This email may be cut off by your email provider. To see today's full MASSterList, click "View entire message" at the bottom, or view the online version here. | By Jay Fitzgerald and Keith Regan 01/18/2021State House jitters | It’s here | JOB BOARD MONDAY | | | | Job Board Monday | | | Reach MASSterList's 22,000 Beacon Hill connected and policy-minded subscribers with your job postings. Have friends interested in one of these positions? Forward the newsletter to them! Contact David Art at dart@massterlist.com or call 860-576-1886 for more information. | | | | Recent postings to the MASSterList Job Board: | | | | Director of Programs - new!, The Rennie Center for Education Research & Policy | Deputy Director - new!, Local Initiatives Support Corporation | Data Strategist, Boston Region Metropolitan Planning Organization Central Transportation Planning Staff | Executive Director, The Massachusetts Association of Community Colleges (MACC) | State Contracting Policy Analysis Consultant, The Collaborative | UTEC Policy Director, UTEC | AIM Engagement Director- Central/Western MA, Associated Industries of Massachusetts | Legislative Liaison, Department of Family and Medical Leave | Director of Communications, Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition (MIRA) | Workforce Development Director, The Massachusetts Association of Community Colleges (MACC) | Deputy Political Director, SEIU Local 509 | Executive Director, Asian American Commission (AAC) | | | | | Happening Today | | | | MLK Jr. Day celebrations and more | | | -- Today is Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a federal and state holiday, with most federal, state and local governments offices closed; stock markets and banks are also closed, though most retail stores will be open. -- City of Boston holds celebratory events in honor of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., with remarks from Mayor Martin Walsh, Boston University President Robert Brown, Karen Holmes Ward, and Ibram Kendi of Boston University, among others, 12 p.m. -- Museum of African American History and the Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras hold their 14th annual celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr., 1 p.m. -- ‘Radio Boston’ focuses an hour-long program on rising Black leaders in Boston and upholding Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King's legacy, with guests including Rep. Liz Miranda, incoming Mass Cultural Council executive director Michael Bobbitt, King Boston executive director Imari Paris Jeffries, and Roxbury activist Monica Cannon Grant, WBUR-FM 90.9, 3 p.m. -- Act on Mass holds a Zoom session to provide an update on its Transparency is Power campaign, which supports legislative rules changes that the organization says will make the lawmaking process more accessible, 6:30 p.m. For the most comprehensive list of calendar items, check out State House News Service’s Daily Advances (pay wall – free trial subscriptions available), as well as MassterList’s Beacon Hill Town Square below. | | |
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| | | | Today's News | | | | Reminder to readers: SHNS Coronavirus Tracker available for free | | | A reminder to our readers as the coronavirus crisis unfolds: The paywalled State House News Service, which produces MASSterList, is making its full Coronavirus Tracker available to the community for free on a daily basis each morning via ML. SHNS Coronavirus Tracker. | | | |
| | | | The coronavirus numbers: 67 new deaths, 13,372 total deaths, 4,283 new cases | | | CBS Boston has the latest coronavirus numbers for Massachusetts. | | | |
| | | | Baker signs transportation bill after slamming the brakes on Uber fees and other items | | | Before getting into all things insurrection and pandemic, first some State House news, specifically Gov. Charlie Baker’s signing on Friday of the mammoth state transportation bonding bill – after he took a veto ax to provisions that called for higher fees on ride-hailing companies like Uber, means-tested fares on public transit and other items in the $16.5 billion package. SHNS’s Chris Liskinski, the Globe’s Adam Vaccaro and CommonWealth’s Bruce Mohl have more on the governor’s transportation-bill vetoes that lawmakers can’t reverse due to the timing of the end of the last legislative session. | | | |
