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Today on Beacon Hill

9:00am China Day Reception, Great Hall, State House, Boston

10:00am Cannabis Control Commission Public Hearing, Western New England University School of Law, Moot Court Room, 1215 Wilbraham Road, Springfield

11:00am Senate Session, Informal Session

11:00am House Session, Informal Session

1:00pm Executive Office of Energy & Environmental Affairs Public Hearing, Leverett Saltonstall Building, 100 Cambridge Street, 2nd Floor, Conference Room B, Boston

6:00pm A Public Meeting with Rep. Joe McGonagle, Parlin Library, 410 Broadway, Everett

6:00pm Fundraiser for Sen. Julian Cyr with Congresswoman Katherine Clark and Rep. Sarah Peake

6:00pm Campaign Kickoff for Weymouth Town Council Candidate Pascale Burga

6:00pm Campaign Kickoff for Framingham City Council Candidate Mario Alvarez

6:00pm Campaign Kickoff for Brockton City Council Candidate Kevin Borges

6:00pm Campaign Kickoff for Methuen City Council Candidate Mike Simard

6:00pm Campaign Kickoff for Brockton School Committee Candidate Tony Rodrigues

6:30pm Campaign Kickoff for Everett City Council Candidate Stephanie Martins

7:00pm Campaign Kickoff for Pittsfield City Council Candidate Patrick Kavey

Today's Graphic
Via OCPF: $1,000 is the contribution limit per individual per calendar year

“You can see I am getting old, but there is one thing that I have found improves with age and that is the pleasure of being able to say, ‘I told you so,’” Frank told the commission at a public hearing on proposed industry regulations. “And it does not require pills before, during, or after you do it.”

Former Congressman Barney Frank

Testifying before the Cannabis Control Commission

News By Category
Beltway Politics

This is no time for the US president to go wobbly on democracy » Boston Globe

With liberal agenda, Warren seeks to win over moderates » Boston Globe

Trump has work to do in N.H. to drum up support, strategists and activists say » Boston Herald

Elizabeth Warren ripped again over tweet criticizing cops » Boston Herald

Trump is coming to New Hampshire, where voters feel more strongly than ever about him » Boston Globe

Joe Kennedy: This moment isn’t about my grandfather Robert Kennedy’s legacy. It is about our own. » Washington Post

Business

Could Facebook become an independent state? » Boston Globe

Five things we just learned about WeWork » Boston Globe

Under new local exec, HSBC aims for Boston’s global businesses » Boston Business Journal

Guest columnist Tom Gardner: Local newspapers in the ‘twilight zone’ — will they last? » Gazette Net

Worcester mayor bashes GateHouse after longtime columnist cut » Boston Business Journal

Micro hotels are the next big thing in Boston » Boston Globe

Government Purchasers Could Do Far More to Help Minority-Owned Businesses » Governing

AG Announces Over $1 Million in Grant Funding for Local Consumer Advocacy Programs » Cape Cod Today

Madoff whistleblower accuses GE of fraud, sending stock down » Boston Business Journal

Cannabis & Psychedelics

Your marijuana delivery is here — now smile for the body cam » Boston Globe

Third pot shop seeks agreement with Belchertown » Gazette Net

Marijuana delivery cams stir privacy, safety debate » State House News Service

Barney Frank, author of 1972 marijuana bill, tells CCC: “I told you so” » Boston Globe

Education

Legislature should look to private donations to fund UMass » Commonwealth Magazine

Environment

What’s The Cost Of Destroying A Species? » WBUR

As protesters, loggers clash at Wendell State Forest, Department of Conservation and Recreation officials ‘refuse to meet or speak,’ to protesters » The Republican

'The planet is running a fever'; Sen. Ed Markey in New Bedford in call for Green New Deal » South Coast Today

Peabody's Big Y ditches plastic bags » The Salem News

2°C: BEYOND THE LIMIT » Washington Post

Letter: State's rivers must be protected » Gloucester Times

Gaming

Great Barrington Grapples With Horse Racing Questions At Selectboard Meeting » WAMC

Lawmakers assure Great Barrington officials: Local permits required to reintroduce horse racing at Fairgrounds » the Berkshire edge

Health Care

Harvard Pilgrim, Tufts to pursue merger » Commonwealth Magazine

Insurers Harvard Pilgrim And Tufts Health Plan Say They'll Merge » WBUR

Human Services

Where Nonprofits Are Most Prevalent in America » Governing

Immigration

The racist intent of Trump’s new immigration rule » Boston Globe

Temporary Protected Status immigrants rally outside federal courthouse » Boston Globe

Protesters outside R.I. detention center nearly hit by pickup truck » Boston Globe

Healey Among AGs Suing Trump Administration Over 'Public Charge' Immigration Rule » WBUR

Insurance

State Officials To Determine If Tufts Health-Harvard Pilgrim Merger Could Inflate Health Costs » WGBH

