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.

It’s the week we’ve all been waiting for! That time when State House leaders meet behind closed doors and pretend to publicly debate their annual budget.