Chris Lisinski
@ChrisLisinski
Reporter, MBTA-watcher and occasional data wrangler @statehousenews. Suffering Oxford comma defender. [email protected]
NEW: Kate Walsh, the state's health and human services secretary, is stepping down. Undersecretary Kiame Mahaniah will take over the top job Monday at an inflection point as Massachusetts braces for major Medicaid cuts. #mapoli statehousenews.com/news/executive…
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NEW: after fielding criticism behind the scenes for days, Gov. Healey on Friday plans to name Steve Walsh -- the state's top hospital lobbyist -- to a board position at the state watchdog agency overseeing health care. #mapoli statehousenews.com/news/healthcar…
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We are delighted to share that Gintautas Dumcius (@gintautasd) is returning to MASSterList as Editor. massterlist.com/2025/07/10/gin…
The cost-control bill Gov. Healey filed when signing the state budget has a major policy rider: it would end the role played by a federal vaccine advisory panel — which RFK Jr. just reshaped — in setting Mass. childhood immunization schedules. #mapoli statehousenews.com/news/healthcar…
NEW: On the same holiday that President Trump signs a law with massive, years-long impacts on state finances, Gov. Healey signed a $60.9 billion state budget and outlined a suite of additional cost-control proposals. #mapoli statehousenews.com/news/economy/b…
State budget-writers across the country are on the verge of finding out exactly how significant federal funding cuts will be. And in Mass., lawmakers quietly built an $800 million cushion into their budget with those impacts in mind. #mapoli statehousenews.com/news/legislatu…
A fundraiser for Maura Healey who also held "leadership roles in the Baker Administration for MassHealth and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts" just started a super PAC
The Leadership for MA Independent Expenditure Political Action Committee has been organized as a IE PAC on 6/27/25. Filer Page: ocpf.us/r?f=81139
Senate Democrats rolled out a $61.3 billion state budget, calling for a 6.3% increase in spending with a boost -- albeit smaller than the House proposed -- for the T and money to keep open a pair of mental health facilities eyed for closure. #mapoli nbcboston.com/news/local/mas…
happy "The Waste Land" day to all who celebrate the cruellest month poetryfoundation.org/poems/47311/th…
Decades in making, South Coast rail service begins Monday #mapoli statehousenews.com/news/transport… via @statehousenews
NEW: after facing sustained criticism from the companies, Massport announces an eleventh-hour deal with Uber and Lyft that softens ride-hailing fee increases at Logan and pilots curbside access for riders. #mapoli statehousenews.com/news/transport…
if they don't bring back skateboarding Darth Maul I'm pursuing legal action
Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 + 4 remake launches in July theverge.com/news/622957/to…
“Gov. JB Pritzker of Illinois and Gov. Maura Healey of Massachusetts each told Mr. Schumer that Senate Democrats should not vote for Mr. Trump’s nominees after the administration issued a memo freezing the funding.” - NYT #mapoli nytimes.com/2025/01/29/us/…
NEW: Gov. Healey is rolling out an $8 billion plan to stabilize the MBTA's budget and position Mass. for future transportation investments, teeing up one of the most significant debates of the new legislative term. #mapoli statehousenews.com/news/transport…
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INBOX: In an email to Mayor Michelle Wu's supporters, her husband Conor Pewarski says the family "welcomed Baby Mira... into the world yesterday—just in time for Michelle’s birthday today!"
former emo kids are gonna go super saiyan when they see Fall Out Boy, Avril Lavigne and All Time Low announced for the same day
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BRAD JONES WINS: Rep. Brad Jones, a North Reading Republican, easily won reelection to House minority leader, beating out Rep. Marc Lombardo of Billerica in a closed-door vote today. The vote was 19-5-1, according to both men. #mapoli
THE BIG THREE: Gov. Healey, Speaker Mariano, and Senate President Spilka plan to meet privately Wednesday. The meeting comes as Beacon Hill lawmakers are expected to vote (at some point) on an economic development bill. #mapoli