Healthcare workers continue to suffer assaults and other incidents of workplace violence. The Massachusetts Nurses Association, the Massachusetts Health & Hospital Association, the Massachusetts Division of 1199SEIU, the Massachusetts Emergency Nursing Association and the Massachusetts College of Emergency Physicians have come together to support meaningful, measurable and enforceable legislation addressing workplace violence in our healthcare facilities. Pass H.4767.
On a Wednesday evening in early March, Rep. Paul Donato stands in the front room of Carrie Nation chatting with a huddle of people. Across the room from him are platters of chicken fingers and sliders surrounded by green, upholstered booths still empty.
Outside, commuters pass by the picture windows facing Beacon Street while Labor Secretary Lauren Jones slips into the back "speakeasy" room for an event. Minutes later, Reps. Sean Garballey and Kate Donaghue join Donato and others in the front room.
The restaurant and bar provide a backdrop for a virtual money machine that feeds state politics.
A search for "Carrie Nation" on the Office of Campaign and Political Finance website yields 2,233 results, and expenditures by candidates and campaigns of $678,000. The first ten that populate between April 20 and May 22 alone show that Beacon Hill lawmakers, including those who live throughout the state, expensed about $3,835 to the neighborhood watering hole.
Carrie Nation has hosted scores of events with ties to the Golden Dome since opening in 2013. The first Carrie Nation expense report filed with campaign finance regulators belongs to none other than House Speaker Ron Mariano, days after the spot opened. The next belongs to former Senate President Stan Rosenberg, courtesy of a fundraising meeting. In that first year, other familiar faces included state rep and now-Massachusetts Health and Hospital Association President Steve Walsh, former House Speaker Robert DeLeo, then-state Rep. Marty Walsh, now-House Majority Leader Mike Moran, and then-attorney general candidate Maura Healey.
More recently, Worcester Rep. John Mahoney spent just over $1,000 there in mid-May, Healey dished out more than $1,700 on fundraiser catering in March, Sen. Barry Finegold $740 in March, and Rep. Mike Day spent more than $1,600 for a holiday fundraiser in December.
But before Carrie Nation, those dollars went elsewhere…
Ella Adams is a reporter for the State House News Service. Reach her at [email protected].
Healthcare workers continue to suffer assaults and other incidents of workplace violence. The Massachusetts Nurses Association, the Massachusetts Health & Hospital Association, the Massachusetts Division of 1199SEIU, the Massachusetts Emergency Nursing Association and the Massachusetts College of Emergency Physicians have come together to support meaningful, measurable and enforceable legislation addressing workplace violence in our healthcare facilities. Pass H.4767.
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‘AGREEMENT IN PRINCIPLE': House and Senate budget chiefs announced Monday they’ve reached an “agreement in principle” on the state’s about $63.4 billion fiscal 2027 annual budget and plan to send it to the governor’s desk on Wednesday. No details on the compromise have been released. — State House News Service via WBUR
IN THE IN-BETWEEN… Lawmakers on Monday sent a $7.7 billion interim budget to Gov. Healey, which will help the state pay its bills while she reviews the negotiated annual budget anticipated to hit her desk this week. — State House News Service
WHAT DOES HEALEY WANT? Gov. Healey said she wants to see bills she filed and supported related to “lowering people’s costs” on her desk by July 31, naming energy, healthcare and jobs bills specifically. — State House News Service
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CHRISTIANBOOK GONE: Book manufacturer and distributor Christianbook is shutting its Peabody warehouse and headquarters and laying off 125 employees. Its corporate offices are moving to Danvers while its manufacturing and distribution are headed to Nashville. — Boston Business Journal
MASS. SUES OVER MEDICAID: Massachusetts is one of five New England states, among 26, that sued the federal government on Monday to block work requirements for Medicaid enrollees, which threaten access to healthcare for thousands. — Boston Globe
AMHERST SUPERINTENDENT GONE: Amherst Regional Public Schools Superintendent E. Xiomara Herman will step down at the end of the 2027 school year when her three-year contract ends. — Daily Hampshire Gazette
FEDS SUE OVER TUITION: The U.S. Department of Justice is suing Massachusetts over its “Tuition Equity Law,” which went into place three years ago and expands in-state tuition to public higher education institutions for people who attended a Massachusetts high school for at least three years, regardless of their legal status. — WBUR
WU AIMS AT THE HILL: As Boston Mayor Michelle Wu wades into two Boston Senate races, endorsing first-time candidates, she told the Globe she’s not worried about blowback from the State House. — Boston Globe
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