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Today on Beacon Hill
10:00am
State House Celebration of Christmas
Great Hall, State House, Boston
11:00am
House Informal Session
House Chamber
11:00am
Senate Informal Session
Gardner Auditorium
2:00pm
Joint Committee on Consumer Protection & Professional Licensure: Public Hearing
A-1
7:00pm
Rep. Josh Cutler's Ho-Ho-Holiday Party
Olde Hitching Post, 48 Spring Street, Hanson
Birthday: Rep. Rich Haggerty
Quote of the Day
““Unfortunately, it is apparent that this bill would penalize all utilities, including those who have not locked out employees,” Montigny wrote, “In addition, it does not account for other industries where lockouts may occur. As numerous unions have indicated, lockouts are a strategy increasingly used by employers to essentially starve their workers into submission.”
Speaking about the rushed bill which will extend unemployment benefits for locked out workers.
News by Category
Business
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JPMorgan's Jamie Dimon has big expansion plans. Here are the U.S. cities in his crosshairs
Boston Business Journal
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Surprise! Beacon Hill is moving on the Mass. Airbnb bill
Boston Globe
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William Galvin hits MetLife with $1 million fine for failing to keep track of pensioners
InvestmentNews
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Secretary Bill Galvin fines MetLife $1 million for denying pension payments to retirees
MassLive
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Fed boosts key interest rate for fourth time this year
Boston Globe
Cannabis & Psychedelics
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For pot shop opponents, Leicester’s traffic nightmare is a gift
Boston Globe
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Lowell Councilors get earful on pot shops
Lowell Sun
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Weeding time -- Brockton council moving ahead on retail marijuana
The Enterprise
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Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission opening applications for marijuana social equity program
MassLive
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Shouting match erupts at New Bedford cannabis committee meeting
South Coast Today
Education
Environment
Health Care
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1st doctor in Massachusetts to be charged with manslaughter for overprescribing opioids pleads not guilty
MassLive
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Attorney General Maura Healey: McLean Hospital lost info on patients, brain bank donors
Boston Herald
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McLean beefs up computer security after breach
Boston Globe
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McLean Hospital lost info on brain bank donors, employees, Healey says
Boston Business Journal
Immigration
Labor
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Baker backs more worker benefits if Grid lockout doesn’t end soon
Commonwealth Magazine
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Senate readying bill to extend benefits for locked-out National Grid workers
Boston Globe
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New Bedford Democrat presses Spilka on lockout bill
Milford Daily News
- Decision on National Grid unlikely to help Quincy projects
Local Government
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Columbus on hot seat in Framingham
Commonwealth Magazine
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Legislators told solution to Ware's Level 3 sex offender influx is keeping them in jail
MassLive
Politics
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Lyons joins race for state GOP's top spot
The Salem News
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Lexington Board of Selectmen bids farewell to new Rep. Ciccolo: With video
Wicked Local Lexington
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Baker, Polito plan inaugural parties in Worcester, Boston, Springfield
Worcester Telegram
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Geoff Diehl has decided not to run for state GOP chairman after all
Boston Globe
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2018 In Review: ‘Year Of The Woman’
WGBH
Public Health
Public Safety
State Government
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Changes to Gov. Charlie Baker’s team may not be over
Boston Herald
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Bay State Population Growth Tops In New England
WGBH
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With pay raise, state pension chief’s salary hits nearly $500,000
Boston Globe
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Massachusetts economic chief Jay Ash heads to private sector as Baker administration turnover poised to continue
MassLive
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Here’s the schedule for Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker’s second inaugural
MassLive
Transportation
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Springfield I-91 Viaduct May Touch Ground, Pending Baker Review
New England Public Radio
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‘Definitely a nice change’: Commuter rail conductor decorates train car with Christmas cheer
Boston Globe
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Greater Boston traffic congestion will only get worse
Lowell Sun
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Reflections on the Whittier Bridge, then and now
Newburyport News
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A Reminder: Trump Tariffs Could Jack up the Cost of New MBTA Trains
Boston Globe
Utilities
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Moratorium on National Grid gas hookups lifted
Boston Globe
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Natural gas industry burns for more pipeline capacity in Mass.
Boston Globe
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Despite moratorium’s end, new National Grid gas hookups will not begin immediately
MassLive
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Massachusetts Association for Community Action asks Gov. Baker for additional money for heating assistance
MassLive
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Natural gas utility to fund 'alternative heating' in Western Massachusetts
MassLive
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New Bedford Democrat presses Spilka on lockout bill
Patriot Ledger