BOSTON – While Gov. Charlie Baker this week repeatedly cited a daily death toll from the opioid epidemic, Speaker Robert DeLeo, the leader of the state House of Representatives, said he couldn't ensure that a measure to help contain it would be completed any time soon.
The state Senate and House have both passed varying bills intended to reduce the abuse of prescription painkillers and a closed-door conference committee began negotiations on Jan. 20. Baker, who worked with other governors on the issue in Washington over the past weekend, has said he's optimistic that a compromise could be reached within a couple of weeks, but DeLeo would not commit to that timeframe.
Mitt Romney and Donald Trump mixed it up Wednesday after the former Republican nominee for the White House faulted the New York billionaire – currently the GOP's leading presidential contender – for not making public his tax returns.
Trump's resistance to releasing his tax returns suggests there may be a "bombshell" waiting to go off when he does, Romney speculated in an interview with Fox News host Neil Cavuto.
