Bill Forry, Editor
Should Boston hold a special election this summer to replace Mayor Walsh when he leaves City Hall to become Labor Secretary? The consensus answer, judging by the public debate surrounding a home rule petition against holding one proposed by City Councillor Ricardo Arroyo, is a resounding “no.”
Secretary of State William Galvin, the Boston Municipal Research Bureau, NAACP Boston, MassVOTE, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley, and the majority of councillors who are on the record about the matter have all spoken up clearly to say what we also believe: It does not make sense to schedule a special this year, particularly when there is already a municipal election set for September and November. The council should expedite its efforts to get this sensible proposal to the Legislature for its approval. Gov. Baker has already indicated that he will sign it.
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WASHINGTON (CN) Alphabet’s Google said Tuesday that it will not make contributions to the 147 Republican lawmakers who voted against certifying the results of the 2020 presidential election.
Following the pre-inauguration insurrection at the Capitol led by a pro-Trump mob, the tech giant paused all contributions from its political action committee, NetPAC, until it could reevaluate its policies toward political contributions.
“Following that review, the NetPAC board has decided that it will not be making any contributions this cycle to any member of Congress who voted against certification of the election results,” a Google spokesperson said in a statement Tuesday.
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On his first days in office, President Joe Biden is expected to sign a flurry of executive actions, some of which will reverse decisions made by his predecessor, President Donald Trump. The first few Biden Administration executive orders will focus on the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change and addressing racial inequality.
Beyond the immediate actions reflected in the fact sheet, we anticipate additional healthcare executive orders on Jan. 28 for Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act (ACA) that take steps to strengthen Medicaid and initiate an open enrollment period under the ACA, as well as an order that rescinds the Mexico City policy and disavows the Geneva Declaration (a multilateral anti-abortion declaration signed by the Trump Administration).