#massachusetts-politics

#massachusetts-politics

In April, Healey nominated Vincent DeMore to serve on the board after former member Tonomey Coleman was confirmed as a district court judge. The governor praised DeMore's "deep understanding of the justice system from multiple perspectives" in announcing his nomination. DeMore served as a prosecutor in the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office from 2007 to 2019, including a one-year stint overseeing a team of 70 attorneys as the office's Chief of District Courts and Community Prosecutions. DeMore went on to found Henning Strategies, a Boston law firm, where he now works as a defense attorney.

She told the outlet that she spoke with the candidate during a one-on-one Zoom call and said that the meeting was "initially courteous, substantive, even inspiring." But, according to the woman, Schlossberg suddenly slammed his hands on the table and moved closer to the screen and began using the woman's name and telling her repeatedly that he "wanted her" and "needed her." She told the Times that while she thought he was referring to the job, his tone appeared suggestive and made her uncomfortable. The woman ultimately did not take the role.

In that top eight was a biological male,

State Rep. Erika Uyterhoeven, a Democrat from Somerville, delivered a forceful renunciation of ICE in a video she posted to social media Wednesday. "We need to get ICE the f- out of Massachusetts," she said in the video. Uyterhoeven's language is reminiscent of how Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey called for ICE to "get the f- out of" his city in the immediate aftermath of the killing of Renee Good.

A group of New Hampshire Republicans gathered inside the Massachusetts State House Thursday to "endorse" Gov. Maura Healey, saying that her policies are driving business to the Granite State. New Hampshire state reps. Brian Labrie, Joe Sweeney, and Joe Alexander partnered with the conservative-leaning think tank Massachusetts Fiscal Alliance for the event. They displayed a poster comparing New Hampshire's low or nonexistent taxes to those in Massachusetts, above a message that read "New Hampshire can't afford to lose a friend like Maura!"

"Hearing from so many people from throughout our Commonwealth encouraging me to run for the United States Senate was deeply humbling," Pressley said in a statement.

Throughout her legislative career, Ann-Margaret worked to ensure that Cape Ann always had a seat at the table in legislative matters. She was focused on her fishermen, jobs and economic development, and helping those in need.

After failing to unseat Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Marine veteran and lawyer John Deaton is now the first Republican to launch a run for Sen. Ed Markey 's seat, he announced at an event in Worcester Monday night. "Our leaders should be doing their jobs to help Massachusetts families, but they're all career politicians, and they're failing," Deaton says in a new campaign video, as Warren, Markey, and Markey primary challenger Rep. Seth Moulton span the screen.

To be fair, it's happened on the federal level. The president has put out that message. It's wrong, it's not mature, it needs to end. And I'm very disheartened with the fact that we're doing it here in Massachusetts. It's wrong, it's immature, it needs to end,

State Auditor Diana DiZoglio held a rally on Wednesday to pressure the State House into complying with the audit of the state Legislature voters passed into law last year. In 2024, 71.6% of voters answered "yes" on the ballot in support of auditing the state Legislature. Nearly a year since the initiative became law, the state has yet to allow the audit to be conducted, DiZoglio said.

Many Massachusetts residents are at risk of losing their Medicaid coverage, SNAP benefits, and more under the cuts. Massachusetts officials launched a new online dashboard this week designed to clearly show how federal funding cuts are negatively impacting Massachusetts under the Trump administration. All told, the state has lost about $3.7 billion due to President Trump and a Congress beholden to him, according to the dashboard.

Although the midterm elections are more than a year away, political observers in Massachusetts are ramping up speculation about two key topics: how Gov. Maura Healey will fare in her reelection bid and whether Sen. Ed Markey will have any major challengers. A new poll released this week by the Fiscal Alliance Foundation offers some insight into where things could be headed.

You can read the news stories. You can watch it on TV. You can read the articles, but until you're there, until you look somebody in the eye, and they tell you what happened, and you see that pain, you see where they live, you see burnt down or bombed out houses, it's hard to actually understand,

State Treasurer Deborah Goldberg then fired her in September of 2024, accusing her of "gross misconduct," making race-based remarks, and bullying. However, Goldberg's decision to remove O'Brien was made of "a house of cards," Suffolk Superior Court Judge Robert Gordon wrote in a decision issued last week. Goldberg, through Attorney General Andrea Campbell, is now appealing that ruling, according to court documents. A judge agreed to stay the judgement, which included returning O'Brien to her position and all due back pay and benefits,