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Today on Beacon Hill

10:00am State House Celebration of Christmas, Great Hall, State House, Boston

11:00am House Session, Informal Session

11:00am Senate Session, Informal Session

2:00pm Joint Committee on Consumer Protection & Professional Licensure, Public Hearing

7:00pm Rep. Josh Cutler's Ho-Ho-Holiday Party

Birthdays: Rep. Rich Haggerty

Today's Graphic
via WBUR

“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.

Senator Mark Montigny

Speaking about the rushed bill which will extend unemployment benefits for locked out workers.

News By Category
Business

Secretary Bill Galvin fines MetLife $1 million for denying pension payments to retirees » MassLive

William Galvin hits MetLife with $1 million fine for failing to keep track of pensioners » InvestmentNews

Fed boosts key interest rate for fourth time this year » Boston Globe

JPMorgan's Jamie Dimon has big expansion plans. Here are the U.S. cities in his crosshairs » Boston Business Journal

Surprise! Beacon Hill is moving on the Mass. Airbnb bill » Boston Globe

Cannabis & Psychedelics

Weeding time -- Brockton council moving ahead on retail marijuana » The Enterprise

Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission opening applications for marijuana social equity program » MassLive

Shouting match erupts at New Bedford cannabis committee meeting » South Coast Today

For pot shop opponents, Leicester’s traffic nightmare is a gift » Boston Globe

Lowell Councilors get earful on pot shops » Lowell Sun

Education

Speculation builds as Newbury College announces it will sell its campus » Boston Globe

Boston School Committee votes to close two high schools in West Roxbury » Boston Globe

Environment

Clean energy industry adds over 1,500 jobs in Massachusetts » Windpower Engineering

Mass. Joining States To Reduce Transportation Sector Emissions » WGBH

Health Care

Attorney General Maura Healey: McLean Hospital lost info on patients, brain bank donors » Boston Herald

McLean beefs up computer security after breach » Boston Globe

McLean Hospital lost info on brain bank donors, employees, Healey says » Boston Business Journal

1st doctor in Massachusetts to be charged with manslaughter for overprescribing opioids pleads not guilty » MassLive

Immigration

Data: Massachusetts has few migrant children in its care » Boston Globe

Labor

Senate readying bill to extend benefits for locked-out National Grid workers » Boston Globe

New Bedford Democrat presses Spilka on lockout bill » Milford Daily News

Decision on National Grid unlikely to help Quincy projects » Herald News

Baker backs more worker benefits if Grid lockout doesn’t end soon » Commonwealth Magazine

Local Government

Legislators told solution to Ware's Level 3 sex offender influx is keeping them in jail » MassLive

Columbus on hot seat in Framingham » Commonwealth Magazine

Opinion

Pilgrims’ vaunted amity excluded other tribes » Cape Cod Times

‘Lock him up!’ is bad karma for Michael Flynn » Boston Globe

The state’s social contract with utilities » Commonwealth Magazine

Politics

Geoff Diehl has decided not to run for state GOP chairman after all » Boston Globe

2018 In Review: ‘Year Of The Woman’ » WGBH

Brent Andersen of Auburn says he has votes for Massachusetts Republican Party chairmanship » Worcester Telegram

PULSE OF THE VOTERS: Some Mass. residents are cautiously optimistic about bipartisanship » Newburyport News

Lyons joins race for state GOP's top spot » The Salem News

Lexington Board of Selectmen bids farewell to new Rep. Ciccolo: With video » Wicked Local Lexington

Baker, Polito plan inaugural parties in Worcester, Boston, Springfield » Worcester Telegram

Public Health

Somerville is limiting where menthol and e-cigarettes can be sold. Here’s why. » Boston.com

Depression, ranging in severity, shadows old age for nearly a third of Mass. seniors » Boston Globe

Public Safety

State's domestic violence council to launch campaign this upcoming spring » WWLP.com

Questions raised about 5 Springfield narcotics officers could jeopardize drug prosecutions » MassLive

State Government

With pay raise, state pension chief’s salary hits nearly $500,000 » Boston Globe

Massachusetts economic chief Jay Ash heads to private sector as Baker administration turnover poised to continue » MassLive

Here’s the schedule for Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker’s second inaugural » MassLive

Auditor Suzanne Bump: State contracts leave millions on table » Boston Herald

Changes to Gov. Charlie Baker’s team may not be over » Boston Herald

Bay State Population Growth Tops In New England » WGBH

Transportation

‘Definitely a nice change’: Commuter rail conductor decorates train car with Christmas cheer » Boston Globe

Springfield I-91 Viaduct May Touch Ground, Pending Baker Review » New England Public Radio

Greater Boston traffic congestion will only get worse » Lowell Sun

Reflections on the Whittier Bridge, then and now » Newburyport News

A Reminder: Trump Tariffs Could Jack up the Cost of New MBTA Trains » Boston Globe

Utilities

New Bedford Democrat presses Spilka on lockout bill » Patriot Ledger

Moratorium on National Grid gas hookups lifted » Boston Globe

Natural gas industry burns for more pipeline capacity in Mass. » Boston Globe

Despite moratorium’s end, new National Grid gas hookups will not begin immediately » MassLive

Massachusetts Association for Community Action asks Gov. Baker for additional money for heating assistance » MassLive

Natural gas utility to fund 'alternative heating' in Western Massachusetts » MassLive

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