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Phillips is the State House bureau chief for the Metro section. He covers state politics and the daily activity on Beacon Hill. He previously covered politics as a reporter for the Boston Herald, the Herald American, and the Lowell Sun.
An appraiser says in a small claims suit that he was hired by US Senate candidate Gabriel Gomez in 2005 to value his home, but Gomez did not pay the bill.
The Senate nominee defended a $281,500 tax deduction on his historic home and declined to release further information.
Senate candidate Gabriel E. Gomez claimed the deduction for pledging not to make changes to the facade of his 112-year-old Cohasset home, but local bylaws already prevented such alterations.
The first lady, who is making her first fund-raising appearance since the presidential election, will headline a party at the Taj Boston on May 29.