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Little did we realize that our analysts would be addressing president elect trump. We are fortunate that we have five historians who have a sense of public purpose and would like to discuss and reflect on some of the major Public Policy imperatives and context that the new administration that will be faced with. As laid out in the program, we will follow the alphabetical order. First is a scholar of the middle east who has written about u. S. Arab relations. Among other topics. The next is of the Harvard University Kennedy School whose work covers the intersection of race and Public Policy. His Research Deals with the construction and policing of criminality in the United States. Our third speaker is my colleague, margaret omara. I always want to say it like maureen ohara, and she always corrects me. She is currently focusing on the relationship between hightech and american politics. She has recently published a tuesdays foral elections. The next is author of the much acclaimed book e
Public Television Companies and brought to you by your cabler or satellite provider. Next, Massachusetts Governor Charlie B Charlie baker delivers the annual state of the state address in boston. He talks about Education Funding, combatting the states Opioid Epidemic, and tax credits credits. This is just over 30 minutes. Thank you. Thank you very much. [ applause ] thank you. Thank you. Please, please. We have lots to talk about. So the real test is if you do that when i am finished. [ laughter ] so mr. Speak, mr. President , members of the house and senate, and distinguished elected officials, honored guests and fellow citizens. About 750 days ago Lieutenant Governor karen polito and i stood here to pledge with you and work with others to move the commonwealth forward and we have done just that. We built a bipartisan team, worked in partnership with the Led Legislature and looked for common ground. We worked to fix State Government, and passed groundbreaking legislation, and focused
Now, Charlie Baker delivers the state of the state address. Topics include funding for k through 12 education, combatting the states heroin epidemic and offering tax credits for Small Business owners who hire veterans. Thank you very much. Thank you. Please. We have lots to talk about. The real test is if you do that when im finisheded. Mr. Speaker, mr. President. Members of the house and senate. Distinguished elected officials. Honored guests. And fellow citizens. We stood here and pledged to work with you and others to move this commonwealth forward and we have done just that. Built a bipartisan team, look frd common ground. We worked to fix government, pass Ground Breaking legislation and focused on growing our economy and its working. Our economy is among the strongest in the nation. Today, more people are working than at any time in the past 20 years. Our welfare case load has dropped by 25 . Millions in private investment while new companies are born here every day. In fact, for