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Beltway Politics
Elizabeth Warren headed to Puerto Rico next week »
Boston Globe
Elizabeth Warren is headed to Puerto Rico next week for an event in San Juan. She’ll lead a “community conversation” at the Alejandro Tapia y Rivera Theater Tuesday evening, according to an e-ma…
Murphy, legislative leaders reach deal on $15 minimum wage bill »
Politico Massachusetts
Gov. Phil Murphy and New Jersey’s top legislative leaders reached an agreement Thursday on a bill that would gradually raise the state’s minimum wage to $15 an hour for most workers by 2024, the g…
Business
A beer taproom is coming to Boston Public Market »
Boston Globe
On Wednesday, Casey Hogan, senior operations manager of new vendor relations for the downtown marketplace, tweeted a “Request For Proposals” seeking a craft brew vendor to set up a taproom onsite,…
Mass. lawmakers take another swing at patent trolls »
Boston Globe
Can Eric Lesser finally become the Troll Slayer of Beacon Hill? The state senator came close to earning this honor last summer by guiding a bill to the finish line that would crack down on “patent t…
Cape Cod Culinary Incubator to Receive $10K in Urban Agenda Program Grants »
Cape Cod Today
Today, Lieutenant Governor Karyn Polito announced $500,000 to nine projects through the Urban Agenda Grant Program. The program emphasizes community-driven responses to local obstacles, and promotes e…
AG joins multi-state settlement over data breach »
Berkshire Eagle
State Attorney General Maura Healey recently joined a $1.5 million multi-state settlement by 44 attorneys general to resolve an investigation alleging that The Neiman Marcus Group LLC violated consume…
Ahead of Bristol Myers purchase, Celgene partners with Boston cancer startup »
Boston Business Journal
Atlas Venture-backed Kyn Therapeutics hopes to create drugs that reverse the effects of a metabolite called kynurenine, which cancer cells use to suppress the immune system and ward off attacks.…
Your city street may soon turn into a grocery aisle »
Boston Globe
Quincy-based supermarket chain Stop & Shop said it will send remote-controlled mobile grocery stores rolling through the streets of Greater Boston this spring.…
The Mass. hotel industry continues to make room »
Boston Business Journal
The 50 hotels on this year’s list of the largest hotels in Massachusetts, ranked by the number of guest rooms at each hotel, comprise a total of 20,757 rooms.…
State Street to lay off 1,500 in turn toward automation »
Boston Business Journal
Besides the layoffs, the new cost-saving program will include cuts to spending on professional services firms and other vendors, as well as “optimization” of State Street’s real estate footprint…
Rep. Randy Hunt to File Truth in Advertising Internet Access Bill »
Cape Cod Today
I’ll be filing a bill tomorrow called “An Act to promote truth in advertising relative to internet access plans.”…
Cannabis
Pot board pressed to investigate Framingham testing site »
Boston Herald
The state pot board is being pressed to “immediately investigate” what Framingham’s mayor is calling a violation of state regulations after police found hundreds of vials of both marijuana resid…
R.I. governor to propose marijuana legalization as neighboring states launch programs: ‘Like it or not, it’s here’ »
Boston Globe
After resisting marijuana legalization for several years, Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo is ready to bring adult-use cannabis to the Ocean State, fueled by the legalization efforts and growing in…
Education
A second chance on the other side of the world »
Boston Globe
He had brains, worked hard, and earned a rare full-ride scholarship. But Michael Blackwood, like many Boston valedictorians, had to learn a new definition of “success.”…
Boston schools review policy banishing overage students »
Boston Globe
Boston school officials, facing a growing backlash over efforts to kick over-age students out of school, are now expressing a willingness to revise their policy so some or all of the students can fini…
Experimental colleges once were the future. Now, what is their future? »
Boston Globe
When Hampshire College opened its doors in 1970, it was part of a wave of new schools founded as experiments in alternative education. Some let students set their own course of study and didn’t requ…
Proposed bill filed by Sen. Comerford aims to address higher ed funding gap »
Gazette Net
A bill seeking to address a more than $500 million annual gap in funding for public colleges and universities, filed Wednesday by lead sponsor Sen. Jo Comerford, D-Northampton, is part of a package ai…
LGBTQ Lit: Two decades ago, an ARHS teacher pioneered a life-changing class. Today, it’s as relevant as ever »
Gazette Net
In the early 2000s as a student at Amherst Regional High School, Rachel Lesser knew some gay students there, but not many.…
Belchertown vice principal taking job in South Hadley »
Gazette Net
Bruce Hastings, Belchertown High School’s assistant principal, dean of students and athletic director, will end his tenure at the school this week to become an assistant principal in South Hadley.…
ALICE training ongoing in Falmouth schools »
Wicked Local Falmouth
