey is headlining a lunchtime fundraiser for the Women Governors Fund in Boston Monday alongside other Dem women govs (plus Gov. Andy Beshear & former Gov. Gina Raimondo).
Tickets range from $500 to $25,000. Governors will be in town for a DGA meeting. #mapoli
From @politico.com @kellygarrity.bsky.social
Hundreds of supporters and several state and local electeds are at Boston City Hall for Mayor Michelle Wu’s press conference on the letter from AG Pam Bondi. There’s a band kicking things off. #bospoli
Inbox: Boston Mayor Michelle Wu is holding a press conference tomorrow morning on the city’s response to the letter from Attorney General Pam Bondi asking for details on how Boston plans to “eliminate laws… that impede federal immigration enforcement.” #bospoli
SCOOP: Sen. @edmarkey.bsky.social will announce support from @repmcgovern.bsky.social , whose district includes part of Western Mass, as soon as tomorrow. In a video, McGovern emphasizes Markey's work on food security, housing, health care and battling inequity. #mapoli wmasspi.com/2025/07/brie...
In politics, sometimes name recognition isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.
Just ask Geoffrey Epstein, who’s running for mayor in Framingham. politi.co/3UBFoje via @politico.com #mapoli
At the New Hampshire Institute of Politics it’s 2028 already. #nhpolitics
A new Globe/Suffolk poll of the Boston mayoral race has Mayor Michelle Wu leading Josh Kraft 60 / 30. #bospoli www.bostonglobe.com/2025/07/21/m...
More than two dozen state & local officials endorsed Sen. Ed Markey for reelection today.
The cities & towns they represent span the congressional district that one of Markey's potential primary challengers, Rep. Jake Auchincloss, represents. politi.co/3TjDWle #mapoli
At tonight’s NYC mayoral debate, two candidates for mayor — Zohran Mamdani and Brad Lander — said they believe @wutrain.bsky.social is the most effective member of the Democratic party. #bospoli www.politico.com/live-updates...
Former Boston Mayor/former Labor Sec. Marty Walsh is playing a little in Boston’s City Council race.
He donated the $1,000 max to former Councilor Frank Baker’s comeback campaign, campaign finance records show. #bospoli
As expected, Josh Kraft set to start pouring vast amounts of his own money into Boston mayoral campaign, per @kellygarrity.bsky.social
Campaign blew through $100K in payroll last month
www.politico.com/massachusett...
Inbox: Angela Menino, the wife of former Boston Mayor Tom Menino, is endorsing Michelle Wu for reelection. She says her late husband would've, too. #bospoli
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell appears to be among the donors who gave the $1,000 max to Josh Kraft’s mayoral campaign in April.
Goodell was in Washington today for a press conference with President Donald Trump to announce that DC will host the 2027 NFL draft. #bospoli