Samantha Gross
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NEW: Governor Maura Healey’s administration is refusing to release public records that could detail when former aide LaMar D. Cook came and went from the Springfield state office building where police say eight kilograms of cocaine were delivered last month. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/18/m...
Healey’s administration denies releasing records tied to former aide accused of trafficking cocaine - The Boston Globe
The governor’s office has divulged little about Cook since his arrest on drug trafficking charges.
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November 18, 2025 at 1:00 PM
NEW: Governor Maura Healey’s administration is refusing to release public records that could detail when former aide LaMar D. Cook came and went from the Springfield state office building where police say eight kilograms of cocaine were delivered last month. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/18/m...
NEW: Governor Maura Healey said SNAP benefits in Mass are being fully paid out, and that people should “go out and buy the food you need” despite what President Trump says. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/10/m...
Healey to Mass. SNAP recipients: ‘Forget the noise’ from Washington, buy groceries - The Boston Globe
Governor Maura Healey on Monday said that a federal program that helps millions of Americans buy groceries is being fully paid out, and that people should “go out and buy the food you need.”
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November 10, 2025 at 6:17 PM
NEW: Governor Maura Healey said SNAP benefits in Mass are being fully paid out, and that people should “go out and buy the food you need” despite what President Trump says. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/10/m...
A former Healey aide was a pillar of Springfield — until 18 pounds of cocaine arrived at his state office.
Our profile of LaMar Cook: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/10/m...
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A former Healey aide was a pillar of Springfield — until 18 pounds of cocaine arrived at his state office - The Boston Globe
Those who know LaMar Cook said they're struggling to reconcile the man who uplifted his neighborhood with the one police now say was trafficking drugs into it.
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November 10, 2025 at 3:33 PM
A former Healey aide was a pillar of Springfield — until 18 pounds of cocaine arrived at his state office.
Our profile of LaMar Cook: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/10/m...
Our profile of LaMar Cook: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/10/m...
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Coming soon: ‘Immigration Unmasked,’ a weekly newsletter on ICE, justice, and our communities - The Boston Globe
This newsletter is for anyone who wants to better understand how Trump’s extraordinary immigration policy is playing out in Massachusetts.
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November 7, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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NEW: Republican candidate for governor Mike Minogue, who has already poured at least $1.5 million of his own money into his campaign, is preparing to run his second primetime television advertisement — a full year before the election. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/05/m...
Largely fueled by his own cash, GOP gubernatorial candidate Mike Minogue launching $1M ad buy - The Boston Globe
Republican candidate for governor Mike Minogue is running his second primetime television advertisement, a full year before the election.
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November 5, 2025 at 8:21 PM
NEW: Republican candidate for governor Mike Minogue, who has already poured at least $1.5 million of his own money into his campaign, is preparing to run his second primetime television advertisement — a full year before the election. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/05/m...
LaMar Cook case: Former Healey aide ordered held without bail on drug trafficking charges after authorities said they seized nearly 18 pounds of cocaine slated to be delivered to a Springfield state building where he worked. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/31/m...
Former Healey aide charged with cocaine trafficking ordered held after dangerousness hearing - The Boston Globe
A prosecutor said LaMar Cook “represents a danger to the community at large” and argued that he should be held for up to 120 days. A judge agreed.
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October 31, 2025 at 4:12 PM
LaMar Cook case: Former Healey aide ordered held without bail on drug trafficking charges after authorities said they seized nearly 18 pounds of cocaine slated to be delivered to a Springfield state building where he worked. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/31/m...
On Saturday in Springfield, Massachusetts State Police set up a sting in hopes of getting information on a person they believed was involved in shipping large amounts of cocaine to a hotel in Amherst.
It wasn’t an average bust. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/31/m...
It wasn’t an average bust. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/31/m...
‘Like something out of a movie.’ Healey aide’s cocaine trafficking arrest shocks State House. - The Boston Globe
Governor Maura Healey, who appointed LaMar Cook to his role in 2023, said that Cook “underwent a complete background check."
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October 31, 2025 at 1:00 PM
On Saturday in Springfield, Massachusetts State Police set up a sting in hopes of getting information on a person they believed was involved in shipping large amounts of cocaine to a hotel in Amherst.
It wasn’t an average bust. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/31/m...
It wasn’t an average bust. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/31/m...
As SNAP cutoff looms, Mass. to double November funding for food banks
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As SNAP cutoff looms, Mass. to double November funding for food banks - The Boston Globe
Amid a looming federal lapse on SNAP benefits, Massachusetts will provide $8 million — up from $4 million — for the Massachusetts Emergency Food Assistance Program for November, Governor Maura Healey ...
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October 30, 2025 at 4:26 PM
As SNAP cutoff looms, Mass. to double November funding for food banks
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Western Mass. Healey aide arrested; police say cocaine was sent to Springfield state office
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Western Mass. Healey aide arrested; police say cocaine was sent to Springfield state office - The Boston Globe
The aide faces cocaine trafficking and gun charges after police said they seized eight kilograms of cocaine that were slated to be delivered over the weekend to a state building in Springfield.
