Ed Markey says he will seek a third term in 2026, when he will be 80 years old

Ed Markey says he will seek a third term in 2026, when he will be 80 years old

As if voters didn’t have enough on their plates ahead of next week’s Presidential Election, it’s apparently already time to start thinking about the midterms which will follow. U.S. Sen. Ed Markey, the Bay State’s elder but junior senator, on Sunday announced he will seek a third term in office in 2026, proclaiming that at … Read more

Old feuds at the MassGOP flare back to life

Old feuds at the MassGOP flare back to life

Long-simmering feuds between the various warring factions of the Massachusetts Republican Party flared back to life Friday evening after Chair Amy Carnevale sent out a letter updating committee members on the litany of legal issues the political organization has faced. Originally Published: October 27, 2024 at 5:16 a.m. Read original article here Denial of responsibility! … Read more

MassGOP dogged by new cash, legal woes ahead of November election

MassGOP dogged by new cash, legal woes ahead of November election

The Massachusetts Republican Party settled a lawsuit Friday tied to work done by an outside marketing firm during the 2022 election but quickly found itself entangled in new cash and legal woes just ahead of the November election, according to a letter obtained by the Herald. Originally Published: October 26, 2024 at 2:11 p.m. Read … Read more

MassGOP rips welfare agency, taste of Nepal and a looming tax gambit

MassGOP rips welfare agency, taste of Nepal and a looming tax gambit

The MassGOP is ripping welfare fraud after investigators uncovered $2.3 million in abuse “in the past quarter alone.” No word if that includes all the EBT dollars spent in Hawaii, as the Herald reported earlier this month. “The Democratic supermajority has repeatedly proven they are incapable of managing taxpayer dollars. When they overspend and mismanage … Read more

Senator eyeing legal fund for shelter records

Senator eyeing legal fund for shelter records

A Central Massachusetts senator wants to create a legal fund to help pay the costs of obtaining emergency shelter-related records, some of which he argues are being withheld or improperly redacted by state officials. Originally Published: August 25, 2024 at 5:26 a.m. Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Pioneer Newz is an automatic aggregator … Read more

Massachusetts Republicans exploring emergency shelter ballot question for 2026 election

Massachusetts Republicans exploring emergency shelter ballot question for 2026 election

Massachusetts Republicans are exploring a ballot question for the 2026 election that takes aim at state-run shelters for migrants and locals. Subscribe to continue reading this article. Already subscribed? To login in, click here. Originally Published: August 23, 2024 at 5:18 a.m. Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Pioneer Newz is an automatic aggregator … Read more

Healey’s spent thousands on high-end hotels with taxpayer-funded credit cards

Healey’s spent thousands on high-end hotels with taxpayer-funded credit cards

Gov. Maura Healey’s office stayed at four and five-star hotels across the world multiple times last fiscal year, racking up thousands on taxpayer-funded credit cards for swanky digs, according to data provided to the Herald through a public records request. The first-term Democrat has consistently jetted across the country, and several times the Atlantic, using … Read more

Beacon Hill’s incumbency power put to the test

Beacon Hill’s incumbency power put to the test

A Massachusetts Senate Democrat is locked in a tense battle to prevent a Republican challenger from flipping the seat in a contest that has seen heavy fundraising and is testing the power of incumbency on Beacon Hill. Originally Published: August 11, 2024 at 5:03 a.m. Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Pioneer Newz is … Read more

Pols & Politics: Has Gov. Healey’s work for Biden paid off? She says ‘relationships matter’

Pols & Politics: Has Gov. Healey’s work for Biden paid off? She says ‘relationships matter’

Gov. Maura Healey has pledged loyalty to President Joe Biden’s re-election campaign as a surrogate working to convince voters that the 81-year-old is the right person for another term in the White House. Has the move paid off for residents in Massachusetts? From hosting a fundraiser in the glimmering Seaport last month to backing Biden’s … Read more

Geoff Diehl the candidate time, and voters, forgot

Geoff Diehl the candidate time, and voters, forgot

You won’t have Geoff “DoorDash” Diehl to kick around anymore. That’s right, Massachusetts politics’ perennial loser, the caporegime of the state Republican party’s bust-out Kool Aid Kult, will not be desperately seeking office again in 2024. You know what I’m going to miss most about DoorDash’s reluctant decision not to get stomped this year? His … Read more