STEP INSIDE THE WEST WING: What’s really happening in West Wing offices?

07 Jul STEP INSIDE THE WEST WING: What’s really happening in West Wing offices?

Find out who’s up, who’s down, and who really has the president’s ear in our West Wing Playbook newsletter, the insider’s guide to the Biden White House and Cabinet. For buzzy nuggets and details that you won’t find anywhere else, subscribe today.

DATELINE BEACON HILL

– \”Lawmakers poised to push decision on sale of Hynes to another year and another governor,\””,”_id”:”00000181-66fd-d592-a1cb-7fffb12c0000″,”_type”:”02ec1f82-5e56-3b8c-af6e-6fc7c8772266″>”>”Lawmakers poised to push decision on sale of Hynes to another year and another governor,” by Jon Chesto, Boston Globe: “State lawmakers have put the brakes on Governor Charlie Baker’s plan to redevelop the Hynes Convention Center, advancing legislation instead that delays a decision on the future of the Back Bay site until the next administration.”

VAX-ACHUSETTS

– “Child care providers concerned as state phases out COVID-19 testing support,”“,”link”:<"target":"NEW","attributes":[],"url":"","_id":"00000181-6bea-d00d-a9a3-ebef5a580001","_type":"33ac701a-72c1-316a-a3a5-13918cf384df">,”_id”:”00000181-6bea-d00d-a9a3-ebef5a580002″,”_type”:”02ec1f82-5e56-3b8c-af6e-6fc7c8772266″>”>“Child care providers concerned as state phases out COVID-19 testing support,” by Craig LeMoult, GBH News: “The Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care announced on Friday that it’s phasing out a state-sponsored COVID-19 testing program that thousands of child care programs across the commonwealth have relied on over the last year. The announcement – which came two weeks after the state relaxed quarantine guidelines for child care, but before federal approval of COVID-19 vaccinations for children under 5 – only adds to the uncertainty for day care providers on how best to keep children and staff safe.”

FROM THE HUB

– “Police commissioner search wrapping up as committee prepares for second-round interviews,”“,”link”:<"target":"NEW","attributes":[],"url":"","_id":"00000181-6bea-d00d-a9a3-ebef5a5a0000","_type":"33ac701a-72c1-316a-a3a5-13918cf384df">,”_id”:”00000181-6bea-d00d-a9a3-ebef5a5a0001″,”_type”:”02ec1f82-5e56-3b8c-af6e-6fc7c8772266″>”>“Police commissioner search wrapping up as committee prepares for second-round interviews,” by Ivy Scott, Boston Globe: “Retired Supreme Judicial Court Justice Geraldine Hines, who chairs a five-member committee [Boston Mayor Michelle] Wu convened in January, said the panel received 42 applications from across the country. … The Police Executive Research Forum, the firm Boston hired to assist in the search, recommended ‘roughly half’ of the applicants as strong candidates for the position, Hines said. Still, the committee read every application before inviting about a dozen candidates for interviews, which should be completed by the end of the week. http://lonelywifehookup.org/teen-hookup-apps/… Both internal and external candidates are being considered as potential finalists.”

– “State moves on ‘recovery campus’ for Shattuck site,”“,”link”:<"target":"NEW","attributes":[],"url":"","_id":"00000181-6bea-d00d-a9a3-ebef5a5a0002","_type":"33ac701a-72c1-316a-a3a5-13918cf384df">,”_id”:”00000181-6bea-d00d-a9a3-ebef5a5a0003″,”_type”:”02ec1f82-5e56-3b8c-af6e-6fc7c8772266″>”>“State moves on ‘recovery campus’ for Shattuck site,” by Seth Daniel, Dorchester Reporter: “A long-awaited decision about how to re-purpose the 13-acre, state-owned Shattuck Hospital campus next to Franklin Park took one step closer to resolution this week. On Tuesday, the state’s Department of Public Health made public its Request for Proposals (RFP) for the site, calling for around 100 units of permanent supportive housing and other substance use disorder treatment services on what would be a ‘recovery campus.’”

PLANES, TRAINS AND AUTOMOBILES

– “Inflation is making free transit more popular – but no less complicated,” by Lisa Kashinsky and Tanya Snyder, POLITICO: “Michelle Wu once led a citywide revolution against public transit fare hikes. But what she really wanted was to make the system free. Within her first 24 hours as mayor last fall, Wu filed the paperwork to make it happen on three key bus routes – a big milestone in her quixotic quest to ‘free the T.’ . The push for free buses and trains has long been heralded in progressive circles as a way to boost access to transportation, mitigate carbon emissions and bridge racial disparities. Now, it’s increasingly popular as gas prices hit new records and Covid-weary mayors and governors grow desperate to entice people and businesses back to urban centers.”

THE PRESSLEY PARTY

DON’T MISS DIGITAL FUTURE DAILY – OUR TECHNOLOGY NEWSLETTER, RE-IMAGINED: Technology is always evolving, and our new tech-obsessed newsletter is too! Digital Future Daily unlocks the most important stories determining the future of technology, from Washington to Silicon Valley and innovation power centers around the world. Readers get an in-depth look at how the next wave of tech will reshape civic and political life, including activism, fundraising, lobbying and legislating. Go inside the minds of the biggest tech players, policymakers and regulators to learn how their decisions affect our lives. Don’t miss out, subscribe today.