Matt Stout
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State House reporter for the @BostonGlobe, covering politics and government. Formerly @bostonherald. Reach me at [email protected]
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Joined December 2011
NEW: @DebGoldbergMA said she fired Shannon O’Brien as the state’s top cannabis regulator last year because of several instances in which she would “bully, humiliate, and abuse her colleagues,” according to newly released documents. via @BostonGlobe
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“That’s just a very trite answer. Come on now.” A meeting between state Senators and @massauditor staff laid bare the legal and political disputes gestating between DiZoglio and legislative leaders about her proposed audit of the Legislature. @BostonGlobe
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INBOX: Former Mass. state senator Dean Tran was sentenced to an 18-month prison sentence on a fraud conviction. US Attorney’s office said Tran collected tens of thousands in unemployment benefits while working, and hid $54,000 in consulting income after he left office in 2021
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Mass. Governor Maura Healey said Friday that she intends to run for reelection next year, saying she believes she has more to do in a second term as Massachusetts' top elected official. via @BostonGlobe
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BREAKING: @maura_healey announces on "Boston Public Radio" that she intends to run for reelection IN 2026. "I plan to run for reelection because there's a lot more to do," she says
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“I don’t know so much that it’s meant to keep migrant families out of the system — it’s meant to control the expense side that we are faced with in a budget that’s under stress from a lot of different ways,” @RonMariano told @anjalihuynh via @BostonGlobe
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Vowing to bring more transparency to a legislative body often accused of resisting it, Mass. Senate leaders unveiled a wide-ranging package of changes Thursday that'd require lawmakers file "plain English" summaries of all their bills. via @BostonGlobe
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RT @samanthajgross: NEW: State Representative Jeffrey Roy spent $10,000 in campaign donations on an outside communications consultant amid…
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RT @samanthajgross: Elon Musk’s access to federal data ’is a five-alarm fire,’ Governor Maura Healey says via @Matt…
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RT @samanthajgross: Glitchy connections and busy signals: Amid firehose of Trump news, Mass. Congressional delegation’s phones are jammed.…
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NEW: Mass. House leaders on Wednesday unveiled a $425 million bill that would dramatically limit the number of families in the state’s overwhelmed emergency shelter system and require applicants prove they are in the country lawfully. w/ @samanthajgross
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NEW: The Mass. House released its version of a $425 million emergency shelter bill that would, among other things, require applicants to disclose criminal history and cap the system at 4,000 families by year’s end. (Currently it’s capped at 7,500) Story tk
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“What will happen … if the tap is turned off.” Mass. leaders asked officials across state government to identify the federal money their departments use and any steps they could take to “protect” the state if the Trump admin cuts it off. via @BostonGlobe
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On Monday, dozens of Massachusetts community health centers received a memo from federal officials ordering them to comply with executive orders issued last week by Donald Trump that ban programs related to DEI and “gender ideology.” @BostonGlobe
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RT @samanthajgross: House Speaker @RonMariano says it’s “not his intention” to separate joint committees into separate panels, a proposal r…
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RT @megansarahj: Truly a bucket list interview for me!!!!! I did a Mad Men rewatch this year for the first time since it aired, so it felt…
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RT @samanthajgross: In re-filed bill, Healey takes second swing to allow cities and towns to raise taxes on hotels, meals, cars https://t.…
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INBOX: @MassGovernor in statement says President Trump’s impending tariffs on goods from Canada, Mexico, and China are “nothing more than a giant price hike” on Americans. She also warned that any tariffs on lumber imports could further hike housing construction costs. #mapoli
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To get a sense of where Democrats stand a week and a half into Trump 2.0: @RepMcGovern says he wears beads gifted to him by the Dalai Lama to help manage his "fear and my concerns and my anxiety." "They’re not working," he deadpanned Friday. @BostonGlobe
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RT @Giuliamcdnr: UPDATE: The Essex County DAs office dismissed charges against a Lynn teen who was arrested by ICE after she allegedly push…
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