| | |  | | | | | | State House jitters: Police briefly fortify Beacon Hill after report of possible demonstration | | | It was a false alarm. But the false alarm did show that law enforcement officials are on high alert at the State House over reports of possible violent assaults by far-right-wing thugs against state capitols across the nation. A three-reporter team at the Globe and Erin Tiernan and Rick Sobey at the Herald report on the extraordinary steps taken by police yesterday – including temporarily cordoning off most of Beacon Hill – after they received a report of a possible demonstration outside the state capitol. AP News has the national scene covered: “State capitols boarded up, fenced up, patrolled by troops." | | | |
| | | | Lynch and Trahan: Expel them all | | | They mean business. U.S. Reps. Stephen Lynch (GBH) and Lori Trahan (Wicked Local), both Democrats, say any Republican congressional member who is found to have helped the Capitol-building rioters should be expelled from Congress. In related post-riot news, from CBS Boston: “Trahan Says Some GOP Colleagues Have Acted ‘Irresponsibly And Dangerously.’” From the Globe: “McGovern worries Trump could pardon ‘domestic terrorists’ who stormed US Capitol.” And from GBH: “'Absolutely Terrifying': Congressional Leaders Remember Jan. 6 Insurrection.” | | | |
| | | | Where oh where does the GOP go after Trump and the Capitol-riot debacle? | | | The Herald’s Lisa Kashinsky reports Massachusetts Republicans are engaging in some collective “self-reflection” amid the political rubble left behind by the outgoing Trump administration. One high-ranking state GOP official says all should be fine once the orange man is gone. To which we’d point out this inconvenient truth, one of numerous truths, of what the party is facing both nationally and locally: “Some in the GOP parrot far-right talk of a coming civil war” (AP News). Like we said, it’s just one of numerous truths. Boston Herald | | | |
| | | Sponsored Taxing Drinks by Sugar Content Reduces Consumption by 25% The facts on sugary drinks are simple. They pose a real health risk. Kids especially are drinking too many of them. All those sweet drinks contribute to major health problems, like diabetes and heart disease. And with Massachusetts already spending nearly $2 billion per year treating obesity-related diseases, we need to address the problem. Massachusetts should take a page from a growing number of places across the country and adopt a tax on sugary drinks. Learn how a sugary drink tax would improve the health of Massachusetts. | | | | | | Will road-rage incident sink Rollins’ U.S. attorney chances? | | | The Globe’s Andrea Estes reports that Suffolk DA Rachael Rollins is on a short list of finalists to become the next U.S. attorney for Massachusetts. But the list was drawn up before reports of an alleged road-rage incident involving Rollins – and before an apparently tense confrontation between Rollins and a Boston 25 News team on Friday, as the Herald’s Joe Battenfeld reports. Boston 25 News has more on the alleged media-rage incident. Boston Globe | | | |
| | | | Biden picks Broad Institute’s Lander to head new science cabinet post | | | Eric Lander, president and founding director of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, has been tapped by President-elect Joe Biden to serve as chief science adviser in a newly created Cabinet position, reports the BBJ’s Don Seiffert and the Globe’s Jonathan Saltzman and Jeremy Fox. | | | |
| | | | Oh, we have clout in Washington, all right | | | For a while there, it looked like Massachusetts might not gain as much clout as thought and hoped within the incoming Biden administration. But Kimberly Atkins, a Globe opinion writer and former WBUR correspondent in Washington, says Massachusetts has more than its fair share of clout in D.C., if you include the most recent Biden appointments and Congressional clout. WBUR | | | |
| | |  | | | | | | It’s here: First case of U.K. virus variant confirmed in Massachusetts | | | The state Department of Public Health has confirmed that a Boston woman who recently returned from Britain has been diagnosed as the first resident in the state with the new COVID-19 strain that spreads more easily among people, reports Universal Hub’s Adam Gaffin and NBC Boston’s Alec Greaney. | | | |
| | | | ‘Operation Snail Speed’: Baker and others bemoan slow pace of vaccine deliveries | | | Gov. Charlie Baker isn’t happy. Neither is U.S. Sen. Ed Markey. They’re among the growing chorus of critics frustrated with the federal government’s slow distribution of coronavirus vaccines – and the mixed signals about how many vaccines are awaiting to be distributed, according to reports by Ted Wayman at WCVB and Katie Lannan at SHNS (pay wall). | | | |
| | | | Needed: Vaccination sites near where people actually live | | | Gillette Stadium opened its gates over the weekend for first responders to get COVID-19 vaccination shots. But the state will need plenty more vaccination sites to serve all those living in ‘high risk’ communities, many of which currently have no vaccination sites, reports Michael Bonner at MassLive. MassLive | | | |
