Happy Evacuation Day! Celebrate by tossing British people out of local Irish bars! You'll know who they are because they'll be wearing orange just to be contrary.
WCVB notes that state officials are taking today off. No mention of the Beacon Hill GOP who will be working today.
If you have the day off, join Conor Yunits at the State House for an Evacuation Day adventure. I would, but I'm cooking the traditional Evacuation Day meal: corned beef and cabbage. He's already found more legislators than one might expect.
Charlie Baker is taking aim at the holiday in his ten-point plan, reports Jessica van Slack. Conor Yunits has a web ad from the Baker campaign concerning the holiday.
Joe Dwinell reminds us that Governor Patrick is spending his day off at a livechat with the Herald. I can't really appreciate Patrick's opposition to the holiday if he doesn't, you know, get around to governing today.
Fox's Kim Carrigan reports on Treasurer Cahill's stance against healthcare reform. The Globe's Michael Levenson has more. The Outraged Liberal isn't buying Cahill's outrage, mostly because he waited until now when it would be politically expedient to jump on the bandwagon to voice his concerns.
Cahill is awfully silent about the current state healthcare issues, though. The Globe's Liz Kowalczyk reports on the increasing likelihood of capping rising healthcare costs. The Globe editorializes that Cahill isn't taking into account the current reforms being considered, nor even the idea of reforming the system at all. He's just Mr. Doom and Gloom.
The Globe's Brian Mooney examines the Patrick campaign's allegations regarding Charlie Baker's salary... and finds it to be a perfectly normal salary when compared to Baker's peers.
And to further make Baker's salary a non-issue, the Mass GOP tries to fire back with Governor Patrick's Coca-Cola salary., reports Conor Yunits. It's as weaksauce as it sounds, and you can see me in the comments explaining why.
The Globe's Tracy Jan reports that state education officials are overhauling the measurement system they use to judge public college achievements.
Patrick Cassidy examines the issue of immigrant tuition in the Cape Cod Times.
Medicinal marijuana remains in need of more research before Beacon Hill legalizes it, reports WCVB.
The candidates for the Brown seat will debate on April 6th, reports Charlie Breitrose of the Metro-West Daily News.
WBUR's Bob Oakes thinks the Scott Brown campaign model will be very successful this fall.
Attorney General Martha Coakley released a report on the cost of healthcare this week, reports the AP. She found that the increase in cost was a result of increase in hospital pricing, not an increase in hospital services.
The Inside Track reports that Joe Landolfi, an aide to Governor Patrick, repeatedly called the AP by butt-dialing. Fortunately for Patrick, nothing juicy was overheard before the AP decided to tell Landolfi.
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