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JD Vance will attend a high-dollar fundraiser in Nantucket on July 22 hosted by Putnam Investments CEO Bob Reynolds.

The event points to rising stakes—and rising stars—as the GOP gears up for the 2026 midterms.

Top ticket: $250,000 per couple.
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Vance to Attend $250,000 Nantucket Dinner Hosted by Putnam CEO
Vice President JD Vance is scheduled to headline a political fundraiser in Nantucket in July, according to a person familiar with the matter, courting the Massachusetts island’s wealthy summer crowd t...
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Offshore wind is in Trump’s crosshairs. He plans to block Avangrid’s projects off Massachusetts, a move that captures the broader fight between his energy policies and renewable ambitions.
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Trump Plans to Block Iberdrola Massachusetts Wind Projects
The Trump administration is moving to block the development of more offshore wind projects, the latest in a series of high-profile setbacks for an industry that’s caught the president’s ire.
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September 3, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Trump is preparing to block Avangrid’s offshore wind projects in Massachusetts. The move could reshape the trajectory of US offshore wind just as developers face mounting headwinds.

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Trump Plans to Block Avangrid Wind Projects Off Massachusetts
The Trump administration is moving to block the development of more offshore wind projects, the latest in a series of high-profile setbacks for an industry that’s caught the president’s ire.
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September 3, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Fenway Park workers are planning a historic strike: 1,000 concessions staff say they’ll walk out Friday-Sunday unless Aramark ups its pay offer.

It’s the first strike at the 113-year-old stadium—and comes as Red Sox attendance surges on a recent winning streak.
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Fenway Park Concession Workers Plan Strike After Wage Talks Fail
About 1,000 workers who staff concession stands at Fenway Park baseball stadium — the iconic home of the Boston Red Sox — and the MGM Music hall next door are planning to strike Friday after negotiati...
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July 23, 2025 at 7:12 PM
🔔 SCOOP: JD Vance raked in $3 million at a Nantucket fundraiser, drawing support from big GOP donors—and protests from the island’s largely blue electorate.

A strong show of fundraising force in an off-year, as Republicans gear up for 2026 and eye 2028.
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Vance Raises $3 Million Fundraising Haul on Nantucket
Vice President JD Vance raised $3 million at a fundraiser on Nantucket, a significant haul for an off-year election when neither the president nor the majority of Congress is set to be on the ballot.
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July 23, 2025 at 6:09 PM
GE Vernova will pay Nantucket $10.5 million after last year’s turbine failure closed beaches and riled the community.

At the same time, GE Vernova stock is largely unfazed -- up +200% since the incident due to unrelenting energy demand from AI data centers.
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GE Vernova Pays Nantucket $10.5 Million for Busted Wind Blade
GE Vernova Inc. will pay $10.5 million to the town of Nantucket, Massachusetts, after one of its offshore wind turbine blades broke into pieces and washed ashore last year.
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July 11, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Massachusetts is on track to adopt NYC-style broker fee reform: landlords who hire the broker would pay.

The policy is part of the new budget and could take effect in August. Tenant groups call it a win. Landlords say it won’t come free. #mapoli
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Massachusetts to Follow NYC in Making Landlords Pay Broker Fees
Massachusetts renters are poised to get some relief from onerous broker fees under a provision tucked into the 2026 spending package that Governor Maura Healey has pledged to sign.
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July 2, 2025 at 7:20 PM
JD Vance will attend a high-dollar fundraiser in Nantucket on July 22 hosted by Putnam Investments CEO Bob Reynolds.

The event points to rising stakes—and rising stars—as the GOP gears up for the 2026 midterms.

Top ticket: $250,000 per couple.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Vance to Attend $250,000 Nantucket Dinner Hosted by Putnam CEO
Vice President JD Vance is scheduled to headline a political fundraiser in Nantucket in July, according to a person familiar with the matter, courting the Massachusetts island’s wealthy summer crowd t...
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June 25, 2025 at 10:30 PM
McKinsey's Chief Bob Sternfels says the firm’s multinational clients are “rebalancing” - and rethinking their US market exposure.

Concerns over political stability and tariff policy are pushing companies to reconsider long-held assumptions.
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McKinsey Chief Says Global Clients Are Rethinking US Market
Companies are giving more consideration to opportunities outside the US because of policy upheaval under the Trump administration, said McKinsey & Co. Global Managing Partner Bob Sternfels.
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June 17, 2025 at 9:19 PM
June 11, 2025 at 10:22 PM
🔔 SCOOPLET: $3.7 million in federal funding to Harvard’s Center for AIDS Research has been cut, part of the Trump administration's fight with the University over alleged antisemitism.

Researchers at affiliated hospitals face stop-work orders as grant cuts spread.
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Harvard AIDS Research, Affiliated Hospitals Hit by Trump Feud
The Trump administration’s funding battle with Harvard University is starting to impact projects at affiliated hospitals and has crippled the school’s Center for AIDS Research, one of the largest back...
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June 10, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Pinterest's second quarter revenue outlook beat analyst expectations. The stock responded and jumped as much as 18% in extended New York trading. Solid signal that ad demand and engagement are holding up amid macro uncertainty.
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Pinterest Shares Rise After Revenue Outlook Tops Estimates
Pinterest Inc. guided second-quarter revenue ahead of the estimates at the midpoint, further easing concerns of an advertising downturn among its peers. The shares climbed 11% in post-market trading a...
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May 8, 2025 at 9:40 PM
New: Early-stage biotech funding is getting hit from all sides— NIH cuts, regulatory uncertainty, political noise and a tough VC climate.

Companies expect a harder time raising capital, putting some breakthrough innovations at risk of never reaching patients.
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Trump-Era Cuts, Harvard Fight Threaten Biotech’s Riskiest Bets
The Trump administration’s sweeping cuts of federal research funding and its fight with Harvard University risk bleeding into the venture capital market, curbing financing opportunities for early-stag...
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May 6, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Offshore wind taking another hit under Trump
April 16, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Sick of tariff news? Try this: Massachusetts is part of a small group of states that still ban happy hour. One Cape Cod senator thinks that 40 years has gone too long #mapoli
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Happy Hour Might Be Coming Back to Massachusetts
Massachusetts is one of only a handful of states that prohibits restaurants from offering happy hour drink specials to lure in customers. State Senator Julian Cyr is on a mission to change that.
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April 11, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Showing people my wfh setup for the first time
"Wow. That's beautiful. ... Everything's computer"
March 11, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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Powerful storms are dumping dozens of feet of snow across parts of New England. Skiers are reveling in it while it lasts.
Snow Bonanza Gives US East Coast Ski Resorts Edge Over Western Rivals
Powerful storms are dumping dozens of feet of snow across parts of New England. Skiers are reveling in it while it lasts.
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February 22, 2025 at 3:23 PM