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Beltway Politics
Trump has 'unchecked authority' to order a nuclear attack »
Boston Globe
President Trump's dire threat to North Korea that it risked “fire and fury like the world has never seen” sounded like a threat of nuclear war — and a president does have the power to order a nu…
Lowell Democrat Niki Tsongas won't seek another term in Congress »
Boston Globe
US Representative Niki Tsongas said Wednesday she will not seek another term in Congress.…
Moulton bids to redirect Dems, reshape Congress by electing veterans »
State House News Service
Business
Sales tax holiday unlikely this year »
WWLP 22 News
Despite support from both consumers and business owners, summer savings with a tax free weekend this year are looking unlikely. But Massachusetts retailers are already looking to secure future sales t…
Sale of non-rescues soon to be banned in Cambridge pet shops »
Wicked Local Cambridge
Pet shops in Cambridge will soon be restricted from selling non-rescue animals, thanks to an amendment passed by the Cambridge City Council Monday night.…
GE delays plan to open new Fort Point building »
Boston Globe
General Electric Co. has pushed back the expected opening of its new building overlooking Fort Point Channel by two years after deciding to break the headquarters project into two phases.…
UMass envisions an 'oceanfront Boston neighborhood' at Bayside site »
Boston Business Journal
The University of Massachusetts Building Authority is looking to develop the 20-acre Bayside Expo Center site in Dorchester as “an oceanfront Boston neighborhood,” and is now seeking input from de…
Cambridge bans retail sales of commercially bred pets »
Boston Globe
In what may be the most sweeping such ban in the country, pet shops in Cambridge will soon be barred from selling most animals unless they come from an animal shelter or rescue organization.…
Top legislator sees no chance of sales tax holiday »
Wicked Local
Consumers will get no break on the sales tax from the state of Massachusetts this summer, as lawmakers opt for the second year in a row to forego a tax holiday weekend.
Revenue Committee Chairman Jay …
Anderson named officer of statewide builders, remodelers association »
Cape Cod Times
Matthew Anderson, president of the Home Builders and Remodelers Association of Cape Cod and owner of Anderson Framing and Remodeling in Sandwich, was installed as the first vice president of the Home …
Cabbies may avoid new rules for Uber, Lyft drivers »
Gloucester Times
Plans to create a statewide registry and require background checks for taxi, limousine and other ride-for-hire drivers have hit a roadblock.…
How much is a fund-raiser at TD Garden worth? »
Boston Globe
GE Hits Pause On New Office Building »
Banker & Tradesman
Cannabis
Confusion remains over pot controls »
Cape Cod Times
Although legislators spent eight months revising the state's new recreational marijuana law, confusion remains on the issue of local control.…
Watchdog: Pot shop bid may be conflict »
Boston Herald
A state employee who works at the department regulating medicinal marijuana is applying for a dispensary license from that very agency — a potential conflict of interest that raises questions about …
Massachusetts Cannabis Advisory Board Members Largely From Pro-Pot Cities »
New England Public Radio
All but two of the 15 people appointed to advise marijuana regulators in Massachusetts reside in cities and towns that favored the legalization of recreational pot.…
Vermont governor Phil Scott to create executive commission on marijuana legalization »
The Republican
Vermont Gov. Phil Scott says he plans to create an executive commission to study marijuana legalization. The commission's members have not been named, but Scott said its recommendations are likely to …
Civil Rights
New surveillance camera at the State House is raising some concerns »
Boston Globe
A new security camera nestled on an 18th-century balcony of the Massachusetts State House faces one of the state's most prominent places to demonstrate — in front of the Capitol's steps. …
Crimes
Immigrants are among most vulnerable to human trafficking »
Wicked Local Weymouth
Human trafficking is a nearly $32 billion industry and more than 27 million people are victims of the illicit business on an international scale, according to the Polaris Project, which is tasked with…
Education
UMass Asks Developers To Submit Ideas For 'Mixed-Use' Of Bayside Site »
WBUR
The University of Massachusetts Building Authority has issued a Request for Information (RFI) to seek out ideas for the "highest and best use" of the former Bayside Expo Center site in Dorchester with…
Why Mass. Is Making A Third Attempt At Reforming English Language Ed »
WBUR
Fifteen years after Massachusetts voters remade English-language education in the state, lawmakers are set to reverse course.…
Bristol Community College receives its largest donation ever: $2 million »
Taunton Gazette
A $2 million donation, the largest in the history of Bristol Community College, will aid in elevating its health science program to a new level of excellence, President Laura Douglas said.…
Lowell, UMass Lowell sign master agreement »
Commonwealth Magazine
UMass Lowell and the city of Lowell signed a historic master agreement that spells out the financial relationship between the municipality and its largest tax-exempt landholder.…
Environment
Center for Coastal Studies Receives Grant to Measure Nitrogen »
Cape Cod Online
The Center for Coastal Studies in Provincetown has been awarded a grant from the Baker Administration through the Massachusetts Environmental Trust.…
Galvin says New Shadow Law Removes Layer of Protection for Historic Parks »
Beacon Hill Times
Gov. Charlie Baker recently signed a home-rule petition into law that would allow Millennium Partners to move forward with building a 775-foot tower on the site of the city-owned Winthrop Square Garag…
Gaming
Town, state make case for Supreme Court intervention »
Martha's Vineyard Times
The U.S. Supreme Court is being asked to resolve a conflict between the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) and the town of Aquinnah, a citizens' group, and the commonwealth of Massachusetts.…
Town, State Ask U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Casino Case »
Vineyard Gazette
The town of Aquinnah, the commonwealth and a community group on Tuesday hurled what amounts to a legal Hail Mary pass, asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review a decision that recognizes the Wampanoag …
Health Care
State sees boom in number of psychiatric beds »
Boston Globe
As psychiatric patients struggle to get treatment, some of them waiting for days in emergency rooms, health care companies have seen an opportunity: Three gleaming new psychiatric hospitals have gone …
Housing
More Boston neighborhoods seeing affordable housing units »
Boston Globe
Boston's building boom is bringing more affordable housing to some of its most affluent neighborhoods.…
Cambridge Moves To Restrict Short-Term Rentals »
WBUR
In the absence of a state strategy to regulate short-term housing rentals, the Cambridge City Council voted Monday night to require hosts to live in the same or an adjacent building as part of a new s…
Insurance
Health insurance is at crisis stage nationwide »
Sentinel & Enterprise
Without action by the Trump administration, Iowa's last insurer on the individual health exchange will leave, a Hawkeye State Republican warned policymakers Tuesday.…
Judiciary
Family lessons shaped Salem District Court nominee »
State House News Service
Labor
Prosecution, defense rest in 'Top Chef' case »
Boston Globe
A federal jury could begin deliberating the fate of four Teamsters members charged with using strong-arm tactics in an alleged attempt to extort the “Top Chef” television show as soon as Thursday,…
Local Government
Methuen councilor's police job could create conflict »
Eagle Tribune
The City Council on Monday approved a petition that puts Chairman Jamie Atkinson one step closer to taking a junior accountant position in the police department.
