Gov meets Fidelity honchos – DiMasi lawyer to be publicly paid – Video poker raids – Redistricting in W.Mass

Officials from Fidelity (AP) met with Gov. Patrick yesterday (Sun) to tell him, to his face, that they are still moving 1,100 jobs out of the state.

The Globe’s Andrea Estes brings word that former House Speaker Sal DiMasi’s defence attorney for his upcoming trial will be paid by taxpayers as a public defender.

The Eagle Tribune reports that the state raided illegal video poker machines in Lawrence.

Also in the Globe today are two pieces looking at towns on different ends of the census spectrum: Surging Upton and dwindling Lincoln. And could western Mass. see it’s two Congressmen end up fighting over one district after Beacon Hill lawmakers have their way with redistricting? The Republican/Masslive takes a look.

BIG DIG:
Patrick Voices Concerns Over Big Dig Light Communication | WBUR
Patrick awaits answers on tunnel problem – The Boston Globe

FIDELITY:
Evergreen joins Fidelity on hot seat – BostonHerald.com
Patrick meets Fidelity execs, calls jobs shift irreversible – Lowell Sun Online
Fidelity Investments executive Abigail Johnson characterizes meeting with Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick as very nice | AP

DiMASI:
Public to pay for former House speaker DiMasis lawyers – The Boston Globe
Ex-Speaker asks to bar witness in corruption case – Boston.com

REDISTRICTING/CENSUS:
Western Massachusetts could be target for losing a congressional seat | masslive.com
Lincoln shrinks, and wonders why – The Boston Globe
Officials discuss Census numbers – Lowell Sun Online
In tiny Upton, many signs of growth – The Boston Globe

PATRICK:
Time is running out for Patrick administrations analysis of launching a state-owned bank | Mass. Market
Gov. Patrick to keynote Global Trade Summit | BrandeisNOW

BUDGET:
Proposed mental health cuts protested | WWLP.com
Union head denounces cuts for DMH at city sidewalk vigil – T&G

STATE NEWS:
Video poker machines targeted in state raids » Merrimack Valley » EagleTribune.com, North Andover, MA
Massachusetts town receives state grant for solar panels | Cooler Planet News
14 charged with first-time home buyer tax credit fraud | Boston Business Journal
Treasurer kicks off loan effort – The Sun Chronicle Online – News
More Mass. Residents Opt For Low-Cost Health Care | AP
Massachusetts Convention Center Authority hopes loss of Tip-Off Tournament in Springfield is brief | masslive.com
New Mass. bank commissioner criticizes ads | Boston Business Journal
Keenan calls for N.E. nuke meetings » Local News » SalemNews.com, Salem, MA

THE FEDS:
Tsongas opposed $6 billion spending cut; says short-term budgets not the answer – Lowell Sun Online
Kerry, Lugar have first big policy rift over Libya – Political Intelligence – A national political and campaign blog from The Boston Globe – Boston.com

MITT MONITOR:
Romney shooting for win in fundraising – Political Intelligence – A national political and campaign blog from The Boston Globe – Boston.com
Five Differences Between RomneyCare and ObamaCare – Blogcritics Politics

TURNER:
Chuck Turner in store for crochet & chili dogs – BostonHerald.com
Ex-Boston City Councilor Turner To Begin Prison Term | AP

LAWRENCE POVERTY CHIEF:
Lawrence poverty official quits – Lowell Sun Online
Laverriere officially out » Merrimack Valley » EagleTribune.com, North Andover, MA

LOCAL NEWS:
Peake: Provincetown’s transfer fee on hold – CCT
Holyoke schools react to state threat | WWLP.com
Soldier On residents in Northampton excited by partnership with Veterans Affairs to build housing units | masslive.com

BEST OF THE BLOGS & OPINION:
Golden perks add up for Massport boss – BostonHerald.com
Romney is paddling fast below waterline – Political Intelligence – A national political and campaign blog from The Boston Globe – Boston.com
Massachusetts Liberal: The wages of sin
Blue Mass. Group:: Spoiling the wingnut narrative: Fidelity’s job action had nothing to do with MA’s business climate
Town Meeting: Proposal would kick Brookline out of Norfolk County – – WickedLocal.com
Blue Mass. Group:: Wonk Post: State Budgets in Context
Red Mass Group:: Patrick/Murray: redefining ‘dysfunctional’
Capuano: The congressman from The Fighter? | Mass Politics Blog
Blue Mass. Group:: Scott Brown’s Fantasy Land

AROUND NEW ENGLAND:
ME Lawyers press AG to review DEP chief | The Portland Press Herald / Maine Sunday Telegram
ME LePage puts hold on plan for councils | The Portland Press Herald / Maine Sunday Telegram
ME Artists, workers to protest plan to remove labor mural | The Portland Press Herald / Maine Sunday Telegram
VT House OKs health care – Brattleboro Reformer
NH Budget Hearings heat up at the State House | Concord Monitor
RI Pension proposal assailed | Politics | projo.com | The Providence Journal
RI Brown University poll finds dissatisfaction with Chafee | Politics | projo.com | The Providence Journal