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

House Approves $18 Bil in Transportation Outlays » State House News Service

Owners of Mass. casinos already feeling the effects of coronavirus » Boston Globe

What Elizabeth Warren says she got ‘wrong’ about the Democratic primary race » Boston.com

62 Mass. Lawmakers Urge Governor To Ensure No-Cost Coronavirus Testing » WBUR

Arroyo: Racism is public health crisis in Boston » Commonwealth Magazine

AYANNA PRESSLEY’S HUSBAND SPENT 10 YEARS IN PRISON. NOW HE AND PRESSLEY ARE FIGHTING FOR RE-ENTRY REFORM » The Appeal

Dem Party Looking Into Natick Caucus Won by Markey » State House News Service

Mike Bloomberg plans new group to support Democratic nominee » Washington Post

A presidency of two for coronavirus: Trump hands his sidekick the job of a savior » Politico

Elizabeth Warren's dog Bailey endorses burrito » Business Insider

Massachusetts’ Top Health Official Has Major Conflicts of Interest With Big Pharma » Sludge

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

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

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

Editorial: McGovern: Upholding human rights » Gazette Net

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Let’s make workers’ comp work » Commonwealth Magazine

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

Override election redo unlikely in Northampton » Gazette Net

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

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

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

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

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

All committee votes should be made public » Commonwealth Magazine

Baker vows to veto gas tax » Boston Herald

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

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

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

HB193 - An Act regulating body art

HB4480 - An Act providing for a transportation excise tax

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

New Report Outlines Steps Policymakers Can Take to Protect Medicaid Coverage for People with Mental Health Conditions » National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Massachusetts

Cities, Workers, Civil Society Organizations Sue Trump-Vance Administration for Weaponizing Public Service Loan Forgiveness to Silence Critics and Stifle Dissent » Democracy Forward

MNA: Dana-Farber Foxborough Nurses to Hold Informational Picket Outside Gillette Stadium Before November 13 Patriots-Jets Game » Massachusetts Nurses Association

Mayor Shaunna O’Connell, Taunton Police and Fire Departments Offer Look into New Public Safety Complex as Project Nears Finish Line » City of Taunton

Maine and Massachusetts Initiatives Threaten to Re-Criminalize Adult-Use Cannabis Sales » Marijuana Policy Project

AG Campbell Sues U.S. Department Of Education To Block New Restrictions On Public Service Loan Forgiveness » Office of Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell

State Legislative Briefing to Highlight Opportunities to Close Completion Gaps at Massachusetts Community Colleges » EdTrust-Massachusetts

ICYMI: Constituents, Health Professionals Join Senator markey in Boston to Highlight Impact of Rising Health Insurance Premiums on Massachusetts Communities » Office of Sen. Ed Markey

Governor Healey Issues Statement after Court Ruling Forces President Trump to Feed American Families » Office of Governor Maura Healey and Lt. Governor Kim Driscoll

Healey-Driscoll Administration Partners with the Boston Symphony Orchestra for July 4 Massachusetts 250 Signature Event » Office of Travel and Tourism

Mass Audubon Honors Kirsten Waerstad with Nature of Massachusetts Award » Mass Audubon