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| | | | The amazing disappearing state budget crisis | | | The finances of the MBTA, MassPort and numerous other state and local agencies are in a shambles as a result of the pandemic and subsequent economic downturn. But the damage done to the state’s overall budget “may not be as severe as once thought,” so much so that lawmakers are now assuming that tax revenues will rise an impressive 3.5 percent over previously upgraded projections for the current fiscal year, reports SHNS’s Colin Young. SHNS (pay wall -- free trial subscription available) | | | |
| | | | ‘Queenmaker’ Pressley | | | The Globe’s Stephanie Ebbert reports on the most sought after endorsement in the Boston mayoral race – a nod from U.S. Rep. Ayanna Pressley. Meanwhile, the Globe’s Adrian Walker says the mayor’s race will be like no other, due to a diverse field made up of “nothing but diverse candidates.” Boston Globe | | | |
| | |  | | | | | | Far out: Somerville city council embraces psychedelic mushrooms | | | More proof that Somerville is trying its best to be the true People’s Republic of Massachusetts. The Herald’s Marie Szaniszlo reports the Somerville City Council has approved a resolution forbidding police officers and other city employees from enforcing laws regarding the possession of psychedelic mushrooms and other entheogenic plants. Boston Herald | | | |
| | | | Bay State skippers: Taking pass on inaugurations is a Massachusetts thing | | | Skipping your successor’s presidential inauguration? Turns out Donald Trump won’t be the first to skip one. In fact, it’s kind of a Massachusetts thing. Fred Hanson at the Patriot Ledger digs into the history books to find that the country’s second president, John Adams, was traveling back to Quincy when his successor took the oath of office way back in 1801, and John Quincy Adams later steered clear of the inaugural ceremony in 1829. | | | |
| | | | Further confirmation: Long-awaited audit of Methuen police slams former chief | | | No surprises. An outside audit of the Methuen police department found a culture of “favoritism, racism and mismanagement” and laid much of the blame at the feet of former Chief Joseph Solomon, Bill Kirk at the Eagle-Tribune reports. The report says Solomon handed out “specialist” titles to reward loyalty and says a lack of written policies exacerbated mismanagement. Eagle Tribune | | | |
| | |  | | | | | | Pulling the plug: Court halts construction of $1B hydro-power transmission line until further review | | | The $1 billion transmission line project that’s supposed to pump huge amounts of clean hydro power to Massachusetts from Quebec is in trouble again. A federal appeals court has halted preliminary construction to give conservationists time to make their case against the line that would cut through Maine, the AP reports at MassLive. MassLive | | | |
| | | | Biden boom? Offshore wind may reap benefits of new administration | | | They’re expecting a sea change. Offshore wind advocates and developers expect a big boost for their industry after the Biden administration takes over on Wednesday, Doug Fraser at the Cape Cod Times reports. The change could mean alignment between state and federal policies after four years of the Trump team aiming to direct resources to legacy technologies such as coal. Cape Cod Times | | | |
| | | | Rush job? Springfield police, union leaders say implementing reform bill no small task | | | They agree--so there’s that. Springfield Police Commissioner Cheryl Claprprood and the heads of the city’s two largest police unions say the police reform bill that recently passed by state lawmakers appears to have been rushed through the legislature and say they aren’t at all clear on how they’re supposed to go about implementing some of its requirements,Patrick Johnson at MassLive reports. | | | |
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| | | Jan. 18, 11:30 a.m. | | By Us For Us Beyond Cultural Competence: Decolonizing Clinical Constructs | | Hosted by: New Perspective Psychological Services | | | | Adaptations to clinical thought & practice to address the needs of BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ clients by clinicians who serve and belong to these communities. This working group is focused on developing what may become a recurring training series where clinicians of color critically examine the current treatment modalities available and how those can be adapted to most effectively work with BIPOC clients. More Information |
