BOSTON – Last night, Maura Healey responded to a question at a WBUR forum with State Senator Sonia Chang Diaz, that she “favors programs like TCI.” Healey went on to say that she is “committing to revisiting” TCI if elected Governor. The Transportation and Climate Initiative (TCI) was a failed scheme to restrict the supply of gasoline and diesels fuels by 30% over ten years in Massachusetts and a dozen other states. For motorists, their prices would increase and shortages would be expected. In essence, TCI is a gas tax that would also eventually result in fuel shortages. TCI would not be governed by elected officials, but the scheme would have the authority to raise prices and restrict the supply of fuel into a region. Healey’s comments are made around the 1:21:25 mark and you may watch them here.

BOSTON – On Wednesday, Governor Charlie Baker announced Kathleen Theoharides, the Secretary of the Mass Executive Office of Energy & Environmental Affairs will step down on May 6.  

On Friday, Former Sen. Dianne Wilkerson pulled nomination papers to run for her old Second Suffolk Senate district seat in Boston. The former State Senator was famously photographed by an FBI informant stuffing $100 bills into her bra and subsequently left office. In 2010, the former Massachusetts lawmaker pleaded guilty to eight counts of attempted extortion. More recently, Wilkerson has been resurfacing in the media with some reports alluding to her political comeback. On Friday, Wilkerson made it official.