This $2B Springfield courthouse deal has stunk from the minute it was announced. The more details that come out — the late ethics disclosure, the connected partners, the company that was awarded the contract being dissolved by the state last year — the worse it gets. Maura Healey doubling down and defending this obvious corruption is even more damning. She’s not cleaning it up. She’s owning it. Healey has built a culture of corruption and incompetence on Beacon Hill. That ends when I’m governor.

Getting rid of the MCAS graduation requirement was a grave mistake. Massachusetts’ long-held education advantage has been slipping for years, and gutting real standards only accelerated the decline. When I’m governor, we bring serious testing back, raise the bar, and keep politics out of our classrooms. No more excuses.