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  • California’s Prop 50 shakes up nation’s redistricting arms race

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    Evan Cragin, president of the Sacramento County Young Democrats, said he was initially hesitant to support his party’s mid-decade push to redraw California’s congressional map to favor Democrats.

    The state in 2008 voted to create an independent redistricting commission in an effort to end gerrymandering. In August, Gov. Gavin Newsom proposed Prop 50, a ballot measure that would temporarily override the commission and implement a redrawn map favoring Democrats.


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  • California’s Prop 50 shakes up nation’s redistricting arms race

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    SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Evan Cragin, president of the Sacramento County Young Democrats, said he was initially hesitant to support his party’s mid-decade push to redraw California’s congressional map to favor Democrats.

    The state in 2008 voted to create an independent redistricting commission in an effort to end gerrymandering. In August, Gov. Gavin Newsom proposed Prop 50, a ballot measure that would temporarily override the commission and implement a redrawn map favoring Democrats.


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    Carson Gerber CNHI State Reporter

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  • California’s Prop 50 shakes up nation’s redistricting arms race

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    SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Evan Cragin, president of the Sacramento County Young Democrats, said he was initially hesitant to support his party’s mid-decade push to redraw California’s congressional map to favor Democrats.

    The state in 2008 voted to create an independent redistricting commission in an effort to end gerrymandering. In August, Gov. Gavin Newsom proposed Prop 50, a ballot measure that would temporarily override the commission and implement a redrawn map favoring Democrats.


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  • California’s Prop 50 shakes up nation’s redistricting arms race

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    SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Evan Cragin, president of the Sacramento County Young Democrats, said he was initially hesitant to support his party’s mid-decade push to redraw California’s congressional map to favor Democrats.






    Evan Cragin, president of the Sacramento County Young Democrats




    The state in 2008 voted to create an independent redistricting commission in an effort to end gerrymandering. In August, Gov. Gavin Newsom proposed Prop 50, a ballot measure that would temporarily override the commission and implement a redrawn map favoring Democrats.


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    Erik Nisbet, director of Northwestern University’s Center for Communication and Public Policy




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    Chad Kinsella




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  • California’s Prop 50 shakes up nation’s redistricting arms race

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    SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Evan Cragin, president of the Sacramento County Young Democrats, said he was initially hesitant to support his party’s mid-decade push to redraw California’s congressional map to favor Democrats.






    Evan Cragin, president of the Sacramento County Young Democrats




    The state in 2008 voted to create an independent redistricting commission in an effort to end gerrymandering. In August, Gov. Gavin Newsom proposed Prop 50, a ballot measure that would temporarily override the commission and implement a redrawn map favoring Democrats.


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  • Slavit Baylis weighs run for Congress

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    BOSTON — The wide-open race to fill the North Shore’s soon-to-be-vacated congressional seat continues to draw interest from Democrats who say the party needs to push back harder against the Trump administration’s divisive policies.

    Diann Slavit Baylis, a Marblehead immigration attorney who served as a Massachusetts delegate to the 2024 Democratic National Convention, said Tuesday she is “considering” a run for the 6th Congressional District in next year’s midterm elections.


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  • Shapiro slams Trump, Vance over SNAP freeze, calls VP a ‘phony’

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    PHILADELPHIA — Full SNAP benefits payments were flowing Friday to Pennsylvanians who were due at the start of November, Gov. Josh Shapiro announced while ripping into President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance, who he accused of acting purposefully to “keep people hungry.”

    “Folks got to wake up and realize the people who are leading in America quite literally want to keep people hungry. And, you’ll excuse me for getting emotional about it, but when I see people in my state who are hungry because of JD Vance’s bull—- politics, that makes me angry and that’s why I went to court,” Shapiro said. “America deserves better than JD Vance.”

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  • Shapiro slams Trump, Vance over SNAP freeze, calls VP a ‘phony’

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    PHILADELPHIA — Full SNAP benefits payments were flowing Friday to Pennsylvanians who were due at the start of November, Gov. Josh Shapiro announced while ripping into President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance, who he accused of acting purposefully to “keep people hungry.”

    “Folks got to wake up and realize the people who are leading in America quite literally want to keep people hungry. And, you’ll excuse me for getting emotional about it, but when I see people in my state who are hungry because of JD Vance’s bull—- politics, that makes me angry and that’s why I went to court,” Shapiro said. “America deserves better than JD Vance.”

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  • Shapiro slams Trump, Vance over SNAP freeze, calls VP a ‘phony’

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    PHILADELPHIA — Full SNAP benefits payments were flowing Friday to Pennsylvanians who were due at the start of November, Gov. Josh Shapiro announced while ripping into President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance, who he accused of acting purposefully to “keep people hungry.”

    “Folks got to wake up and realize the people who are leading in America quite literally want to keep people hungry. And, you’ll excuse me for getting emotional about it, but when I see people in my state who are hungry because of JD Vance’s bull—- politics, that makes me angry and that’s why I went to court,” Shapiro said. “America deserves better than JD Vance.”


