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By  Kelly Garrity TARIFF TALK ON TRACK —  Wary of fraying relations between the federal government and one of Massachusetts’ largest trading partners. Gov. Maura Healey and other northeastern governors began looking for a way to bolster their economic ties with Canada, inviting leaders from a handful of Canadian provinces to Boston to talk at a time TBD .  Now we have a date :  Canadian premiers and New England governors will huddle in Boston June 16 to talk about tariffs The group of governors  , including five of the six New England governors plus Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York, “are committed to preserving cross border travel, encouraging tourism in our respective jurisdictions, and promoting each other’s advantages and amenities,” they wrote in their invitation to their northern neighbors. The invite was extended to leaders from six provinces: Ontario, Québec, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island. The threat of a tra...

  By  Kelly Garrity SOCIAL INSECURITY —  After launching a Social Security “war room” earlier this week, Sen. Elizabeth Warren is running the numbers on how cuts to the financial assistance program for seniors could impact the Bay State. According to data compiled by Warren’s office  and shared with Playbook, nearly 1.5 million Massachusetts residents rely on Social Security. The numbers, broken down by county, show that Massachusetts takes in more than $2.5 billion in monthly benefits from the program. The largest number of recipients are in Middlesex County,  which includes some of Boston’s suburbs, municipalities along New Hampshire’s border and “gateway cities” like Lowell, Malden and Methuen. More than 258,000 Middlesex residents receive $538,105,000 in monthly Social Security payments, according to the data shared by Warren’s office. “Donald Trump and Elon Musk  are taking a chainsaw to the Social Security Administration and threatening the benefits m...