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The debate over debates

Happening Today 9 a.m. | Department of Elementary and Secondary Education hosts virtual Student Government Day 2022 featuring remarks from Gov. Charlie Baker, Supreme Judicial Court Justice Serge Georges Jr., Senate President Karen Spilka, and House Speaker Ronald Mariano. 10 a.m. | Boston Mayor Michelle Wu gives remarks at the Boston Fair Housing Commission’s Fair […]

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Beep-beep. Chicken sandwich coming through

Happening Today 10 a.m. | Massachusetts Workforce Association hosts a virtual policy briefing to discuss the group’s fiscal 2023 budget priorities and findings in a Boston Indicators report about the state labor market 10 a.m. | Mass. Gaming Commission meets for what will be Commissioner Gayle Cameron’s final meeting and Commissioner Nakisha Skinner’s first. 10 […]

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Wu’s dining dilemma

Happening Today 10 a.m. | Coalition for Worker Ownership and Power holds press conference outside the State House in connection with a statewide “Day of Action” to push legislators to create more opportunities for working people to own their workplaces.  11 a.m. | House meets in a full formal session with plans to consider a […]

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The betting line on Spilka

Keller at Large Keller: Welcome to Smear City On this week’s Keller at Large, Jon Keller takes a look at false rumors questioning Boston Mayor Michelle Wu’s mental stability. Keller’s take: “In accord with the local political culture’s conceit that we lead the nation in everything, there’s a case to be made that Massachusetts politics […]

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An Oscar moment to delete

Happening Today 10:30 a.m. | Gov. Charlie Baker and Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito attend an opening celebration for a New Balance manufacturing facility in Methuen. 11 a.m. | House meets in an informal session and Senate meets without a calendar. 1:30 p.m. | U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg joins Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, Phoenix Mayor […]

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Gas tax suspension falters

Happening Today Today | Labor officials release Massachusetts unemployment rate and jobs data for February. 9:45 a.m. | U.S. Rep. Lori Trahan and U.S. Rep. Stephen Lynch hold a press conference to discuss their trip to the Ukrainian border and eastern Europe as part of a Congressional delegation visit. 10:30 a.m. | Sen. Ed Markey […]

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Gas prices fueling GOP in 2022

Happening Today 9:30 a.m. | Boston Mayor Michelle Wu holds a press conference at City Hall with Chief of Equity and Inclusion Mariangely Solis Cervera to announce a new LGBTQ+ initiative.  10:30 a.m. | Gov. Charlie Baker, Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito, Labor and Workforce Development Secretary Rosalin Acosta visit LabCentral in Cambridge “to announce a […]

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To Somerville and beyond

Keller at Large Keller: St. Pat’s Party Is Over On this week’s Keller at Large, Jon Keller takes a look at whether the St. Patrick’s Day Breakfast has fizzled out or is just going through a down year. Keller’s take: “The breakfast as we knew it in the days of Bill Bulger and Steve Lynch […]

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All aboard the GLX

Happening Today 8 a.m. | Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie joins New England Council in Manchester, New Hampshire for “Politics & Eggs” event, which over the years has offered a stage to potential presidential candidates. 9 a.m. | U.S. Rep. Katherine Clark hosts a press conference to discuss new federal funding to help plan […]