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Organized crime figures in custody after early morning Greater Springfield arrests
(Photo Credit: Greg Saulmon | gsaulmon@repub.com)

The Short List: Governor’s Council Election, Springfield Mob Connections, Olympic Fever (Or Not)

What made The Short List this week?

  • There’s been and will continue to be considerable turnover on the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, with three new justices this year and two more reaching the mandatory retirement age of 70 next year. Two more justices will reach retirement age next year. This is giving Governor Baker and the current council substantial control over the court’s make up. Western Mass. will get a new member of the Governor’s Council next year, as Mike Albano is running instead for sheriff.
  • The last couple of weeks there’s been a lot of mob news in Massachusetts, from the arrest of members of the Springfield Crew, to a murder charge for “Cadillac Frank” Salemme.
  • We finish up with the Olympics — favorite events and athletes to watch.

Click the audio player above to hear New England Public Radio’s Susan Kaplan explore these issues with The Reminder newspapers’ Mike Dobbs and Natalia Munoz of WHMP’s Vaya Con Munoz.