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From economic scorecards to nursing home scandals, what's on Mass. lawmakers plates before November

NEPM

Editorial: Globe endorses yes on Question 4
Boston Globe
Boston has a conventional strategy for 2028
Boston Globe
'Energy emergency' fires up Massachusetts governor's race
Boston Herald
Why the Boston suburbs make it past Question 7's built-in barrier
MASSterList
Former Gov. Baker joins Patrick in endorsing Question 3 to create all-party primaries
WBUR

We Need More Pro-Trans Politicians. This Group Thinks It Knows How to Get Them.
The Nation

National

Women are getting nearly all the new jobs. Trump is focused on men's work.

Boston Globe

Generational shift sends incarceration rates plunging
Pluribus News
Obama returns as closer-in-chief
Politico
NY: Hochul Declares a
New York Times
CA: Steve Hilton's 'Just Try It' Ad on mail Voting Denounced by Republicans
New York Times
Defund the Political Campaigns
Free Agent Politics

Democrats could win majority of governor's offices for first time in 16 years
News From the States
Susan Collins and Troy Jackson grew up in the same rural Maine county. Their experiences were very different.
Boston Globe

Today on Beacon Hill

9:00am

Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security: Committee Hearing

Written Testimony Only

12:00pm

Voting Like Your Life Depends on It: The connection between civic participation and wellbeing hosted by Commonwealth Beacon

Hogan Campus Center, College of the Holy Cross, 1 College Street, Worcester

5:00pm

Veterans' Homes Council Meeting

Via Microsoft Teams

New Media

Instagram

According to the Downtown Boston Neighborhood Association, 56% of people polled said they do not feel safe downtown or on the Common.

NBC10 Boston

Every Wednesday, dedicated activists gather outside the ICE detention center in Burlington to stand against ICE’s cruelty. We were proud to join them today.

ACLU of Massachusetts

Grateful for the firefighters & first responders who worked around the clock to contain the fire through the historic Edison Building in Nubian Square.

U.S. Representative Ayanna Pressley

The effort to suspend and repeal Chapter 188 is underway. MFI is proud to be part of the Compassionate Care Coalition working to repeal Chapter 188 and protect unborn life across Massachusetts.

Massachusetts Family Institute

Podcasts

Burnin' Down the House

Moore than Politics

BPR Full Show 10/5/26: Clergy Sexual Abuse Report

Boston Public Radio

From economic scorecards to nursing home scandals, what's on Mass. lawmakers plates before November

Beacon Hill In 5

Trump Plans to Shove What Where?

Pod Save America

Substack

Community Center Put on Pause

The Ham'er

Vote Informed: An Explainer on Ballot Question 9

Mass 50501

First Draft: Forget Hasan Piker, Donald Trump Is America's Worst Campaign Surrogate

Zetero

Defund the Political Campaigns

Free Agent Politics

TikTok

Question 2 on the Massachusetts ballot this year asks voters if attorneys with the Committee for Public Counsel Services have the right to form a union. CPCS has roughly 500 attorneys who handle criminal charges and welfare cases...

WBUR

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu has endorsed Governor Maura Healey. The two backed different candidates in State Senate primaries, and haven’t always seen eye to eye. In fact, Governor Healey declined to endorse in the Mayor’s race against Josh Kraft.

Sharman Sacchetti

We cannot let Donald Trump steal our elections.

Senator Ed Markey

As the war in Iran puts more pressure on Massachusetts families trying to heat their homes, I’m doing everything I can to help people stay warm this winter. More from Citizens Energy President @Joe Kennedy III.

Governor Maura Healey

YouTube

CO-05: Virginia

DCCCVideo

Our official TV ad!

Vote YES on 3! All-Party Primaries

Massachusetts officials slam USPS plan to cut mail access

WWLP-22News

Healey announces heating assistance for Massachusetts families

CBS Boston

Quote of the Day

“It's worth saying again so the fake news understands it. We are no longer the woke department or the weak department. Simple translation of that -- no fatties no trannies no beardos no weirdos no wimps no radicals. Just warriors.”

U.S. Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth

Hegseth's From Hegseth's "State of the Force" speech, which was about Project Meridian and the Trump administration's vision for reshaping the U.S. military.