What made The Short List this week?
- MGM officials were grilled by state gambling regulators–over their proposal to eliminate a 25-story glass hotel tower from their casino plan. The casino’s 250 room hotel would instead be in a six-story building. Gaming Commission Chair Steve Crosby asked MGM’s Mike Mathis to reiterate the corporation’s commitment to the project.
- Massachusetts Governor Baker wants to raise the cap on charter schools. This often results in pitting public school unions and teachers against politicians and parents.
- Today’s news that House Speaker John Boehner is stepping down puts, if nothing else, a small hitch in the looming government shut down. Or does it?
Click the audio player about to hear New England Public Radio’s Susan Kaplan explore these issues with Larry Parnass of the Daily Hampshire Gazette and Natalia Munoz, a contributor to El Sol Latino.