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Today on Beacon Hill

9:00am Greater Boston Employer Advisory Board Awards Breakfast, Great Hall, State House, Boston

9:00am Leaders & Achievers Scholarship Ceremony, Grand Staircase & Nurses Hall, State House, Boston

11:00am Joint Committee on Export Development, Public Hearing

11:00am Senate Session, Informal Session

11:00am House Session, Full Formal Session

1:00pm House Committee on Bonding, Capital Expenditures and State Assets, Public Hearing

6:00pm Rep. Shaunna O'Connell Re-Election Campaign Kickoff with Sheriff Tom Hodgson

6:00pm Spring Reception for Rep. David DeCoste

6:00pm Rep. Shaunna O'Connell Re-Election Campaign Kickoff with Sheriff Tom Hodgson

6:00pm Spring Reception for Rep. David DeCoste

6:30pm Fundraiser for State Rep. Candidate Alex Bezanson

6:30pm Fundraiser for State Rep. Candidate Alex Bezanson

7:00pm Fundraiser for State Sen. Candidate Terry Ryan

7:00pm Fundraiser for State Sen. Candidate Terry Ryan

Birthdays: Rep. Simon Cataldo

“I think immediately we should go back to the setting where we’re not ripping children away from their parents, and then we expect Congress to take whatever action is necessary to fix this on a permanent basis,”

Mitt Romney

Calling on President Trump to stop separating families at the Southern border.

News By Category
Beltway Politics

GOP governors dodge family separations fallout » Politico

Business

Startup aims to make allies of human gut’s microbes » Boston Globe

Wedding bells are ringing, but justices of the peace aren’t getting the call » Boston Globe

BJ's IPO could value company over $2B » Worcester Business Journal

In The Running For Amazon's HQ2, Suffolk Downs Turns Toward Redevelopment » WBUR

Student loan firm to pay $44k in refunds » Berkshire Eagle

Cannabis & Psychedelics

Charlton pot farm battle is taken to the state » Worcester Telegram & Gazette

Education

Layoffs possible at Quincy College » Patriot Ledger

Environment

Environmental bond bill with local earmarks passes House » The Recorder

Seashore advisory board meets, but uncertainty lingers » Cape Cod Times

Federal

Political Notes: 'Breaking up families is cruel,' Tedeschi says » Cape Cod Times

Children’s wails sharpen outcry over border policy » Boston Globe

Baker Cancels National Guard Deployment To Border, Citing 'Inhumane' Treatment Of Children And Families » WGBH

Romney calls for ‘disturbing’ family separations to stop » The Washington Post

Joe Kennedy III Railed Against Family Separation Policy at a “Tent City” in Texas » Boston Globe

Gaming

Massachusetts Sports Betting Must Wait Until 2019, Says Gov. Charlie Baker: Slow and Steady Outlook Called For » Casino.org

Health Care

SJC clears measure on nurse staffing ratio for November ballot » Boston Globe

Mass. House seeks $450 million to prop up struggling community hospitals » Boston Globe

Southcoast Health reviews culture, fires two after allegations of sexual misconduct » Boston Business Journal

House seeks to help community hospitals with $450M assessment on insurers, large hospitals » Boston Business Journal

Immigration

Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey calls Trump administration's family separation policy 'immoral and reprehensible' » The Republican

Maura Healey joins other AGs in calling for end of family separation at border » Fox 25 News

Labor

Reinstated Whittier workers say they were blocked from center » Boston Globe

Nurses applaud SJC ruling on staffing that allows ballot question » Worcester Telegram & Gazette

Spilka: Breakthrough might be imminent on paid leave » State House News Service

Local Government

Sunderland is 300 years old, and three residents have lived there a third of that » The Recorder

Legal claim says city ‘deceived and defrauded’ in enforcing false License Commission rules » Cambridge Day

Survey: Worcester voters want ballot question on Community Preservation Act » Worcester Telegram & Gazette

Waltham's Nabulime announces run for Ward 6 council seat » Wicked Local Waltham

Opinion

The EU melting pot is melting down » Boston Globe

Misguided millionaires tax was a nonstarter » Boston Globe

Laura Bush and Melania Trump break through the madness on immigration policy » Boston Globe

Harvard can’t have it all » The Washington Post

Elizabeth Warren can unify Democrats and take back the White House » The Hill

President Trump must put an end to family separation » Boston Herald

Howie Carr: Working stiffs catch break as court nixes 'millionaire tax' ploy » Boston Herald

Christopher K. Powell: Reacts to comments about Senate candidates » Gazette Net

Study: N-S Rail Link cost at least $12.3b » Commonwealth Magazine

Auditor on target with park mismanagement probe (Editorial) » The Republican

Politics

3rd District candidate Rufus Gifford made splash in Denmark -- and Danish documentary followed every step of the way » Lowell Sun

Sen. L’Italien Rallies Supporters During Weekend Canvass in Haverhill » WHAV

State Representative Candidate Robinson Hosting Kick-Off Celebration on June 25 » Framingham Source

Governor candidate Gonzalez visits Northampton, gets endorsement » Gazette Net

What’s next for Mass. progressives now that the ‘millionaires tax’ has been tossed out by court? » Boston Globe

Public Health

As Massachusetts mulls changing smoking age to 21, questions remain » Wicked Local

Public Safety

'It Can Happen To Anybody': Judge From Trooper Case Says Daughter Is 'Just A Kid With A Substance Use Disorder' » WBUR

State Government

Berkshire County veterans oppose statue of African-American scholar W.E.B. Du Bois » The Republican

Breaking Up Is Hard to Do: Why Some States and Cities Want to Secede » Governing

Gonzalez blasts Baker for quasi-public agency pay hikes » Boston Herald

Taxation

Business Groups Applaud, While Progressives Bemoan 'Millionaire's Tax' Ruling » WBUR

Voters won’t be able to weigh in on the millionaires tax. How about the Legislature? » Boston Globe

Court blocks 'millionaire tax' question from state ballot » Boston Herald

Democrats look to regroup in wake of millionaire's tax ruling » The Enterprise

Tax debate returns to Legislature after SJC strikes down Massachusetts millionaire's tax » MassLive

SJC knocks millionaires tax off November ballot » Commonwealth Magazine

Grand bargain talks can now begin in earnest » Commonwealth Magazine

The Supreme Judicial Court Just Killed the Millionaire’s Tax » Boston Globe

Transportation

North-South rail link would cost $12b, maybe much more, study estimates » Boston Globe

Parking prices will go up at 32 T stations, to as high as $10 a day — but drop at others » Boston Globe

'It was great': Now arriving, the first batch of CTrail Hartford Line weekday riders at Springfield's Union Station » The Republican

Ten-dollar fees part of $8.5 million MBTA parking $$$ plan » State House News Service

MBTA to try surge pricing for parking » Commonwealth Magazine

T urges Red-Blue pedestrian link » Commonwealth Magazine

Straus: Rail link info shows project "expensive and unnecessary" » State House News Service

State urging feedback on MBTA's unlimited opportunities » State House News Service

Utilities

Savoy, Florida back wireless route to last-mile internet » Berkshire Eagle

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