On Tuesday, April 22, 2008, @statehousenews.com debuted a new feature offering subscribers a compendium of headlines from across Massachusetts in their inboxes.

A newsletter before newsletters were cool.

Then, now, always — the original #MAPoli newsletter: @massterlist.com 🐐

#LetsGoBuffalo

Attorney General Bonta Secures Critical Win in Nexstar/Tegna Merger Challenge, Court Orders Titans to Halt Merging Court grants states’ request for a preliminary injunction OAKLAND — California Attorney General Rob Bonta today issued the following statement after the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of...

We’ve secured a court order halting the merger of Nexstar/Tegna while our case continues — a critical win.

This merger is illegal, plain and simple. The federal govt may have thrown in the towel, but we’ll keep fighting for consumers, for workers, for affordability, and for our local news.

📰📰 I'm very excited to say that next month I'll be starting at @bostonglobe.com as a political reporter covering state and local politics. I'm looking forward to continuing to cover the crazy world of Massachusetts politics, including Beacon Hill and the 2026 elections. #mapoli

Marine layer (I think) over the Common just now #WX

Rent control for those who need it the least | Boston's two public radio stations spend tens of millions on executive salaries, fundraising, deluxe digs | Mass. voters support crackdown on NIMBY regs| Contrarian Boston depends upon your support - we can’t do it without you.

From @scottvv.bsky.social: Do we really need two radio station CEOs, both making $800,000 or more and each leading an entourage of executives pulling down $300,000, $400,000, $500,000 a year?

Wu weighs in on battle between Foxborough and Kraft Group Plus: Preview of Healey at Greater Boston Chamber

Nice lead by @gintautasd.bsky.social: "Town officials in Foxborough have local World Cup organizers by the soccer balls." #mapoli massterlist.beehiiv.com/p/wu-weighs-...

View of Boston from Dorchester Heights

Moving to Salem in May. Any recs?

AG Campbell aims to press her case elsewhere, calling out X’s lack of accountability Plus: Another state Senate seat opens up

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AG Campbell aims to press her case elsewhere, calling out X’s lack of accountability Plus: Another state Senate seat opens up

I talked with @gintautasd.bsky.social of @massterlist.com about @massago.bsky.social's decision to leave Xitter: "“The days when everybody could gather around the social media campfire are pretty much over." #mapoli massterlist.beehiiv.com/p/ag-campbel...

The challenges of the Mass. economy are piling up, as a new report outlines

Donnelly: The challenges facing the Mass. economy are mounting, but please stay. If you like a challenge, Massachusetts is the place to be. #MAPoli

The cause of death officially was stated as a "response to Customer demand for more options," but unofficially is known to many as a "cash grab from Elliott Investment Management."
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Lumi?

Trump Backs Credit Card Swipe Fee Crackdown—Why Rewards Get Cut and Fees Go Up - View from the Wing Trump has now endorsed the Durbin-Marshall swipe fee bill, pitching it as “competition” and consumer relief. In reality it shifts value from cardholders to retailers—cutting rewards, pushing issuers t...

Interchange pays for a bundled service people take for granted. Global acceptance, instant authorization and liquidity, fraud management, currency conversion, and purchase protections and chargebacks are funded by the economics of the system. Cut the economics, and you gut that service.

MUST-READ @massterlist.com morning e-mail today provides insights into the property tax relief scramble in the Senate, and the political campaigns of Latoya Gayle (challenging Sen. Nick Collins) and Daniel Lander (challenging Sen. Will Brownsberger).

Two snippets from a larger piece:

“The online sermons from the left and the right often decry media bias, but the simpler explanation for the alleged bias may be that newsrooms are indifferent to orthodoxies and sacred texts from party clerics and their true believers.”

— @massterlist.com Morning E-mail

Thanks to @gintautasd.bsky.social for including me in the @massterlist.com set of New Year’s resolutions.

Though apparently I made a mistake by giving an actual resolution when it looks like the thing to do is recite a policy agenda?

Courts rule and Beacon Hill scrambles as SNAP cutoff date arrives

(sharing the link for those that come across this organically)
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With O’Brien’s return, the Cannabis Control Commission goes back to sparring

BULLY POTPIT #MAPoli

Monday!

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📻📻 I’m very excited to say that in a few weeks I’ll be starting at @wbur.org as their state politics reporter. I’m looking forward to continuing to cover power and policy on Beacon Hill and the 2026 elections. I’m also excited to work with a very talented group of editors and reporters. #mapoli

Monday at the UMass Club #MAPoli

Sitting pointlessly beside the top businessman was...

Private express GL-D shuttle tonight! Love the non-stop service between Newton Highlands and Copley. Well done, @mbta.com!

Out with MASSterList: Rich Davey - MASSterList “The beauty about Massport is there's sort of the day-to-day operations, like, why can't we get the bags to baggage claim more quickly?” Davey said. “But you also have the mindshare to think big and t...

When I returned to @MASSterList.com earlier this summer, one of the first things I did was reach out to Massport about a sit-down with their CEO, whom I knew from my days covering the T.

The result is this interview, conducted over eggs and coffee
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These are the PR firms battling it out in the Market Basket parking lot Plus: City Hall scuttlebutt, top union adds to roster and more

Market Basket’s latest power struggle is as much a PR battle as a business one. Arthur T. Demoulas is again backed by Rasky Partners, while the board has tapped Liberty Square Group via its law firm. Unlike 2014, this saga lacks a simple hero-villain storyline.