Labor

Qdoba cited for more than 1,000 child labor law violations in Mass. » Boston Business Journal

Unions prod lawmakers to override Baker veto » The Andover Townsman

Massachusetts continues funding marine industry workforce development » Boating Industry

Local Government

City council approves grant » The Reminder

The teens who discovered TD Garden failed to host local sports fund-raisers? They won’t get their ice rink, after all » Boston Globe

Great Barrington official allegedly stole over $100K from town coffers » Berkshire Eagle

Provincetown officials rethink online discussion page » Cape Cod Times

End in sight for Amherst Groff Park spray park project — and summer » Gazette Net

Egleston Square: A City Divided in Life and Death » the Scope

Lowell Council backs additional voting option » Lowell Sun

Greyhound Friends gets new license in Hopkinton. But opponents aren't backing down. » The Metro West Daily News

Selectmen notebook » The Sun Chronicle

Coalition challenges Tubman House sale » The Bay State Banner

Mashpee weighs wastewater management options » Cape Cod Times

Town moves to abolish Sewer Commission » Athol Daily News

A Fall River City Council Meeting Flew Off the Rails After Mayor Jasiel Correia Showed Up Uninvited » Boston Magazine

Somerville Mayor Plans To Open A Supervised Consumption Site Next Year » WBUR

Politics

Letter to the Editor: Dems say thanks » Lynn Daily News Item

Mazzeo Decries Business As Usual Politics In Pittsfield Mayoral Campaign » WAMC

Public Health

Activist warns Somerville against creating its ‘own Methadone Mile’ » Boston Herald

Somerville officials defending mayor’s plans for safe injection site » Boston Herald

State Finds Unsafe Levels of Fecal Bacteria at Over 200 Beaches » WBSM

Mass. beaches get tough water quality grade » Commonwealth Magazine

In Opening a Safe Injection Site, Somerville Would Call Feds’ Bluff » Boston Magazine

Opioid Prescribing Guidelines Are Slowing The Flow Of Pills — But Progress Is Slow » WBUR

Public Safety

Marijuana most common drug found in drivers involved in fatal Massachusetts crashes » Boston Herald

I-Team: Startling Number Of House-Arrestees Escape GPS Ankle Bracelets » CBS Boston

Four Mass. State Police troopers who had suspensions overturned by Civil Service Commission in March still remain suspended as decision is appealed » The Republican

'This should shock us' » The Andover Townsman

Worcester police to be deposed in assault weapons case » Worcester Telegram

As public skepticism of police increases, departments are changing their approach to recruitment » Boston Globe

Governor's new campaign highlights impaired driving » Western Mass News

Council probes city’s anti-violence funding » The Bay State Banner

State Government

Hopkinton resident appointed to MGCC board » Wicked Local Hopkinton

State needs to catch up on racial and gender equity » Boston Globe

Taxation

Shoppers get reprieve from sales tax this weekend » The Salem News

Transportation

Officials unite to divide Rte. 1 in Wrentham » Wicked Local Plainville

Boston’s new Orange Line trains: First Springfield-built MBTA cars take off at Medford’s Wellington Station » The Republican

This Is a New One: Police Say a Man Sprayed Bear Repellent on the Red Line » Boston Magazine

That ‘new car smell’: Here are the new Orange Line trains » Boston Globe

State will study traffic, speed along Route 1 through Wrentham, police chief says » The Sun Chronicle

RMV has suspended 869 more driver’s licenses, pushing total to more than 2,400 » Boston Globe

Massachusetts RMV creating unit to focus on interstate communication following deadly New Hampshire crash » The Republican

Expanded rail service for Springfield, Holyoke, Northampton and Greenfield may begin Aug. 30; test trains running overnight this week » The Republican

Can we get there from here? Here's what business leaders say about the transportation crisis » Boston Business Journal

Utilities

These Providence 5G cellphone speeds are almost too hot to handle » Boston Globe

Feds’ delay puts crucial tax credit in jeopardy for Vineyard Wind » Boston Globe

Lack of Pilgrim emergency funding worries legislators » Cape Cod Times

Utility: Appliance replacement complete in Merrimack Valley » State House News Service

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The Week In Review

Most read bills of the week:

SB2413 - An Act to provide criminal justice reform protections to all prisoners in segregated confinement

HB4039 - An Act financing the general governmental infrastructure of the Commonwealth

SB2310 - An Act regulating the use of credit reports by employers

HB3949 - An Act relative to debt collection licensure

HB4122 - An Act to enhance, update and protect the 2013 motor vehicle right to repair law

HB4049 - An Act to create a Boston Fire Department cadet program

HB4044 - An Act amending the General Laws in relation to enacting the Private Vehicle Rental Act

HB205 - An Act relative to debt collection licensure

SB2318 - An Act establishing a real estate transfer fee upon the transfer of property in the town of Concord

HB4012 - An Act relative to children's health and wellness

House Actions This Week: 13

Senate Actions This Week: 11


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