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9:30am Mass. Gaming Commission Public Hearing, Via conference call

“I am 100 percent confident that if and when Speaker DeLeo decides to leave, Ron Mariano will be the next speaker of the House,” said Moran, “I don’t have any information. But [the saying] where there’s smoke, there’s fire still is relevant here.”

Representative Michael J. Moran

Responding to the rumors from yesterday that House Speaker Robert DeLeo was preparing to leave his post for a position at Northeastern University.

News By Category
Beltway Politics

Trump campaign asks supporters whether he should run for president in 2024 » Boston Herald

President-elect Joe Biden to receive COVID-19 vaccine in public as soon as next week » Boston Globe

Senate hearing elevates baseless claims of election fraud » Boston Globe

Markey: Aid to States May Be Pushed to Biden Era » State House News Service

Business

Galvin’s office says popular investing app Robinhood violates state securities rules » Boston Globe

Departing MassBio CEO Robert Coughlin to Join JLL to Grow Life Sciences Industry Practice » Boston Real Estate Times

Closing For The Holidays Brings Bad Tidings For Boston Art Museums » WBUR

Delivery delays try the patience of consumers used to near-instant gratification » Boston Globe

Boston staffing firm Aquent makes the leap, ditching over 30 offices » Boston Business Journal

Two accounting firms to combine, creating one of largest in Mass. » Boston Business Journal

Billionaire Amazon philanthropist awards transformative grant to United Way of Central Mass. » Worcester Business Journal

Goldberg: Non-Renewals Will Tell Story of Damage to Bars, Restaurants » State House News Service

Cannabis & Psychedelics

Lee greenlights marijuana-growing facility at former Greylock Mill » Berkshire Eagle

Civil Rights

Bristol sheriff fires back at AG, says investigation into alleged civil rights violations is political » Boston Globe

Parental or judicial consent doesn’t work for everyone » Commonwealth Magazine

Abortion issue moves to Senate as Massachusetts House rejects Charlie Baker’s amendment » Boston Herald

Massachusetts House rejects Gov. Charlie Baker’s abortion amendment in fiscal 2021 budget » The Republican

Hodgson puts Healey report ‘down the sewer pipe’ » Commonwealth Magazine

Education

Death of the snow day? Massachusetts schools go remote in snowstorm » Boston Herald

Class failure rates at Boston schools up 4.6%, district shares in remote learning update » Boston Herald

Cape Cod unions join no-confidence vote against state education chief » Cape Cod Times

Holyoke Community College layoffs will affect career, testing services » Gazette Net

Editorial: Let public health expertise guide school reopenings » Boston Globe

Environment

Exxon Calls Massachusetts Fraud Suit Punishment for Opinion » Bloomberg

Most Energy-Efficient State Goes To California, As Mass. Slips Out Of ACEEE Rankings' Top Spot » WBUR

NOAA Creates New Slow Zone To Protect Whales Off Nantucket » WGBH

Rules eased for water from showerheads, a Trump pet peeve » Boston Globe

Biden’s twin climate chiefs, McCarthy and Kerry, face a monumental task » Boston Globe

Federal

AG Healey calls on Trump administration to maintain presidential records » News 22 WWLP.com

Gaming

Study Details Flow of Casino Construction Money » State House News Service

Health Care

Healey joins AGs urging drug cost relief for health centers » News 22 WWLP.com

Coronavirus vaccines could get to general population by February; health care workers line up now » Boston Herald

National Guard Col. Michael Lazo named acting superintendent of Holyoke Soldiers’ Home » The Republican

Vaccinations boost spirits at hospitals throughout Mass. » Boston Globe

Mass General Brigham to pay back cut retirement benefits » Boston Business Journal

First problems in distribution of Pfizer vaccine involved it being too cold, not cold enough » Boston Globe

Attleboro area nears capacity for ICU beds » The Sun Chronicle

FDA advisory panel votes to recommend Moderna vaccine for emergency use » Boston Globe

Housing

Opinion: Evictions Feed The Pandemic » WBUR

Immigration

Healey’s Anti-ICE Bias Clouds Reality [OPINION] » WBSM

Judiciary

‘I won’t let you down’: Serge Georges Jr., Boston Municipal Court judge, sworn into Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court » The Republican

