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At a press conference across from the site of what could become a stadium for the NE Revolution, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu says the city has met six times with the Kraft Group to talk about a mitigation agreement, but so far has received “no meaningful technical information.”

2026 BALLOT Q: A group focused on transparency in elections plans to pursue two ballot questions in 2026 that would require voter identification at the polls and strip away MA residents’ ability to participate in no-excuse mail-in voting. #mapoli bostonherald.com/2025/08/04/ele…

At NCSL, Texas state Sen. Royce West tells reporters that Texas lawmakers who are in Boston for the conference are planning to hold a press conference Wednesday at the MA State House. #mapoli / #txleg

INBOX: Gov. Greg Abbott has directed Texas DPS to arrest Democrats who did not report to the Texas House today

Gov. Baker’s admin warned Gov. Healey about a surge of migrants and dwindling shelter capacity in 2022, or months before she took office, according to a doc approved by Mike Kennealy when he was secretary of housing and economic development. #mapoli bostonherald.com/2025/08/05/gov…

2026 CASH DASH: Republican candidate for governor Mike Kennealy, a former cabinet secretary under Gov. Charlie Baker, raised the most cash last month, but most of that money came from a $200K loan he gave his campaign. #mapoli bostonherald.com/2025/08/05/mik…

BALLOT INITIATIVE INTRIGUE: Auditor Diana DiZoglio is signing onto 2026 ballot initiative to bring Legislature and gov's office under public records laws Former gov candidate Danielle Allen behind effort, with assist from Northwind Strategies

BAR ADVOCATES: Gov. Maura Healey signs a spending bill into law that gives pay raises to Bar Advocates, including some that have refused to take new cases because of what they say is low hourly rates compared to neighboring states. #mapoli

Mike Kennealy, a Republican running for governor, drew criticism Wednesday from MA conservatives and Democrats for his oversight of state-funded emergency family shelters during his time as a cabinet secretary under former Gov. Charlie Baker. #mapoli bostonherald.com/2025/08/06/mas…

‘POWER GRAB’ — Gov. Healey said an attempt by TX GOP to redraw US House maps to increase Republicans in Congress is a “partisan, craven political power grab” that affects people in MA because of the impact it could have on future elections. #mapoli bostonherald.com/2025/08/06/gov…

‘SHIELD BILL’ — Gov. Maura Healey plans to sign a bill Thursday that Democrats have argued is necessary to shore up the state’s privacy laws around transgender and reproductive health care in the wake of President Donald Trump’s election. #mapoli

SUFFOLK COUNTY: Federal prosecutors indicted Suffolk County Sheriff Steven Tompkins on two counts of extortion related to his “purchase of an equity interest in a Boston-based cannabis company.” He was taken into custody today while in Florida. #mapoli

ANOTHER MARKEY CHALLENGER? A former town councilor from West Springfield and candidate for Congress is considering running against U.S. Sen. Ed Markey as a Republican during the 2026 midterm elections. #mapoli bostonherald.com/2025/08/10/pol…

TOMPKINS + RCC: Suffolk County Sheriff Steve Tompkins resigned from the Roxbury Community College Board of Trustees, where he serves as chair, days after he was arrested in Florida on charges that he extorted a Boston-based cannabis company. #mapoli bostonherald.com/2025/08/13/suf…