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Today on Beacon Hill

10:00am Joint Committee on Ways & Means, Budget Hearing

11:00am Celebrating Women's Power, Nurses Hall, State House, Boston

6:00pm Meet & Greet with Westwood Select Board Candidate Bill McLaughlin

6:00pm Pre-St. Patrick's Day Celebration for State Rep. Candidate Kelly Dooner with Sheriff Tom Hodgson

"Gender in this race, you know, that is the trap question for everyone. If you say, 'Yeah there was sexism in this race,' everyone says, 'Whiner!' If you say, 'No there was no sexism in this race,' about a bazillion women think, 'What planet do you live on?'"

Elizabeth Warren

Speaking about gender bias in the 2020 presidential election.

News By Category
Beltway Politics

Why Warren Couldn’t Win » FiveThirtyEight

Woe is Elizabeth Warren’s staff after their candidate bails » Boston Herald

Biden, Sanders, Trump’s ages make the 2020 vice president pick high stakes » Boston Herald

‘I think I would have made a better president,’ Elizabeth Warren says in Globe interview » Boston Globe

Warren’s campaign had an outsize impact on Democratic politics » Boston Globe

Women react with anger, dismay to Warren’s departure » Boston Globe

After Warren ends presidential bid, Harvard Law students create Post-it note tribute to former professor » Boston Globe

Is Elizabeth Warren’s pinky promise of women in power too big a hope for America? » Boston Globe

Warren ends campaign, declines to endorse for now » Commonwealth Magazine

Election highlights deep Mass. GOP divisions » Commonwealth Magazine

She Was Focused And Full Of Plans But Unable To Break Through » New England Public Radio

Business

1,740 apartments, mixed-use campus pitched for old Bayside Expo Center site » Boston Herald

‘Transformative’ 6 million-square-foot project pitched for Bayside, adjacent site » Boston Business Journal

Huge development at Bayside Expo Center site a step closer to reality » Boston Globe

Prosecutors: Malden device firm made $100M through surgeon kickbacks » Boston Business Journal

Cannabis & Psychedelics

Boston's 1st Pot Shop Opens Monday, More Than 3 Years After Legalization Vote » WBUR

LGBTQ Entrepreneurs Face Rigorous System To Cultivate, Manufacture & Sell Cannabis In Mass. » The Rainbow Times

Civil Rights

Editorial: McGovern: Upholding human rights » Gazette Net

Education

State Gives $125K Grant To Nashoba Tech For Upgrade » Brookline Patch

Cambridge College acquires a for-profit Boston business school » Boston Globe

Coronavirus sparks Cohasset to cancel school trips » The Enterprise

MIT cancels events with more than 150 people over coronavirus concerns » Boston Herald

Amherst’s $24.5M school budget on the table » Gazette Net

Bay Path University trip to Portugal canceled over Coronavirus concerns » News 22 WWLP.com

Boston Public Schools’ operations chief resigns » Boston Globe

Boston officials unveil new student privacy policy » Commonwealth Magazine

Environment

Local environmental groups concerned about Trump’s policy proposals » The Recorder

Keep an Eye on the Massachusetts 2050 Roadmap Bill » Climate XChange

Health Care

Top Docs Offer Look Inside Coronavirus Preparations » State House News Service

Malden company paid $8M in kickbacks to spinal surgeons, feds say » Boston Herald

These hospitals are restricting travel because of coronavirus » Boston Business Journal

Housing

East Boston residents call Walsh ‘unresponsive’ over Suffolk Downs concerns » Boston Herald

Mayor Walsh's $500M affordable housing plan faces a test on Beacon Hill » Boston Business Journal

Human Services

Twin Cities Boys & Girls Club executive director honored at Statehouse » Sentinel & Enterprise

Abuse registry bill named for Weymouth native signed into law » Wicked Local Weymouth

Immigration

FL: DeSantis Sides With Senate on E-Verify » Southeast AgNet

‘Flood the streets’: ICE targets sanctuary cities with increased surveillance » Boston Globe

Blasting ICE means attacking those who keep us safe » Boston Herald

New policy proposed to protect student files after some were used in US deportation actions » Boston Globe

On immigration, Attorney General Barr is his own Supreme Court. Judges and lawyers say that’s a problem. » Washington Post

Labor

Let’s make workers’ comp work » Commonwealth Magazine

Legislative

DiDomenico Receives Women’s Bar Association Public Official of the Year Award » Charlestown Bridge

Gouveia announces re-election bid, will be in Concord March 7 » Wicked Local Concord

Local Government

Override election redo unlikely in Northampton » Gazette Net

Despite Temporary Ballot Shortage, Northampton Will Not Redo Override Vote » New England Public Radio

Politics

Howie Carr: Charlie Baker’s bad week at the polls » Boston Herald

What’s the matter with Newton? » Boston Globe

Political Notes: Cape Democrats to hold post-election unity breakfast » Cape Cod Times

Public Health

Biogen employees test positive for coronavirus as third case is announced in Mass. » Boston Globe

To defend against coronavirus, MBTA steps up cleaning of crowded trains and stations » Boston Globe

New coronavirus cases reported in Massachusetts » Boston Herald

3 Workers Who Attended A Biogen Conference Have COVID-19, Company Confirms » WBUR

How the Greater Boston biomedical community is tackling the coronavirus » Boston Globe

California orders insurers to waive out-of-pocket costs for coronavirus testing » San Francisco Chronicle

Public Safety

Prisoner Rights Activists Storm Gov. Baker's Office, Demand Investigation Into Souza Lockdown » WBUR

New watchdog unit finds more overtime pay problems, lax oversight at State Police » Boston Globe

White Ribbon Day highlights efforts to prevent gender-based violence » WCVB

State Government

Baker Departing for Week in Utah with Family » State House News Service

All committee votes should be made public » Commonwealth Magazine

Taxation

Baker vows to veto gas tax » Boston Herald

Transportation

Gov. Charlie Baker Denounces Massachusetts Gas Tax Bill » CBS Boston

Senate Leaders Sizing Up Transpo $$$, Policies » State House News Service

Attleboro train commuters welcome state plans to disinfect trains, subways and buses » The Sun Chronicle

Beacon Hill to riders and drivers: Drop dead » Boston Globe

State senators throw up caution flag on Red Light bill » Dorchester Reporter

Deadline Pushed Back on Interlock, Baker Transpo Bills » State House News Service

Utilities

Power-line developers line up for an opportunity to ensure Boston’s lights stay on » Boston Globe

Baker Cites 'Real Benefits' In Eversource-Columbia Gas Deal » WGBH

Seeing Green When Buying a House » Boston Globe

'Net zero' emissions goal is attainable, advocates say » Worcester Telegram

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The Week In Review

Most read bills of the week:

HB4508 - An Act relative to transportation finance

HB4506 - An Act authorizing and accelerating transportation investment

HB366 - An Act to regulate sports wagering

HB4502 - An Act making appropriations for fiscal year 2020 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities and projects

HB4529 - An Act enabling partnerships for growth

HB4505 - An Act authorizing and accelerating transportation investment

HB4285 - An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2020 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities and projects

HB4480 - An Act providing for a transportation excise tax

HB193 - An Act regulating body art

HB3661 - An Act relative to the reduction of certain toxic chemicals in Firefighter Personal Protective Equipment

House Actions This Week: 420

Senate Actions This Week: 17


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