Labor

Another 885,000 Americans filed new unemployment claims last week » Boston Globe

Ruling in lawsuit upholds mask-wearing in workplace » Gazette Net

Legislative

Future of House Speaker Robert DeLeo up for debate on Beacon Hill: reports » Boston Herald

Chatter about DeLeo future growing on Beacon Hill » News 22 WWLP.com

House Speaker Robert DeLeo rumored to be stepping down, ending 12-year reign » Boston Globe

Is Bob about to Bounce? DeLeo’s Reign Seems Set to End » Western Mass Politics and Insight

Holyoke city councilor hired as aide to new state Rep. Patricia Duffy » The Republican

Local Government

’I’m not resigning’: Chicopee City Councilor Lucjan Galecki states after Facebook posts about sexual assault; city has history of being unable to remove elected officials » The Republican

Change ... or the illusion of change?: Worcester's Black community reacts to new chief diversity officer » Worcester Telegram

Redistricting expert presents proposed Lowell election districts » Lowell Sun

City of Boston is working with architectural firm to rethink Copley Square » Boston Globe

Lawrence Mayor Dan Rivera Will Step Down Jan. 8 To Head MassDevelopment » WBUR

Lawrence Mayor Dan Rivera thanks city as he prepares to step down, take over Mass. Development in 2021 » Fox 25 News

North Adams hearing on 'Smart Growth' zoning draws no initial opposition » Berkshire Eagle

Peabody waives liquor license renewal fees for 85 businesses » The Salem News

Politics

Former GOP candidates scale back lawsuit challenging Massachusetts election results » Boston Herald

Bickford: Baker’s job “isn’t to be liked” » News 22 WWLP.com

Someone In Boston Registered Four Karyn Polito For Governor Web Sites » New Boston Post

Trying to break through in a pandemic » Boston Globe

Cape Republican Ron Beaty Weighing Run For Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts » New Boston Post

Growing interest in District 6 seat » The Bay State Banner

Public Health

UMass model projects rising COVID-19 cases in Massachusetts to level off in January » Boston.com

Health officials prepare for a new challenge — snow » Boston Globe

Massachusetts reports 5,450 new COVID cases, 71 deaths on Wednesday as hospitalizations climb to 1,851 » The Republican

Testing Bumped Up in Outer Cape Towns » State House News Service

Sen. Timilty Tests Positive, Isolating at Home » State House News Service

Public Safety

Williamstown sergeant drops lawsuit against former chief, town manager » Berkshire Eagle

City Council Approves Boston Police Oversight Office » WGBH

Boston City Council approves civilian review board, restrictions on tear gas, rubber bullets » Boston Herald

Ruling permits citizen recordings of police » Commonwealth Magazine

State Finance

State Budget to Send Pandemic Aid to Eastie » East Boston Times-Free Press

State Government

Massachusetts non-emergency government employees told to work from home during winter storm » The Republican

Suffolk District Attorney Rachael Rollins looking into third chemist at state drug lab » Boston Globe

CISA: Cyberintruder’s “Grave Threat” Extends to State, Local Government » State House News Service

Utilities

The start-up of the controversial Weymouth gas compressor station delayed at least until January » Boston Globe

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The Week In Review

Most read bills of the week:

HB5164 - An Act making appropriations for fiscal year 2021

HB5190 - So much of the message from His Excellency the Governor returning the General Appropriation Bill for fiscal year 2021 (see House, No. 5164) as relates to Attachments A through L, for items returned with disapprovals and reductions under the provisions of Section 5 of Article LXIII and sections returned with recommendations of amendments under the provisions of Article LVI of the Amendments to the Constitution (House, No. 5190). December 14, 2020.

SB2975 - Governor's Amendment

SB2963 - An Act relative to justice, equity and accountability in law enforcement in the Commonwealth

HB5177 - An Act making appropriations for fiscal year 2021 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities and projects

HB5179 - An Act providing for access to reproductive health services

HB5178 - An Act relative to certain trust funds and non-public ambulance service reimbursement

HB5181 - An Act providing for eviction protections during the COVID-19 pandemic emergency

HB5180 - An Act providing for municipal permit extensions

HB5189 - An Act providing for a department of children and families school attendance report

House Actions This Week: 68

Senate Actions This Week: 35


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