That petition – which would waive a …
Fellsmere Park sign installation celebrates Malden's first mayor »
Wicked Local Malden
Malden City Councillor-at-Large Debbie DeMaria hosted the installation of a new Fellsmere Park sign along the Fellsway East road at Fellsmere Pond.…
Opinion
Trump's reckless rhetoric on North Korea »
Boston Globe
President Trump's reckless words directed at North Korea on Tuesday risk inflaming one of the world's worst headaches.…
Trump tries to divide and conquer communities of color »
Boston Globe
The Trump administration cares no more about Asian-American enrollment at Harvard than it does about protecting black and Hispanic workers from an influx of immigrants. …
Maine motormouth Paul LePage is on the warpath »
Boston Globe
Up in Maine, Senators Angus King and Susan Collins have just been blasted as “dangerous,” “out of touch” politicians who cast “disgusting” votes against repealing Obamacare because they ar…
When Google silences dissent, it bodes poorly for the rest of us »
Boston Globe
Well, now we know what you're not allowed to say if you work at Google. Next question: What are the rest of us allowed to say on the Internet?…
Carr: Baker's donor pal at a loss for words after getting judgeship »
Boston Herald
Gov. Charlie Baker is a good neighbor — he's arranged for yet another of his fellow Swampscott residents to take early retirement in the form of a no-heavy-lifting $165,000-a-year state judgeship.…
Socializing costs and privatizing benefits »
Cape Cod Times
Columnist Cynthia Stead laments all the insurance industry jobs she imagines will be lost if the U.S. adopts a single-payer health insurance system, as every other advanced industrialized nation has d…
Is Republican Senatorial Candidate Geoff Diehl Minimizing His Opposition To Obamacare? »
WGBH News
The last time a Massachusetts Republican won a seat in the U.S. Senate — the only time in the last 40 years, in fact — the fate of Obamacare was said to hinge on the outcome.…
Politics
Battenfeld: Geoff Diehl declares Elizabeth Warren's ancestry not a target »
Boston Herald
Massachusetts U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren's claims of Cherokee Indian ancestry remain a question hanging over her political career — and a frequent target for President Trump — but don't expect Rep…
State rep. candidates weigh withdrawal from local races »
Eagle Tribune
Two of the candidates running in the special election to replace former state Rep. Brian Dempsey in the 3rd Essex District are weighing whether to remain on the ballot for re-election to their current…
Kaufman responds to conservative group's fliers sent to Lexington addresses »
Wicked Local Lexington
Rep. Jay Kaufman, D-Lexington, attacked a flyer sent to addresses in his district criticizing him and other state Democratic representatives for voting for a pay increase that affected all state lawma…
Bonner Withdraws; Throws Support to Magliocchetti »
WHAV
The most recent Democrat to consider seeking the soon-to-be-vacant state representative seat has withdrawn and thrown his support behind Paul A. Magliocchetti.…
Following campaign treasurer's resignation, Springfield City Council candidate Ernesto Cruz denies mishandling funds »
The Republican
A city council candidate on Tuesday pledged to cooperate with the state campaign finance agency following the resignation of his campaign treasurer, who accused him of mishandling contributions receiv…
Three-way GOP primary creating waves south of Boston »
State House News Service
Public Health
Opioid deaths already at near-2016 levels »
The Sun Chronicle
On a computer screen in police department crime analyst Anthony Stevens' office, a graph is covered with figures representing numbers of people who have died each month from opioid overdoses in the ci…
Public Safety
No new money needed -- Norfolk County has own inmate addiction program »
Wicked Local Quincy
Norfolk County Sheriff Michael Bellotti said it's okay that his office didn't get part of a new federal grant that went to five other sheriff's departments. Norfolk County started a near-identical pro…
Taxation
Chairman "certain" there won't be a sales tax holiday »
Lowell Sun
Consumers will get no break on the sales tax from the state of Massachusetts this summer, as lawmakers opt for the second year in a row to forego a tax holiday weekend.…
Berkshire County business owners lament unlikelihood of sales tax-free weekend »
Berkshire Eagle
Sales tax holiday weekends represent a state-sanctioned way of sticking it to the state, say Berkshire County business owners.…
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Springfield advocates rally against Gov. Charlie Baker's immigration detainer bill
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