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The Massachusetts State House in Boston. State advocates and policy makers have expressed both approval and concern for Governor Charlie Baker’s redistricting of the State Senate and House of Representatives. BRIAN SONG/ DFP FILE

Baker approves new district maps increasing majority-minority precincts

Jit Ping Lee November 11, 2021
Governor Charlie Baker signed into law new maps redistricting the State Senate and House last week.
HAGERTY: All politics is local

HAGERTY: All politics is local

Grace Hagerty April 23, 2017

“All politics is local” is one of the most widely quoted political anecdotes. Many attribute it to former speaker of the house Thomas "Tip" O’Neill who represented northern Boston from 1953 to 1987....

Gov. Charlie Baker speaks at the State of the Commonwealth last January. Now, Baker and Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito are proposing an increase of $91 million in the budget for elementary and secondary education funding. PHOTO BY KELSEY CRONIN/ DFP FILE PHOTO

Mass. officials propose historic increase in Chapter 70 education funding

Carina Imbornone January 26, 2017

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker and Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito proposed historic legislation on Saturday in the Fiscal Year 2018 budget, which would provide an increase of $91 million in Chapter 70 education...

Former Pres. Obama aide Eric Lesser to run for Massachusetts State Senate

Daily Free Press Admin February 19, 2014

Eric Lesser, a former aide to U.S. President Barack Obama, announced Tuesday he is running for a State Senate seat in the First Hampden and Hampshire District. Lesser, a Democrat from Longmeadow, has...

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