Beacon Hill starts a brand new rolling budget cycle.
Gintautas Dumcius
Gintautas Dumcius has covered politics and power for 20 years inside Boston City Hall and on Beacon Hill and beyond, often filing and editing stories while riding the T. While a freelancer working at State House News Service, he co-founded the MASSterList morning newsletter in 2008 and returned as its editor in 2025. He has also served as a reporter for MassLive, as an editor at the Boston Business Journal and the Dorchester Reporter, and as a senior reporter at CommonWealth Beacon. He is the author of the 2013 ebook “This Way to City Hall,” a deep dive into the campaigns to replace Tom Menino and the emergence of super PACs in city politics. Boston-born and Quincy-raised, he lives on the South Shore with his family.
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Pain, but not much gain
For all the sound and fury over the MBTA Communities Act, the 2021 law has so far been a simply modest success.
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Cities seek salvation
For cities and towns, federal and state funding levels are the budgets of yesteryear. Plus: The case of the mysterious Moulton posts.
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MASSterList Q&A: Clarence Anthony and Adam Chapdelaine
An article in The Atlantic recently suggested that the drop in violent crime, hitting a low not seen since the 1960s, may just be the result of a massive infusion of federal funds to cities and towns through the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA).
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Keller on the politics of snow storms
Jon Keller writes for MASSterList about the political perils for governors during snow storms. Plus: David Hogg’s group endorses Lynch challenger
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Floating on ICE
In state of the state, Healey attacks Trump’s enforcement agency — and draws some criticism as well. Plus: Super PAC spending, challengers ahoy in House and Senate races and more in Political Intel.
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Healey’s half-court offense
With state of state and campaign launch, it’s Gov. Maura Healey’s game. Plus: Two hats for Dem Lt. Governors group’s executive director.
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Rules of the road
There are few things that can be discussed in the transportation space without off-roading into controversy. Here’s one of them.
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Keller on the death of Boston’s tax shift proposal
Jon Keller writes for MASSterList: “The 33-5 vote killing Wu’s bid for a multi-year lift in the legal cap on commercial tax rates wasn’t just a defeat – it was a rout.”
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Hold the phone
Kim Driscoll’s contacts list includes a who’s who of state and local officials. That was apparent during an early December meeting of Gov. Maura Healey’s Competitiveness Council.