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October 29, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Western Mass. Healey aide arrested; police say cocaine was sent to Springfield state office
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Lede of the day: "A Springfield-based aide to Governor Maura Healey was arrested after ... police seized eight kilograms of cocaine that were slated to be delivered over the weekend to a state building downtown, where he worked."
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Healey’s Western Mass aide arrested, police say cocaine was sent to Springfield state office - The Boston Globe
A Springfield-based aide to Governor Maura Healey was arrested after authorities said police seized eight kilograms of cocaine that were slated to be delivered over the weekend to the state building w...
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October 29, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Lede of the day: "A Springfield-based aide to Governor Maura Healey was arrested after ... police seized eight kilograms of cocaine that were slated to be delivered over the weekend to a state building downtown, where he worked."
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NEW: Half of the Massachusetts State House staff plan to leave their jobs within two years, according to a new survey conducted by a group of staffers. The survey comes ahead of a hearing this week on legislation that would allow them to unionize.
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Mass. State House staff are unsatisfied, underpaid, and planning to leave, new survey shows - The Boston Globe
The results, shared exclusively with the Globe, largely mirror similar survey results from last year, reflecting a workforce that has not grown happier despite some changes to salary ranges and additi...
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October 27, 2025 at 11:13 AM
NEW: Half of the Massachusetts State House staff plan to leave their jobs within two years, according to a new survey conducted by a group of staffers. The survey comes ahead of a hearing this week on legislation that would allow them to unionize.
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In an exclusive interview — the first since she left her post last Thursday — former transportation secretary Monica Tibbits-Nutt said she felt ready to leave the public eye:
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Departing transportation secretary Monica Tibbits-Nutt said it was time to leave her ‘dream job’ - The Boston Globe
In an exclusive interview, former state transportation secretary Monica Tibbits-Nutt said she felt ready to leave the public eye.
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October 21, 2025 at 1:12 PM
In an exclusive interview — the first since she left her post last Thursday — former transportation secretary Monica Tibbits-Nutt said she felt ready to leave the public eye:
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Moulton’s Senate bid opens chance to move up political food chain. Here’s who is vying for his seat.
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Moulton’s Senate bid opens chance to move up political food chain. Here’s who is vying for his seat. - The Boston Globe
At least two Democrats officially declared their campaign to succeed him, and several others are actively considering it.
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October 16, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Moulton’s Senate bid opens chance to move up political food chain. Here’s who is vying for his seat.
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NEW: Citing ‘serious questions’ and ‘questionable spending,’ Mass. lawmakers move to hold back funding for sheriffs www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/14/m...
Citing ‘serious questions’ and ‘questionable spending,’ Mass. lawmakers move to hold back funding for sheriffs - The Boston Globe
Massachusetts lawmakers propose holding back $162 million for county sheriff’s offices in a spending bill, citing “questionable spending practices."
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October 14, 2025 at 6:00 PM
NEW: Citing ‘serious questions’ and ‘questionable spending,’ Mass. lawmakers move to hold back funding for sheriffs www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/14/m...
NEW: Governor Healey’s pick for state Superior Court judge works for her partner, Joanna Lydgate www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/08/m...
Governor Healey’s pick for state Superior Court judge works for her partner, Joanna Lydgate - The Boston Globe
Gillian Feiner, who was recommended by Healey for an appointment to the high court on Wednesday, served as an assistant attorney general for 15 years.
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October 8, 2025 at 7:48 PM
NEW: Governor Healey’s pick for state Superior Court judge works for her partner, Joanna Lydgate www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/08/m...
ICYMI: MA House members are back in session today to vote on overriding several spending items Gov. Healey snipped from the fiscal 2026 budget she signed in July, signaling a clash in views between the two branches on how to deal with Trump's budget cuts.
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Governor Healey and Mass. House leaders at odds over how to respond to ‘devastating’ Trump federal funding cuts - The Boston Globe
Massachusetts House members will vote Wednesday to override “several” vetoes Governor Maura Healey snipped from the budget she signed in July.
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October 8, 2025 at 2:33 PM
ICYMI: MA House members are back in session today to vote on overriding several spending items Gov. Healey snipped from the fiscal 2026 budget she signed in July, signaling a clash in views between the two branches on how to deal with Trump's budget cuts.
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Opponents of aggressive ICE enforcement are using a Supreme Court-inspired term to describe cases of racial profiling. Today's Starting Point explains.
Critics of Trump’s immigration crackdown are using the term ‘Kavanaugh stop.’ Here’s what it means. - The Boston Globe
The phrase, is "a window into where [the administration] can go next," some advocates say.
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October 7, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Opponents of aggressive ICE enforcement are using a Supreme Court-inspired term to describe cases of racial profiling. Today's Starting Point explains.
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Some legal and military scholars say we are watching an unprecedented erosion of constitutional limits and checks designed to prevent the deployment of the US military against its own citizens.
