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Growing up around here, you’d hear a phrase commonly used to describe someone daft: “lighter than ashes.”
That’s a good description of the debate over whether or not we should scrap the outdated state seal that memorializes violence against Native Americans in favor of something less offensive. (Maybe an old coot sitting next to a cracker barrel?)
Critics of the seal note its disembodied hand menacing a Native American is holding a sword modeled after one wielded by Myles Standish, the 17th century Plymouth Colony militia commander notorious for his Hamas-style brutality toward the natives. Perhaps, suggests Stefanie Salguero of Billerica, a descendant of the Lakota Sioux, we’d do better to “honor what Massachusetts now stands for, not so much the historical context of genocide.”
Seal defenders say you might as well try to pry their guns from their cold, dead hands. “I love our flag. I'm proud of our flag,” says Republican gubernatorial candidate Brian Shortsleeve. “I haven't met a single person who thinks we should change our flag. They're proud of our heritage and I think they should be.”
Perhaps Shortsleeve should expand his social circle.
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7:30.....Massachusetts Association of Regional Transit Authorities 2025 fall conference kicks off its first full day. Agenda includes welcoming remarks from Southeastern Regional Transit Authority Administrator Erik Rousseau; MBTA updates from General Manager Phil Eng; and a federal update on reauthorization and a FIFA World Cup update from T Senior Advisor Erika Mazza and Greater Attleboro Taunton Regional Transit Authority Administrator Mary Ellen DeFrias. Transportation Secretary Monica Tibbits-Nutt will give welcome remarks. | Red Jacket Beach Resort & Spa, South Yarmouth | Agenda
9:45 | Boston Mayor Michelle Wu is the featured speaker at the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce's government affairs forum. She's slated to share her policy priorities with 700 business and community leaders. | Boston Renaissance Hotel, 606 Congress St., Boston | Register
10:30 | The Senate Committee on the Census meets. The panel plans to hear from local officials as well as John Rosenberry, legislative director in Secretary of State Bill Galvin's office, and UMass Donahue Institute Population Estimates Program Senior Program Manager Susan Strate. The seven-member committee is chaired by Sen. Will Brownsberger, who led the last round of Senate redistricting efforts. | Room B-1, State House, Boston | Agenda and Access Info
12:00 | Gov. Maura Healey attends the groundbreaking for the Nashoba Valley Satellite Emergency Facility with Congresswoman Lori Trahan and other elected officials. | 490 Main Street, Groton
Concerns repeatedly raised have been substantiated by the September 8, 2025, MassDOT document release. The records reveal undisclosed communications and conflicts of interest involving the Head of the MassDOT Selection Committee and Applegreen’s bidding team. This conduct undermines the integrity of the process and demands immediate investigation, accountability, and disqualification of Applegreen to preserve public trust. Learn more.
FROM BEACON HILL
EVERSOURCE RATES: Gov. Maura Healey called Eversource’s proposed hiking rates by double digits “outrageous” and said the Department of Public Utilities should review the proposal. – WCVB
HOSPITAL FINANCES: Gov. Maura Healey has on her desk a $234 million funding package that one lawmaker said would help hospitals. Without naming them, Senate budget chief Michael Rodrigues said “many” hospitals are about to or close to defaulting on bond covenants and need the cash. – State House News Service
GOING TO THE MOVIES: Michael Connolly, former secretary of state, has been working on a movie about Massachusetts politics in the 1980s. – Boston Globe
NEWS NEXT DOOR
SOMERVILLE ABDUCTION: Masked federal agents abducted a Somerville resident over the weekend, saying he did not have a warrant out for his arrest but he “fit exactly the description of the problem we’re here to address.” – Cambridge Day
PLYMOUTH’S DANGER: Wildfires are the ‘greatest danger’ facing Plymouth these days, with its pine barrens considered highly flammable. – Plymouth Independent
BORDER CZAR’S BAG: Tom Homan, the federal border czar who pledged to bring “hell” to Boston, took $50,000 in cash from undercover FBI agents, according to MSNBC. Boston Mayor Michelle Wu posted the story to Bluesky, saying, “Corruption Czar. Shame on this guy.” – MassLive
D7 RECOUNT: A recount of the District 7 City Council race found that the two finalists maintained their lead in the 11-person preliminary: Said “Coach” Ahmed and Miniard Culpepper. – Boston Herald
AI GUIDELINES: State education officials issued guidance to Massachusetts teachers about the use of artificial intelligence in classrooms. – WBUR
OFFSHORE WIND: Revolution Wind, the offshore wind project off the coast of Rhode Island, is losing $2.3 million a day amid the Trump administration’s ordered shutdown. – Boston Business Journal
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