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The challenges of the Mass. economy are piling up, as a new report outlines

Donnelly: The challenges facing the Mass. economy are mounting, but please stay. If you like a challenge, Massachusetts is the place to be. #MAPoli

The cause of death officially was stated as a "response to Customer demand for more options," but unofficially is known to many as a "cash grab from Elliott Investment Management."
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Lumi?

Trump Backs Credit Card Swipe Fee Crackdown—Why Rewards Get Cut and Fees Go Up - View from the Wing Trump has now endorsed the Durbin-Marshall swipe fee bill, pitching it as “competition” and consumer relief. In reality it shifts value from cardholders to retailers—cutting rewards, pushing issuers t...

Interchange pays for a bundled service people take for granted. Global acceptance, instant authorization and liquidity, fraud management, currency conversion, and purchase protections and chargebacks are funded by the economics of the system. Cut the economics, and you gut that service.

MUST-READ @massterlist.com morning e-mail today provides insights into the property tax relief scramble in the Senate, and the political campaigns of Latoya Gayle (challenging Sen. Nick Collins) and Daniel Lander (challenging Sen. Will Brownsberger).

Two snippets from a larger piece:

“The online sermons from the left and the right often decry media bias, but the simpler explanation for the alleged bias may be that newsrooms are indifferent to orthodoxies and sacred texts from party clerics and their true believers.”

— @massterlist.com Morning E-mail

Thanks to @gintautasd.bsky.social for including me in the @massterlist.com set of New Year’s resolutions.

Though apparently I made a mistake by giving an actual resolution when it looks like the thing to do is recite a policy agenda?

Courts rule and Beacon Hill scrambles as SNAP cutoff date arrives

(sharing the link for those that come across this organically)
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With O’Brien’s return, the Cannabis Control Commission goes back to sparring

BULLY POTPIT #MAPoli

Monday!

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📻📻 I’m very excited to say that in a few weeks I’ll be starting at @wbur.org as their state politics reporter. I’m looking forward to continuing to cover power and policy on Beacon Hill and the 2026 elections. I’m also excited to work with a very talented group of editors and reporters. #mapoli

Monday at the UMass Club #MAPoli

Sitting pointlessly beside the top businessman was...

Private express GL-D shuttle tonight! Love the non-stop service between Newton Highlands and Copley. Well done, @mbta.com!

Out with MASSterList: Rich Davey - MASSterList “The beauty about Massport is there's sort of the day-to-day operations, like, why can't we get the bags to baggage claim more quickly?” Davey said. “But you also have the mindshare to think big and t...

When I returned to @MASSterList.com earlier this summer, one of the first things I did was reach out to Massport about a sit-down with their CEO, whom I knew from my days covering the T.

The result is this interview, conducted over eggs and coffee
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These are the PR firms battling it out in the Market Basket parking lot Plus: City Hall scuttlebutt, top union adds to roster and more

Market Basket’s latest power struggle is as much a PR battle as a business one. Arthur T. Demoulas is again backed by Rasky Partners, while the board has tapped Liberty Square Group via its law firm. Unlike 2014, this saga lacks a simple hero-villain storyline.

Also doing 25/25... Four flights in (all delayed due to mechanical issues), and I’m struck by how low morale seems at B6. The overall vibe feels flat and transactional—even with Mosaic support, it’s like everyone’s just going through the motions.

@massterlist.com meeting the moment 🦾

Taunton hands ACLU a big bill as group seeks data on tech usage Plus: Wu internal poll, super PAC signs, and Scott Ferson’s new book

There are so many good little nuggets in this morning’s @massterlist.com #MAPoli

The list, obtained by MASSterList, included but was not limited to Alstom, Deutsche Bahn, Transport UK, Transdev, Herzog, and Alternate Concepts Inc., the company headed by James O’Leary, who lost the current contract to Keolis Commuter Rail Services in 2014.

News: On tonight’s Daily Show, guest is LA Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong, who announces that he is taking the newspaper public, per source in studio.

A YIMBY super PAC enters the arena

With local resistance growing, two supporters of Abundant Housing Massachusetts — Molly Goodman and political strategist Josh Rosmarin — are launching a new housing-focused super PAC to take the fight to the ballot box. #MAPoli massterlist.beehiiv.com/p/a-yimby-su...

Summer in the city means forums, forums, forums

Recent federal policy changes have raised questions about protections for immigrants, international students, LGBTQIA+ individuals, and disabled people. What can federal, state, and local leaders do to better protect vulnerable communities in Massachusetts?

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A small sea of bold-faced names at the Boston Convention Center to dedicate it to Mayor Menino

Current and former elected officials, developers, executives, former aides and reporters who covered his 20 years in office

Congrats Gin and MASSterList!! 🔊🔊

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