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Podcast: The Codcast
Episode: Is Charlie Baker really a Republican?
Description: Gov. Charlie Baker has an R next to his name, but many Republicans don’t think it belongs there.
Ed Lyons, a Republican activist who is a big fan of Baker, said the governor’s acceptance of the grand bargain in the recently completed legislative session disturbed many in the GOP. The grand bargain embraced legislation raising the hourly minimum wage to $15 and mandating paid medical and family leave as a way to take ballot questions off the table that would have accomplished both actions more quickly and would also have cut the sales tax to 5 percent.
“They are worried. A lot...