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