Jun 1, 2026 · 6 min · 6 segments
A preview of Mass. political strategies on immigration, upcoming gig worker regulatory battles, a sewage sludge ban, and why state lawmakers won't target the Red Sox.
Sam Drysdale
Carrie HealyHost
With the state conventions officially wrapped up, both parties have set their fall strategies.
And while the state remains a historical stronghold for Democrats, the path to winning Massachusetts' massive block of independent voters is rarely a straight line.
With the World Cup about a week away, international cooperation will be on people's minds.
She spent the beginning of her administration restricting, and some advocates even say peeling back, the state's right-to-shelter law following an influx of immigrants into the state's family shelter system, which was causing a lot of strain.
But in the more recent years, under the new Trump administration, she's doubled down against ICE enforcement tactics, even issuing new guidance aimed at keeping federal immigration agents out of schools and hospitals and churches here in Massachusetts.
Um, Republicans, on the other hand, have doubled down on the Trump rhetoric, but there's a large block of independent voters here in Massachusetts who tend to, you know, want something more in the middle or even fall more down on the slightly Democratic side of things.
With the state conventions officially wrapped up, both parties have set their fall strategies.
And while the state remains a historical stronghold for Democrats, the path to winning Massachusetts' massive block of independent voters is rarely a straight line.
With the World Cup about a week away, international cooperation will be on people's minds.
She spent the beginning of her administration restricting, and some advocates even say peeling back, the state's right-to-shelter law following an influx of immigrants into the state's family shelter system, which was causing a lot of strain.
But in the more recent years, under the new Trump administration, she's doubled down against ICE enforcement tactics, even issuing new guidance aimed at keeping federal immigration agents out of schools and hospitals and churches here in Massachusetts.
Um, Republicans, on the other hand, have doubled down on the Trump rhetoric, but there's a large block of independent voters here in Massachusetts who tend to, you know, want something more in the middle or even fall more down on the slightly Democratic side of things.
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