When Falmouth Police Sergeant Ryan Hergt graduated from Falmouth High School in 2005, he had never gone through a lockdown drill.…
Environment
AG Healey Endorses Version of ‘Green New Deal’ — 100 Percent ‘Renewable’ Energy »
New Boston Post
Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey committed herself on Wednesday to an ambitious new clean energy goal and promised to fight gun violence, reduce barriers to mental health treatment, and sup…
Protesters rally at state forest »
The Recorder
Protecting rare salamanders, sequestering carbon and respecting the natural order of forests — there were more than a few reasons a group showed up at Wendell State Forest to protest planned logging…
Gaming
Charlie Baker all in on sports betting in Massachusetts »
Boston Herald
Gov. Charlie Baker wants Massachusetts to pull up a seat at the sports betting table this year, and has drafted his own legislation to make that happen.…
Legal sports betting may be coming to Massachusetts »
The Daily News of Newburyport
States are rushing to legalize wagers on professional sports following last year's U.S. Supreme Court ruling, and Massachusetts could be getting a piece of the action.…
Baker to file bill authorizing pro sports betting »
Commonwealth Magazine
Proposal would also tax daily fantasy sports contests…
Health Care
Rent Or Insulin? The Rising Cost Of Diabetes Meds Forces Patients Into Difficult Choices »
WGBH
Myranda Pierce of Jamaica Plain is in the unenviable position of having to choose between buying the medication she needs to live or paying her bills.…
Lawmakers push repeal of health care fees »
Gloucester Times
Republican lawmakers are pushing for a repeal of fees charges to companies that aren't providing health insurance to a majority of their workers.…
Human Services
Bill aims to help bullied, PTSD victims »
Lowell Sun
A local legislator and a close friend of a family whose daughter took her own life after getting relentlessly bullied in Lowell schools are working together on a bill that they say could help those fa…
Western Mass. Lawmakers Ask Gov. Baker To Help In Wake Of Federal Shutdown »
New England Public Radio
Two state lawmakers from western Massachusetts, Jo Comerford and Mindy Domb, sent Governor Charlie Baker a letter asking him to provide emergency funding for food banks if the federal shutdown goes on…
Immigration
In Massachusetts, Eduardo Samaniego was a celebrated immigration rights activist; in Georgia, he’s an inmate »
Boston Globe
If you want to understand how completely arbitrary and capricious our broken immigration system is, consider the case of Eduardo Samaniego.…
Insurance
GIC plans listening sessions on plan changes »
State House News Service
A year after proposed health insurance changes for state employees and retirees prompted "concern, confusion and havoc," the Group Insurance Commission previewed a 2020 plan design that steers clear o…
Legislative
DeLeo defends handling of ‘inappropriate conduct’ claims »
Boston Globe
House Speaker Robert A. DeLeo defended his handling of claims of“inappropriate conduct” against a state lawmaker Thursday as the Legislature, less than a year removed from a prolonged ethics probe…
State Rep. Paul McMurtry denies sexual misconduct allegations »
WHDH
The Massachusetts House of Representatives is investigating an allegation of inappropriate conduct involving a state representative.…
House opens investigation into allegation against Dedham state rep »
The Salem News
The Massachusetts House is investigating a "plausible" allegation of inappropriate conduct involving at least one representative, stemming from an alleged incident at the orientation session for new m…
After groping alleged at lawmaker orientation, Sabadosa files anti-harassment bill »
Gazette Net
An alleged incident in which an incoming female legislator was groped during an event on the University of Massachusetts Amherst campus last month is prompting state Rep. Lindsay Sabadosa to file legi…
Local Government
Lakeville residents voice flood concerns to Middleboro selectman »
South Coast Today
With the high water levels and pervasiveness of invasive weeds and other obstructions damming the flow at critical areas in the Assawompset Ponds Complex, Long Pond, and the Nemasket River, Lakeville …
Westport Cultural Council grants totaling $4,869 announced »
The Herald News
Rep. Paul Schmid, Sen. Michael Rodrigues and Carollyn Duby, chairwoman of the Westport Cultural Council, have announced the award of 10 grants totaling $4,869 for cultural programs in Westport.…
Many vacancies exist on Salisbury boards »
The Daily News of Newburyport
The town has almost a dozen vacant seats on various boards and commissions, and officials are looking for some help.…
School, sewer, housing trends seen as lifting Fall River »
The Herald News
The city of Fall River was cleared by a state board Thursday to ride on the state’s more favorable interest rates as it borrows $129 million, mostly to pay for a new high school and sewer infrastruc…
‘Wintertime, that’s what we do’: Area DPWs are ready for the big storm »
Gazette Net
Hampshire County is expected to be one of the areas most impacted by the snow and ice predicted for this weekend, according to the National Weather Service.…
Housing project, trail endorsed for Amherst CDBG funds »
