Kelly Garrity

1 day ago | politico.com | Kelly Garrity

EVERYTHING MUSK GO — If you were online Thursday, it was hard to miss the Donald Trump/Elon Musk break-up playing out over social media. While some Democrats were more than ready to celebrate the split between the Republican president and the world’s richest man (You can catch up on the social media slap fight here if you missed it.), it does mean the minority may have to find a new boogeyman.

2 days ago | politico.com | Kelly Garrity

WARNING $IGNS — A report warning of post-pandemic financial turmoil ahead for Boston stoked a tense debate last year about the city’s fiscal future. An updated analysis says things are only looking worse. The report released this morning by the Boston Policy Institute and Tufts University’s Center for State Policy Analysis predicts that office values in Boston could drop 35 per cent to 40 percent below FY24 levels.

3 days ago | politico.com | Kelly Garrity

CONSOLIDATING JOINT CONTROL — The embattled Cannabis Control Commission hasn’t exactly been the kind of agency any politician would want to claim ownership of at the moment. Under a bill the House is voting on this morning, it could become Gov. Maura Healey’s responsibility. The commission has been plagued by multiple bullying accusations, resignations, failed hirings and the high-profile firing of the commission’s former chair, Shannon O’Brien, last fall.

4 days ago | politico.com | Kelly Garrity

BORDER LINES — Republicans point to immigration as one of the forces driving the gains they made in state elections last year. GOP candidates for governor are betting Bay Staters’ frustration over the state’s migrant and family shelter crises will extend to immigration issues more broadly amid a wave of federal immigration action in Massachusetts. Look at last week: When Gov.

5 days ago | politico.com | Kelly Garrity

COLD AS ICE — The detention of an 18-year-old Milford High School student who was on his way to volleyball practice over the weekend brought a wave of renewed outrage from local residents and Democratic lawmakers. Dozens gathered outside Milford Town Hall Sunday to protest the detention of Marcelo Gomes Da Silva, who friends said Sunday was undocumented and had arrived in the country as a child.