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Today on Beacon Hill

9:00am Mass. Health Policy Forum Student Lunch, Great Hall

Birthdays: State Senator Karen Spilka

"Donald Trump and the Republican leadership are marshaling their forces to destroy health care in America. It’s up to us to fight back," Warren's event invitation states. "This Sunday, January 15th, a national day of rallies are scheduled to save health care. I’ll be hosting a rally at Faneuil Hall with hundreds of people. Can you get in this fight with us?"

Elizabeth Warren

Calling upon people to join her for a rally at Faneuil Hall this Sunday.

News By Category
Beltway Politics

Forceful And Tearful, Obama Says Goodbye In Emotional Speech » WBUR

Trump D.C. Hotel Contractors Say They're Owed Millions » WBUR

Moulton faults Trump for delaying VA pick » Lynn Daily News Item

Massachusetts attorney general takes aim at Trump's presidency » Andover Townsman

Jeff Sessions says he'd defy Trump as attorney general if needed » Boston Globe

Business

How Mass. Can Include Minority Entrepreneurs In Legalized Marijuana Business » WBUR

Local farmers thankful for state grants to 'get off the ground' » The Recorder

Is Bob Kraft's hoped-for soccer stadium in Dorchester dead? » Boston Globe

Tariffs + stronger dollar = trouble for Trump trade policy » Boston Globe

Trump slams drug industry at press conference, sending biotech stocks tumbling » Boston Business Journal

Crimes

High court rejects case by sex-trafficking victims against Backpage.com » Boston Globe

Education

City, UML still treading lightly on master pact » Lowell Sun

Gov. Baker will sign 'defibrillators in schools' bill » WWLP 22 News

State Sen. DiDomenico, Members of the Kids First Initiative Visit Nurtury Learning Lab in JP » Jamaica Plain News

Healey selected as Westfield State commencement speaker » WWLP 22 News

Health Care

Under law effective Jan. 1, Massachusetts patients entitled to access medical docs electronically » Wicked Local Wenham

Planned Parenthood Advocacy Fund of Massachusetts seeks support » MassLive

With too few nurses for kids' home care, parents push for action » Boston Globe

Our view: Wider access to dental care would save taxpayers money » The Salem News

Panel pegs challenge: Easily understandable health care pricing info » State House News Service

Cost gap shrinks, but panel struck by division of health care $$$ pie » State House News Service

State council votes to streamline hospital expansion regs » State House News Service

Housing

Northampton receives funding for affordable housing project » WWLP 22

Ipswich Housing Authority receives $1.2M grant » Wicked Local Ipswich

Malden Housing Authority receives funding for Forestdale upgrades » Wicked Local Malden

Human Services

Partnering to help homeless youth » Lynn Daily News Item

Judiciary

Attempts to free Massachusetts inmates convicted of marijuana possession resisted by top politicians » MassLive

Black, Latino lawmakers dissatisfied with criminal justice effort » The Recorder

Speaker Robert DeLeo takes case-by-case approach to mandatory minimum sentences » The Republican

Gov. Charlie Baker nominates attorney Mark Pasquariello for Pittsfield District Court judgeship » The Republican

Legislative

Springfield church's annual MLK scholarship breakfast to honor retired state Rep. Ben Swan Sr. » MassLive

Open legislative leadership posts offer higher profile, pay » Lowell Sun

Lawmakers get 4 percent pay boost » The Salem News

Joe Wagner banters on T, Baker and pot arrests » Boston Herald

Baker approves legislative pay raise; O'Connor, DeCoste will donate additional money to charity » Wicked Local Norwell

STATE HOUSE ROUNDUP: The end and the beginning » Wicked Local Wareham

Massachusetts lawmakers discuss who will fill vacant leadership roles » WWLP 22 News

Guest column: Sen. DiDomenico reflects on 2015-16 legislative session » Wicked Local Cambridge

Should Mass. leave its time zone? A Beacon Hill commission investigates » Boston Globe

Early sunsets, health effects cited by "Boston Time" backer » State House News Service

Local Government

AG's office rejects Open Meeting complaint filed by Mayo-Brown against Fall River School Committee » The Herald News

Plymouth could opt out of pot shops » Wicked Local Plymouth

Lynn council has new leaders for new year » Lynn Daily News Item

Legislature stalls on Framingham Town Meeting measure » The Metro West Daily News

Steps taken in latest push to review Medford City Charter » Wicked Local Medford

Brockton water commissioner resigns in protest ahead of re-appointment » The Enterprise

Holyoke mayor wants to make his city a recreational pot hub » Boston Globe

Pembroke considering raising legal age to buy tobacco to 21 » The Patriot Ledger

Chicopee Council considers 1-year moratorium on recreational pot sales » The Republican