Gazette Net
Continuing to construct a multi-use path on East Hadley Road and covering the predevelopment costs for the town's first single-room occupancy project for extremely low-income people are being recommen…
Walsh announces $28 million Boston Common renovation plan »
Boston Globe
Mayor Martin J. Walsh, the Boston Parks and Recreation department, and Friends of the Public Garden announced a $28 million master plan to renovate the Boston Common.…
Opinion
Women in Massachusetts march forward »
Boston Globe
Two years ago, many Americans found themselves called to react to a moral crisis in our country, brought on by the 2016 election. A swell of grass-roots energy was sweeping the nation — indeed, the …
Union chief: Grid workers did not break »
Commonwealth Magazine
UNIONS MATTER. That’s the lesson of National Grid’s six-month lockout of 1,250 United Steelworkers.…
Our roads are barely suitable for bikes, let alone bike lanes »
Boston Globe
Re Jeff Jacoby’s “Is the bike-lane fever breaking?” (Opinion, Jan. 9): I have a different angle on why bike lanes are not ready for prime time.…
Jack Bogle: A painful thorn in Boston’s side »
Boston Globe
Jack Bogle was an investment industry legend. In Boston, he was also a legendary pain in the butt.…
Why Trump lies, and why you should care »
Boston Globe
The fact that President Trump lies multiple times a day has become inescapably obvious to all but his most blinkered supporters. In that group of hard loyalists, his inveterate lying doesn’t merit d…
Editorial: Mass. government still scorns public records laws »
Boston Business Journal
It’s an alarming fact that Massachusetts is the only state in the nation where all three of the state’s highest government branches — the governor’s office, the legislature and the Supreme Jud…
Letter: Press Baker to release Clarksburg school funds »
Berkshire Eagle
In late 2017, the town of Clarksburg voted not to move forward with an MSBA renovation project for its school. The town's finance people warned that the required 40-year loan would be too much for the…
Viewpoint: Keep our doors open for international students »
Boston Business Journal
As thousands of students return for a start of a new semester across Massachusetts, there’s promising new data showing that the United States is once again among the most desirable countries for int…
Worcesteria: Irony is hard »
Worcester Mag
When you think of iconic reality TV duos, who comes to mind? Snooki and Pauly D? Flava Flav and New York? Stassi and Jax? Well, I think us Worcester folk should consider adding a new, more local team …
Guest column: ‘There are as many reasons to march as there are women marching’ »
Gazette Net
This Saturday at noon, women and their allies will walk together from Northampton's Sheldon Field to City Hall to celebrate our victories and recommit to the work still left to do promoting equity and…
Bravo to local legislators pushing for increased school funding »
The Recorder
The region’s legislators have our backs when it comes to state funding for public schools, whether for small, cash-strapped rural towns or public higher education, which of course is a major economi…
Politics
Former Beacon Hill lawmaker Jim Lyons elected Mass. GOP chairman »
Boston Globe
Jim Lyons, a former state representative from Andover, was elected chairman of the Massachusetts Republican Party Thursday night.…
Public Health
Top lawmakers turn out for sexual health lobby day »
State House News Service
Activists, legislators and Massachusetts residents met in the State House Thursday for sexual health lobby day, pressing for the passage in the new session of bills addressing sexual health education …
Opioid marketing contributed to overdose epidemic, Boston Medical Center report says »
Boston Business Journal
In the midst of a variety of lawsuits accusing pharmaceutical companies of contributing to the opioid epidemic, the Grayken Center for Addiction has confirmed the connection between opioid marketing a…
Taxation
Mass. lawmakers officially revive ‘millionaires tax’ proposal »
Boston Business Journal
The Supreme Judicial Court struck down the original version of the proposal last year, but two lawmakers believe they have a procedural path that's on stronger legal footing.…
Baker seeks transfer tax hike to protect properties »
State House News Service
Gov. Charlie Baker plans to proposed an estimated $137 million annual increase in the excise tax paid on real estate transfers, a proposal he said Friday morning will generate $1 billion over the next…
Transportation
Town eyes ValleyBike Share expansion »
Gazette Net
Hadley officials are supporting a possible expansion of ValleyBike Share to town, although they want assurances that costs associated with adding new stations are not borne by local taxpayers.…
Utilities
Rep. Will Crocker Among Lawmakers Seeking to Shore Up Heating Assistance »
Cape Cod Today
Rep. Will Crocker Among Lawmakers Seeking to Shore Up Heating Assistance…
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State Rep McMurty Faces Accusations Of Misconduct
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Baker Announces Plan To Legalize Professional Sports Betting In Massachusetts
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