‘Extremely dangerous’: Trump’s latest push to send troops to blue states is unprecedented in modern military history - The Boston Globe
Some legal and military scholars say we are watching an unprecedented erosion of constitutional limits and checks designed to prevent the deployment of the US military against its own citizens.
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October 7, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Some legal and military scholars say we are watching an unprecedented erosion of constitutional limits and checks designed to prevent the deployment of the US military against its own citizens.
NEW: After months of speculation, Republican mega-donor and medical device businessman Mike Minogue has entered the race for Massachusetts’ top office, promising to be “a new kind of governor” in a video announcing his run. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/01/m...
GOP megadonor and businessman Michael Minogue launches Republican bid for governor - The Boston Globe
Minogue joins former Baker administration officials Mike Kennealy and Brian Shortsleeve in the crowded field of Republicans hoping to take on Governor Maura Healey next year.
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October 1, 2025 at 12:07 PM
NEW: After months of speculation, Republican mega-donor and medical device businessman Mike Minogue has entered the race for Massachusetts’ top office, promising to be “a new kind of governor” in a video announcing his run. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/01/m...
NEW: Budget writers on Beacon Hill gathered today to discuss a bleak reality: the state is confronting “a challenging fiscal road ahead" as the federal government is set to run out of funding at midnight. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/30/m...
On eve of possible government shutdown, storm clouds darken Massachusetts’ fiscal outlook - The Boston Globe
Massachusetts budget writers gathered on Beacon Hill Tuesday to discuss a bleak reality: the state faces “a challenging fiscal road ahead.”
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September 30, 2025 at 8:57 PM
NEW: Budget writers on Beacon Hill gathered today to discuss a bleak reality: the state is confronting “a challenging fiscal road ahead" as the federal government is set to run out of funding at midnight. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/30/m...
ICYMI: Amid military escalation in Gaza, Massachusetts lawmakers traveled to Israel on trip funded by Israeli government www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/26/m...
Amid military escalation in Gaza, Mass. lawmakers traveled to Israel on trip funded by Israeli government - The Boston Globe
Massachusetts lawmakers visited Israel on a trip billed as the largest delegation of American legislators to ever visit the country.
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September 27, 2025 at 6:41 PM
ICYMI: Amid military escalation in Gaza, Massachusetts lawmakers traveled to Israel on trip funded by Israeli government www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/26/m...
You have questions about immigration enforcement in Massachusetts. We have answers.
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You have questions about immigration and ICE activity in Massachusetts. We have answers. - The Boston Globe
The Trump administration has ramped up arrests here. Most of your queries reflected a concern about ICE tactics and the safety of friends and neighbors.
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September 25, 2025 at 2:18 PM
You have questions about immigration enforcement in Massachusetts. We have answers.
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Agents surround the 5-year-old U.S. citizen and beckon her father to come out.
“Don’t touch her!” Edwards Hip Mejia yells.
“You’re more than welcome to come pick her up,” one agent responds.
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“Don’t touch her!” Edwards Hip Mejia yells.
“You’re more than welcome to come pick her up,” one agent responds.
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Leominster family says ICE agents held their daughter outside their home so they would turn themselves over - The Boston Globe
“Is that your daughter? Come here so I can see those IDs,” an agent tells the father, waving at him to come out of the house, according to video the family recorded.
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September 24, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Agents surround the 5-year-old U.S. citizen and beckon her father to come out.
“Don’t touch her!” Edwards Hip Mejia yells.
“You’re more than welcome to come pick her up,” one agent responds.
From the @bostonglobe.com’s Giulia McDonnell Neto del Rio and @samanthajgross.bsky.social
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“Don’t touch her!” Edwards Hip Mejia yells.
“You’re more than welcome to come pick her up,” one agent responds.
From the @bostonglobe.com’s Giulia McDonnell Neto del Rio and @samanthajgross.bsky.social
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NEW: Mass. lawmakers are participating in a biennial tradition of tweaking the midterm primary date. Experts say ultimately, it doesn't really matter. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/17/m...
Mass. lawmakers move to change 2026 primary date to Sept. 1. Critics say it won’t help turnout. - The Boston Globe
While Massachusetts lawmakers are moving to push up the 2026 primary election to Tuesday, Sept. 1, a move endorsed by Governor Maura Healey.
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September 17, 2025 at 9:07 PM
NEW: Mass. lawmakers are participating in a biennial tradition of tweaking the midterm primary date. Experts say ultimately, it doesn't really matter. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/17/m...
NEW: Charlie Kirk shooting renews debate: do stricter gun laws in states like Mass. mean safer gun culture?http://bostonglobe.com/2025/09/12/metro/charlie-kirk-massachusetts-gun-law/
September 12, 2025 at 5:40 PM
NEW: Charlie Kirk shooting renews debate: do stricter gun laws in states like Mass. mean safer gun culture?http://bostonglobe.com/2025/09/12/metro/charlie-kirk-massachusetts-gun-law/