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11:00am Senate Session, Full Formal Session

11:00am House Session, Informal Session

FY 2018 BUDGET STATUS - NCSL
47 of 50 states have enacted budgets for FY 2018 (Massachusetts is now one of them)

“Congress should be working to make health insurance more affordable while stabilizing the health insurance market, but this bill and similar proposals won’t accomplish these goals,”

Charlie Baker and nine other governors

Urging Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell to reject the "skinny repeal" of the Affordable Care Act.

News By Category
Beltway Politics

After repeal attempt fails, GOP may chip away at Obamacare » Boston Globe

In Mass., Trump's Transgender Tweet Draws Quick Response » New England Public Radio

Warren: Trump cares 'more about extreme ideology than military readiness' » Boston Globe

Moulton on Trump transgender tweets: President 'lies all the time' » Boston Herald

Business

Teen sleuths say TD Garden owes $13.8 million in fund-raisers » Boston Globe

Total Wine wins challenge on discount pricing » Boston Globe

Making it in Central Mass.: Dislocation replaces largesse, security of legacy manufacturers » Worcester Telegram

Proposed Dorchester development would raze auto shops for flats, retail » Boston Herald

With Artists In Residence, Boston Is Changing How The City Values Art » WBUR

AG: Massachusetts debt collector to pay $1M in settlement » Boston Herald

Cannabis & Psychedelics

Amherst eyes local options on recreational marijuana » Gazette Net

Education

Lawmakers hope to undo English-only education in Mass. » Boston Globe

Advocates hope Finish Line Grant will be key to college — and to jobs » Bay State Banner

Environment

Report: Chemicals found in public water supplies » Cape Cod Times

New Bedford Hurricane Barrier: Not An 'Impermeable Line Of Defense' Against Climate Change » WBUR

'Hit First And Worst': Region's Communities Of Color Brace For Climate Change Impacts » WBUR

Gaming

Bill to extend simulcasting nears Gov. Baker's desk » State House News Service

Former Raynham track "definitely viable" as horse track, exec says » State House News Service

Health Care

House rejects Baker's health care proposal » The Recorder

Baker signs letter urging Senate to set aside 'flawed' health care proposal » Boston Globe

Baker files bill to control health care costs » Lowell Sun

Heroin-related hospital visits grew 256% in four years » Worcester Business Journal

House rejects Baker's health care proposal » Lowell Sun

Passing on Baker's MassHealth plan, Dems say they'll work on their own » State House News Service

MassHealth votes represent major shift » Commonwealth Magazine

Housing

Housing Bond Pitched As 'Engine' In Climate Marked By Rising Prices » Banker & Tradesman

Work On Final Phase Of 117-Unit Affordable Housing Complex Underway » Cape News

Immigration

Republicans want arrests for illegal immigration » The Eagle Tribune

GOP legislators introduce immigration bill to override SJC ruling » Boston Globe

Gov. Baker crafting bill to restore some ICE detainers » Boston Herald

State reps. defend immigration bill amid protests » Lowell Sun

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker drafting bill after court's ruling on immigrant detention » The Republican

Massachusetts Immigrant Ruling Could Guide Other States: Official » US News and World Report

Gov. Baker Working on Bill on Immigration Detainer Requests » US News and World Report

Hodgson, O'Connell make case for immigration bill » Taunton Gazette

GOP wants illegal immigrants detained » The Salem News

Baker Administration Drafting Bill To Allow State Police To Cooperate With ICE Detainers » WBUR

Feds threaten to strip police grants from sanctuary cities, like Northampton and Amherst » Gazette Net

Protesters deride plan to overrule SJC, give police power to detain immigrants » Sentinel & Enterprise

Insurance

SBLI is now owned by its policy holders » Boston Globe

Legislative

Blackmer Sets Campaign Kickoff for 1st Berkshire Election » iBerkshires

Local Government

'People are excited about it': Officials unveil revamped City Hall lobby » Boston Globe

Opinion

Trump's cruel, unnecessary transgender ban » Boston Globe

Baker 'pushes' on gas facility? 'Relents' is more like it » Boston Globe

Politics

Philips quits job to campaign full time » The Sun Chronicle

Public Health

MA drivers could face fines for smoking with young children in their cars » Western Mass News

Bill targets smoking with kids in car » The Enterprise

House Rejects Gov. Baker's MassHealth Reforms » WBUR

'Mosaic' HIV Vaccine Looks Good In Early Trial, Boston Researcher Tells AIDS Conference » WBUR

Mass. must ban conversion therapy » Andover Townsman

Number of Mass. fentanyl deaths alarms DEA » Boston Globe

Lyme disease antidote may have been discovered by UMass scientist » Metro.us

Public Safety

Hodgson accused of 'colluding' with white-majority agenda » South Coast Today

Another US state has started replacing in-person jail visits with video calls » Quartz

State Government

Maura Healey: Trump's Transgender Military Ban Is Still Just A Tweet » WGBH News

Lt. Governor Polito Signs Community Compact Agreements with Five Cape & Islands Towns » Cape Cod Online

Court ruling renews push to streamline voter ballot access » Boston Herald

Massachusetts municipalities awarded $30.5 million in Community Development Block Grants: How much did your town get? » The Republican

Massachusetts AG Maura Healey calls President Trump 'unfit to lead' following transgender military ban » The Republican

Healey mulls legal response to Trump's "shameful" transgender ban » State House News Service

Transportation

The future of money arrives by bus » Boston Globe

Your (lousy) options during the Mass. Pike and Comm. Ave. closures » Boston Globe

A North Station to Seaport ferry? Businesses asked to fund new service » Boston Business Journal

Southie Edison plant project underscores region's transit woes » Boston Globe

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