Opinion

As doctors rethink assisted dying, Mass. should too » Boston Globe

Barack Obama's enduring legacy: Don't believe all the hype » Boston Herald

Bud L. Williams should resign Springfield City Council seat (Editorial) » MassLive

In Trump's middle America, a sense of optimism » Boston Globe

After the charter defeat, what's next for urban education? » Boston Globe

Dylann Roof deserves the death penalty » Boston Globe

Racist opinions are hateful, but that shouldn't make them crimes » Boston Globe

Editorial: Recreation tax would benefit us all » The Recorder

Our view: Salem State president leaves legacy of integrity, commitment » The Salem News

Politics

Longmeadow Democrats name Stan Rosenberg Democrat of the year » MassLive

Tito Jackson still coy over potential mayoral run » Boston Herald

GOP businessman may challenge Elizabeth Warren for re-election » Boston Globe

Former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick Reflects on Barack Obama's Presidency » NECN

Local pols praise Obama's farewell speech » Boston Globe

Some local Republicans packing their bags for Trump inauguration » The Sun Chronicle

Even In Cambridge, Obama's Farewell Message Of Hope Can't Overpower Dismay Over Trump » WGBH News

Worcester group staging student walkout during Trump inauguration » Worcester Mag

Charlie Baker faces some hurdles for 2018. Like Donald Trump » Boston Globe

Warren, Healey, Walsh to join Boston Women's March for America » Metro

Will Trump weigh in on state GOP fight? » Boston Globe

Public Safety

Bristol County Sheriff Thomas Hodgson wants prisoners to pay $5 daily incarceration fee and to work unpaid on Trump's border wall » MassLive

Mass. has lowest US rate of gun deaths » Boston Globe

Fourth Time A Charm? Proposal To Help Small Towns Run Ambulance Services To Be Refiled » New England Public Radio

State police held 15 on ICE detainers » Boston Herald

Pilgrim opponents: 'We're sitting on a time bomb' » Cape Cod Times

Springfield, Holyoke, Pittsfield among 15 Massachusetts communities getting anti-gang violence grants » MassLive

Massachusetts Public Safety secretary: Rioting prisoners at Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center in Shirley 'were getting ready for war' » MassLive

Official: Rioting prisoners in Shirley 'getting ready for war' (VIDEO) » Sentinel & Enterprise

Fitchburg is on Massachusetts list of cities receiving a share of $ 5.7- million grant to combat gang violence » Sentinel & Enterprise

Partnerships pitched as antidote to gangs, curbing violence » State House News Service

Prisoners in riot were 'getting ready for war' » Boston Globe

Police departments receive anti-gang funding » Eagle Tribune

Gun Rights Group Wants Answers, Asks Galvin for Help » New Boston Post

Walsh plans active role in criminal justice debate » State House News Service

Brockton to see part of $5.7 million grant to deter gang violence » The Enterprise

State Finance

Center: FY18 budget gap $615.7m » Commonwealth Magazine

State Government

Healey takes aim at Trump » The Newburyport News

From Baker, not quite transparency » Boston Globe

Baker audit: Equipment on 30 state vehicles unneeded » Boston Herald

Baker-Polito Administration Awards $68,234 For Chemical Safety Trainings » Beacon Hill Patch

Transportation

Chris Dempsey, Leader of the Olympics Opposition, Has a New Gig » Boston Magazine

Greenbush Station transit-oriented development project advances » Wicked Local Scituate

Leader of No Boston Olympics tapped for transportation group » Boston Globe

The MBTA's Struggling Warehouse Will Be Privatized » Boston Magazine

Utilities

Tennessee Gas to pay $640,000 for conservation land it bought to build pipeline » Legal Newsline

Senator Julian Cyr stands with Downwinders at Pilgrim Nuke » Cape Cod Today

Greenfield energy director warns about dangers of third-party suppliers » The Recorder

DeLeo to speak in Randolph at energy bill assistance fund kickoff » Wicked Local Holbrook

Eversource gets state approval for solar panel facilities across the state » Boston Globe

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Recipe of the Week

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 2 cups flour (unsifted, blend of bread and pastry)
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1/2 cup milk
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 2 1/2 cups blueberries
  • 2 teaspoons sugar (for tops)
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla

Directions

On low speed, cream butter with sugar until fluffy. Add eggs one at a time and mix until blended. Sift dry ingredients; add to eggs-and-butter mixture, alternating with milk. Mash 1/2 cup of berries and stir into mixture by hand. Add the rest of the berries whole and stir by hand. Grease muffin tins well with butter; grease the top surface of the pans as well. Pile mixture high in each muffin cup, and sprinkle the sugar over tops.

Bake at 375 degrees for 30 minutes.



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