Leading Massachusetts federal, state, and local officials were rallying support this weekend against efforts to repeal Obamacare and replace it with a bill that Republican leadership hopes will pass the U.S. House of Representatives this week.
The American Health Care Act, as the Republican plan is titled, may not garner a single vote from the Massachusetts delegation, or any Democrat in Congress, but there are those in the Bay State that support it.
GLOUCESTER — A Donald Trump-inspired newcomer to the Republican Party is making waves, and claims that longtime MassGOPers are working behind the scenes — and engaging in a harassment campaign — to block her bid to land a seat on the state committee.
Dianna Ploss, the subject of a lengthy New York Times profile and additional pieces aimed at explaining Trump's effect on those previously uninvolved and uninterested in politics, confirmed this week in an interview with New Boston Post that she is running for a Republican State Committee seat.
