Today we cover the new report, Democracy in Decline, headed up by Progressive Democrats of Massachusetts. We'll cover our favorite (read: most horrible) parts, including how lobbyists and corporations can have access to bills before our own state reps, the steep increase in the number of paid positions (read: people under the thumb of the Speaker) to more than a majority, and how the paltry number and inadequate pay of staff leads to lack of diversity and lived experience.
Jordan Berg Powers, Jonathan Cohn, and Anna Callahan chat about Massachusetts politics. This is the audio version of the Incorruptible Mass podcast, season 4 episode 27. The video version is available here.
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