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Clear Skies fifty two in Boston. It's eleven o'clock good Friday morning. I'm Laurie Kirby. We start with a grim anniversary in New England today, all of us thinking of our friends in Maine, and today marks one year. Sin's an Army reservist open fire in a bowling alley and bar in Lewiston, Maine, and committed the deadliest mass shooting in that state's history. WGME TV reporter Dan Lampriallo talks about how the city has coped over the last twelve months.
There's still a lot of reflection on what happened. Today is a somber day in our state. We are a very close knit date.
So while it happened in Lewiston, which is one of our largest cities, I think it impacted the far reaches of a risted county near the Canadian border, all the way down here to where we are in Portland.
A hockey arena in Lewiston will hold a ceremony tonight to honor those who lost their lives that day and the many survivors who will never be the same and nearly one million people have voted so far in the Commonwealth. The head of the November election, Secretary of State Galvin, reporting nine hundred and thirteen thousand registered voters have voted early so far as of four pm yesterday, and most of the ballots have been mailed in. That's more than
seven hundred thousand. Nearly two hundred thousand people have gone to a polling location to vote early. This is a very strong start to a high stakes election that will decide our next president US senator in Massachusetts in the future of the mcast exam as a graduation requirement for one and a new ABC ipso's poll shed some light on how American voters feel about their options this election. Nearly half of registered voter's poll considered former President Donald
Trump to be a fascist. Twenty two percent say the same about Vice President Harris. ABC political director Ricline has more.
Among those who say that Donald Trump is a fascist, eight percent say they're supporting him their voting for him anyway, and while that fascist label isn't really sticking on Harris, the idea of her pandering to voters seems to be Fifty seven percent of registered voters say that Harris makes proposals just to get votes, not to make policy. That's slightly more than people that feel the same way about Donald Trump.
Both presidential candidates are stumping for votes one way or another in the Lone Star State today. We'll have more on that coming up and streaming on the iHeartRadio app. Sunshine out there, mid fifties now, it's certainly not as warm, but it's bluer, you know. We've had that milky, hazy sky. Definitely a sunny sky. We've had record warmth this week, but this is much more blue and just a little bit cooler. Not by a lot, but you can feel
it out there. Honidays sixty tonight's actually a little bit warmer. Forty nine in Boston, some of you in the forties Inland, and we're having a nice Saturday. We were thinking it might rain, especially north and western Boston. I don't see rain in this forecast. Sun clouds sixty five. Another great day for a hike. Sunday, sunny fifty four to fifty eight, cooling it down near fifty on Monday with lots of sun. So rumor has it that it's going to be eighty
degrees on Halloween. The night the kids go out to trick or treat. So Mom, dad, kids, you might want to rethink the costume layers and Boston City councilors just wrapped up a special emergency meeting amid a heated fight over property taxes in the city. Let's get more from wbz's Madison Rogers.
It was just two days ago the mayor announced she'd reached a compromise with business leaders, and it was shot down by city Councilor at Lynn in an emergency meeting. Today, the new home rule petition, with a shorter and smaller increased tax burden for commercial properties was sent to committee. Counselors will likely take another vote next week. Some on the council, including Flynn, are frustrated with how this is
played out. This is this process is rushed. I don't think we're doing the due diligence to all the constituents by not operating in a transparent metal debate was cut short today, but the dispute is only growing because a budget shortfall threatens to fall on homeowners and times running out. This would need to go to Beacon Hill again. Madison Rogers, WBZ Boston's News Radio.
A trainload of money is coming to the team. Massd On and the MBTA Board of Directors' votes to deliver six hundred million dollars in state funding to the TEA, and state leaders call this their biggest infusion to the MBTA in twenty years. So what is it for? The money is year mark for track improvement, new subway and
commuter railcars. It will go toward establishing the rail Reliability Program along with a star program to address accessibility issues on the tee and Nearly a dozen team workers are on leave this morning. They're accused of working on private vehicles at the MBTA Cabotyard maintenance facility during work hours, according to The Boston Globe. Now, this facility is where the Redline buses and vehicles are stored, where Redline track workers and inspectors are based. This is in South Boston.
A T Transit police at this point are conducting the probe into potential misconduct, but the new allegations come as federal regulators review work and safety practices at the TEA. What's in a Name The Baby's Name?
A new report from the Baby Center says the hottest moniker for kids this year have been inspired by the total solar eclipse and Eclipse are among the fastest rising names for boys and girls. The Paris Olympics made of Mark two bo with an X on the end. Remy Arlette and Joe Lee were popular. Noah was still most chosen for this last batch of Jen Alpha boys and Olivia for girls. Deborah Rodriguez, CBS News.
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