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22,000 people start their morning with MASSterList! Forward us to your friends Sign Up Today  ‌  ‌  ‌ Top 5 Recent Stories MASSterList Biweekly Digest - What you read the most! 1 - Nantucket’s ‘Lord of the Flies’ The severe coronavirus outbreak on Nantucket hasn’t exactly brought out the best in some residents living on one of the nation’s richest resort islands, according to Erin Banco at Yahoo News. Yahoo News 2 - One thing everyone can agree on about Robert DeLeo: He’s no ‘Iron Duke’ Say what you will about the Herald’s Howie Carr, he’s often a font of political trivia and history, including the legal history of Massachusetts House speakers stretching all the way back to John Forbes “Iron Duke” Thompson in the 1960s. Never heard of the Iron Duke from Ludlow? Now you have. Howie drops lots of other seemingly forgotten names as well. Boston Herald 3 - The list of candidates eyeing DeLeo’s House seat grows longer Still no definitive word when or if House Speaker Robert DeLeo plans to leave the State House for a job at Northeastern University, though Senate President Karen Spilka is talking like he’s a goner and will be missed. But we do know this: A lot of people are eying a run for DeLeo’s House seat, reports the Herald’s Erin Tiernan, who has a full list of the potential candidates. Boston Herald 4 - Now they tell us: Disinfecting surfaces really doesn’t matter much After stuffing our kitchen-sink cabinet with lord knows how many household cleaners and disinfectants, now they tell us that cleaning surfaces doesn’t really matter during the pandemic? NPR’s Patti Neighmond has more at GBH on what scientists are now saying about cleaning and re-cleaning all those surfaces in your home. At least we can now call off our search for the Holy Grail of Hoarding: Formula 409. GBH 5 - Five things you need to know about the vaccine rollout in Mass The Globe’s Anissa Gardizy has a good “five things you need to know” piece about the vaccine rollout in general in Massachusetts. Boston Globe Got an Event Coming Up? Advertise it for free on Beacon Hill Town Square. Click here to get started or email Dart@MASSterList.com. We want your opinion... What was the story that mattered most to you? 1 - Nantucket’s ‘Lord of the Flies’ Select 2 - Robert DeLeo is no ‘Iron Duke’ Select 3 - The list of candidates eyeing DeLeo’s House seat grows longer Select 4 - Disinfecting surfaces really doesn’t matter much Select 5 - Five things you need to know about the vaccine rollout in Mass Select Your poll results from the previous MASSterList digest issue: 1 - Physician accused of $10.6M in fraudulent Medicare billings - 29% 2 - Baker unveils three-phase vaccination plan - 28.3% 3 - Katherine Clark’s fast rise to the top - 15.9% 4 - Five Republican ex-candidates sue to overturn election results - 13.8% 4 - Black trooper was victim of discrimination - 13.1% Keller at Large Podcast on MASSterList Did you hear our feature? Every Tuesday and Thursday, join Jon Keller on MASSterList for the Keller at Large podcast. Listen Here Today's edition...-...Job Board...-...Beacon Hill Town Square

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