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| | | | Jan. 18, 1 p.m. | | A Testament of Hope: A Celebration of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. | | Hosted by: The Museum of African American History (MAAH), the Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras, (BYSO), & WGBH | | | | The Museum of African American History (MAAH) and the Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras (BYSO) are proud to present our 14th annual celebration of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Please come together with us as we share this special video celebration with you and honor Dr. King with A Testament of Hope! More Information |
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| | | | Jan. 18, 1 p.m. | | Roar Webinar Series with Josefina Bonilla | | Hosted by: RIYHT Media | | | | The Roar Daily Webinar Series at 1:00 p.m. is inspirational and aspirational. Join industry Leaders as we discuss innovation and leadership, definition of success, and the emergence of new leadership styles in trying times. All Webinars are complimentary. More Information |
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| | | | Jan. 18, 1:30 p.m. | | 39th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Keynote and Awards Celebration | | Hosted by: Office of Institutional Diversity | | | | The Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration commemorates the legacy of Dr. King and allows the Oregon State community to reflect on his work in today's context through engaging workshops, presentations, and service opportunities. This year's keynote speaker is Angela Davis, American political activist, philosopher, academic and author. More Information |
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| | | | Jan. 19, 1 p.m. | | Mindful Tuesdays | | Hosted by: The ROAR Webinar Series with Josefina Bonilla | | | | The ROAR Daily Webinar Series is inspirational and aspirational. Join industry Leaders as we discuss Innovation & Leadership, Diversity, Inclusion & Equity, Corporate Social Responsibility & The Community, and the definition of success and the emergency of new leadership styles and techniques to stay connected, healthy and happy. All Webinars are complimentary. More Information |
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| | | | Jan. 20, 6 p.m. | | Lost Wonderland: The Brief and Brilliant Life of Boston's Million Dollar Amusement Park | | Hosted by: Boston Public Library | | | | Stephen R. Wilk, author of Lost Wonderland, will discuss the story of Wonderland's creation and wild, but brief success which is full of larger-than-life characters who hoped to thrill attendees and rake in profits. More Information |
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| | | | Jan. 21, 8:30 a.m. | | 2021 Economic Outlook | | Hosted by: Boston Business Journal and CIBC Commercial Banking | | | | Join the Boston Business Journal and CIBC for an expert look at the latest information concerning global, national and regional trends impacting the economy. The 2021 Economic Outlook will offer unique access to economic insights from world-class experts and professionals to help translate economic trends into competitive intelligence to grow your business and find opportunity in the coming year. More Information |
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| | | | Jan. 21, 1:30 p.m. | | Live Chat with Google Product Manager | | Hosted by: Product School | | | | Join in and get all your product questions answered during our online event with Neil Joglekar, Product Manager at Google. He is a product manager at Google where he leads teams to improve consumer experience. He is also a YC founder. More Information | | |
| | | | Jan. 21, 6 p.m. | | Alex Zamalin - Against Civility: The Hidden Racism in Our Obsession with Civility | | Hosted by: Boston Public Library | | | | Join the Boston Public Library in partnership with the Museum of American History for an online conversation with author Alex Zamalin moderated by MAAH Direcror of Education and Interpretation L'Merchie Frazier. This program is part of the BPL's Repairing America Series. More Information |
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| | | | Jan. 25, 12 p.m. | | Light, Land, and Water; Native and non-Native Visions of New England | | Hosted by: The Courtauld Research Forum | | | | This lecture will attempt to honor diverse definitions of :landscape" by examining Wabanaki baskets and beadwork alongside canvases by New England painters such as Fitz Henry Lane and Martin Johnson Heade, It will raise questions about depictions (or embodiments) of natural resources, relationships between humans, and the environment and entanglements of Native non-Native histories. More Information |