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  • Senate to take up book ban restrictions

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    BOSTON — The state Senate is poised to approve a plan to restrict efforts to ban books from public libraries and schools in response to a rise in challenges from parents and conservative groups.

    The “free expression” legislation, which cleared the Senate Ways and Means Committee on Thursday with bipartisan support, would make Massachusetts one of a handful of states to effectively outlaw book bans because of “personal, political or doctrinal” views by setting new restrictions on receiving state funding.


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  • State pressured to tap reserves for SNAP benefits

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    BOSTON — Beacon Hill leaders are being urged to tap the state’s $8.6 billion “rainy day” fund to help offset the impact of the federal government’s refusal to fully fund the food stamp program during the shutdown.

    Raise Up Massachusetts, a coalition of unions, community groups and faith leaders, is calling on Gov. Maura Healey and legislative leaders to allocate funding from the state’s reserve fund to “prevent the worst harm from federal cuts to SNAP, Medicaid, education funding, and other critical programs.”


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  • Poll: Markey primary challengers face tough fight

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    BOSTON — Democratic Sen. Ed Markey holds a “significant” lead over his primary rivals, according to a new poll, which suggests challengers will face a difficult fight to unseat the three-term incumbent.

    The University of Massachusetts at Amherst/WCVB TV poll, released Sunday, showed Markey with a 20-point lead over Congressman Seth Moulton and former teacher Alex Rikleen in a Democratic primary match-up. The poll of 800 likely voters found 51% supported Markey, compared to 28% for Moulton and 6% for Rikleen. About 13% said they were undecided.


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  • Officials press feds to fully fund SNAP

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    The Bay State’s top Democrats are calling on the Trump administration to release more federal SNAP funding after the White House rolled out a plan to only partially fund the food assistance program.

    In a filing in the U.S. District Court on Monday, Trump’s administration “committed” to partially funding the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program with $4.65 billion in contingency funds in November. That’s roughly half of the $8 billion a month needed to keep the SNAP program fully funded.


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  • GOP candidate files lawsuit over legislative audit

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    BOSTON — The state Legislature has been hit with another lawsuit over its refusal to open up the books to allow a voter-approved audit of its inner workings.

    The lawsuit was filed Thursday in Middlesex County Superior Court by Republican candidate for lieutenant governor Anne Brensley, who asked a judge to declare a voter-approved law giving State Auditor Diana DiZoglio the power to audit the Legislature constitutional and invalidate an internal state House of Representatives rule on audits.


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  • AGs sue to preserve food stamp funding

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    BOSTON — Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell co-led more than two dozen states Tuesday in suing the Trump administration over its refusal to fund food stamps during the federal government’s shutdown.

    In the lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Boston, Campbell and other Democratic attorneys general ask a federal judge to force the White House to tap emergency reserve funds to prevent roughly 42 million Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program recipients from losing their food benefits beginning next week.


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  • Campbell seeks another term

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    BOSTON — Democratic Attorney General Andrea Campbell is running for reelection, touting her efforts to protect civil rights and consumer protections and filing litigation pushing back against the Trump administration’s divisive policies.

    Campbell, the state’s first Black attorney general, announced Tuesday that she plans to seek another four-year term as the state’s top law enforcement official in the 2026 elections.


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  • Markey faces generational challenge from Moulton

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    BOSTON — Incumbent Democratic Sen. Ed Markey survived a primary challenge five years ago from a member of Massachusetts’ most storied political families, but observers say he faces an even more formidable threat from Rep. Seth Moulton as he seeks a third-term.

    Moulton, a five-term congressman, announced on Wednesday that he is challenging Markey for the U.S. Senate seat in next year’s Democratic primary.


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  • Healey rips EPA for delays in lead removal funding

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    BOSTON — Gov. Maura Healey is renewing calls for the Trump administration to release federal funding to remove underground lead pipes from drinking water systems after months of delays.

    Healey blasted the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for continuing to hold back the money from Massachusetts and other states. She said the delays have forced the state to discontinue its lead line replacement program that provides zero-interest loans to communities to identify and remove contamination.


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  • State seeks piece of $50B rural hospital fund

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    BOSTON — Massachusetts is chasing after a slice of a $50 billion federal fund created as part of President Donald Trump’s tax and policy bill to help offset the impact of looming Medicaid cuts on rural health care systems.

    The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services launched its Rural Health Transformation Program last month, encouraging states to apply for a slice of the funding to “reimagine care delivery and develop innovative, enduring, state-driven solutions to tackle the root causes of poor health outcomes specific to rural America.”


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  • Poll shows likely voters support Moulton over Markey in mock Senate race

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    A new statewide poll of likely Massachusetts voters shows Congressman Seth Moulton could claim an early advantage over U.S. Sen. Ed Markey in a hypothetical 2026 U.S. Senate Democratic primary, while a solid majority of voters voiced support for cutting the state income tax rate to 4%.

    The poll, conducted Sept. 24–25 by Advantage, Inc. for the Fiscal Alliance Foundation, surveyed 750 likely voters and has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.6 percentage points.


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