Working as a top staffer for the Bay State's members in Congress can fetch a salary well in excess of $100,000 — with some earning nearly as much as the official salary for a U.S. representative or U.S. senator.
The two highest-paid staffers work for Massachusetts's two senators. Elizabeth Warren's chief of staff, Daniel Geldon, and Ed Markey's state director, Mark Gallagher, each earn $169,458 a year. That's almost as much as their bosses make, which is $174,000. It's also double the median income in Massachusetts, which was $72,266 in 2016, according to the U.S. Census. Warren, who is known for her criticisms of private sector CEO pay, has six staffers at the six-figure level. Markey has eight.
Roman Catholic churches in central Massachusetts are now allowed to host signature gatherers trying to put a referendum on the ballot that would enable the state to stop public funding of abortion.
Bishop Robert J. McManus, bishop of Worcester, released a letter Monday similar to a statement that Cardinal Sean O'Malley, archbishop of Boston, made last week. The new policy reverses the ban on signature gathering on church property that the four Massachusetts diocesan bishops announced June 1.