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| | | | Jan. 25, 6 p.m. | | Human Trafficking 101 | | Hosted by: The Key2Free | | | | The Key2Free is committed to education and increased awareness with the goal of preventing trafficking before it starts. Across all states, victims of sex trafficking are enslaved every day through force, fraud, or coercion. Together, we can call attention to and fight the shocking realities of the injustice happening right here in our communities. More Information | | |
| | | | Jan. 27, 12 p.m. | | Malcolm Gladwell and the New Normal after COVID-19 | | Hosted by: Arent Fox LLP | | | | Join Arent Fox for a one hour virtual event with Malcolm Gladwell, the celebrated journalist and best-selling author of Tipping Point, Outliers, and Talking to Strangers, who will talk about life after COVID-19. There will also be a Q&A with Arent Fox Partner Anthony V. Lupo.Malcolm Gladwell and the New Normal after COVID-19 JAN 27 2021 12:00 PM Hosted by: Arent Fox LLP Online Event www.eventbrite.com/e/malcolm-gladwell-and-the-new-normal-after-covid-19-tickets-132113604347?aff=ebdssbonlinesearch Join Arent Fox for a one hour virtual event with Malcolm Gladwell, the celebrated journalist and best-selling author of Tipping Point, Outliers, and Talking to Strangers, who will talk about life after COVID-19. There will also be a Q&A with Arent Fox Partner Anthony V. Lupo. More Information |
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| | | | Jan. 28, 2 p.m. | | lo T in Sports: Changing the Game | | Hosted by: Verizon | | | | Join us as we hear from industry experts about the integration of lo T in the world of live sports, how major leagues like the NFL are utilizing wearable technology and connected devices, what features fans can expect from stadiums as they become more connected, and how 5G & MEC are changing the game for years to come. More Information |
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| | | | Jan. 28, 6 p.m. | | Dr. Maya Rockeymoore Cummings & James Dale - "We're Better Than This" | | Hosted by: Boston Public Library | | | | Join the Boston Public Library for an online talk with distinguished political expert, Dr. Maya Rockeymoore Cummings and longtime non-fiction writer James Dale, co-authors of We're Better Than This: My Fight for the Future of our Democracy, primarily authored by the late Elijah Cummings. More Information |
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| | | | Jan. 28, 6 p.m. | | Community Read Book Group: An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States | | Hosted by: Boston Public Library | | | | Let's read together! Join your friends, family and fellow Yearlong Reading Challenge participants at the Boston Public Library as we discuss the January Community Read for adults: An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz. The discussion will be moderated by a librarian and will take place on Zoom. More Information | | |
| | | | Jan. 29, 12 p.m. | | Global Mobility and the Threat of Pandemics: Evidence from Three Centuries | | Hosted by: Harvard Kennedy School | | | | Researchers at the Center for Global Development test predictions across four global pandemics in three different centuries: the influenza pandemics that began in 1889, 1918, 1957, and 2009. They find that in all cases, even a draconian 50 percent reduction in pre-pandemic international mobility is associated with 1-2 weeks later arrival and no detectable reduction in final mortality. More Information |
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| | | | Feb. 1, 12 p.m. | | Human Rights and the Future World Order | | Hosted by: Harvard Kennedy School and Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs | | | | Speakers include Hina Jilanni, former United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Human Rights Defenders; Samuel Moyn, Henry R. Luce Professor of Jurisprudence, Yale Law School and Professor of History, Yale University; Zeid Ra'ad, Perry World House Professor of the Practice of Law and Human Rights, University of Pennsylvania. More Information |
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| | | | Feb. 2, 2 p.m. | | Social Media for Government Agencies and the Public Sector: Everything You Need to Know but are Afraid to Ask, a Digital CP | | Hosted by: Harvard Kennedy School | | | | Come learn the basics of the Social Media platforms and how you can use them effectively to achieve your goals. Whether you're a Tik Tok influencer or just learned that the symbol # isn't a "pound sign". This workshop is open to all levels. More Information |
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