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Today on Beacon Hill
10:00am
Executive Office of Health & Human Services Public Hearing
Via Webex
1:00pm
Senate Full Formal Session
Senate Chamber
Birthday: Rep. Jonathan Zlotnik
Quote of the Day
“There’s accusations that 40,000 ballots were flown in to Arizona and it was stuffed into the box, okay? ... And it came from the southeast part of the world, Asia, okay? And what they’re doing is to find out if there’s bamboo in the paper.” (Because) ... “they use bamboo in their paper processing, people in southeast Asia.”
Speaking about the wild claims of votes being flown in from Asia for the 2020 election.
News by Category
Beltway Politics
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Editorial: The world’s largest democracy on life support
Boston Globe
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Opinion: Biden’s not ‘meh’ — he’s the anti-Trump
Boston Globe
Business
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State releases $5 million in final round of funding to support minority and women-owned small businesses
Spectrum News
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Golfers’ return to the links bolsters Acushnet
Boston Globe
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Interstate Tax Competition Could Hurt Mass., Group Says
Law 360
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Moderna’s CEO says he ‘didn’t lose a minute of sleep’ over potential waiver of vaccine patents
Boston Globe
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Baker: Pandemic punctuated importance of STEM fields
WHDH
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Boston business leaders launch campaign to raise $10 million for Latino Equity Fund
Boston Globe
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NY AG: ISPs behind millions of fake net neutrality comments
Boston Globe
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Wahlburgers at MGM Springfield plans opening by end of May
MassLive
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Gov. Charlie Baker visits Lowell’s Panela to announce last round of small-business grants
Lowell Sun
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Governor Baker to provide remarks at 2021 Massachusetts STEM Summit
News 22 WWLP.com
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Construction worker killed in concrete wall collapse at Newton home under renovation
Boston Globe
Civil Rights
Crimes
Education
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Opinion: State must close the loophole that permits unvaccinated children into schools
Boston Globe
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Death, taxes and ivory towers
Boston Business Journal
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Comprehensive Sex Education Curriculum Approved By Worcester School Committee
New Boston Post
Environment
Federal
Health Care
Housing
Human Services
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Massachusetts program celebrates 1 million meals delivered during COVID-19 pandemic
WCVB
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DiDomenico Highlights ‘School Meals for All Bill’ at 53rd Annual Walk for Hunger
Chelse Record
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DCF sued in connection with Patrick Rose case
Boston Herald
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Chicopee Rep. Joseph Wagner to lead Holyoke Soldiers’ Home bill talks
News 22 WWLP.com
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Chicopee Rep. Joe Wagner will lead conference committee to consider $600 million Holyoke Soldiers’ Home bond bill
MassLive
Immigration
Labor
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US job growth slows sharply in sign of hiring struggles
Boston Herald
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As Summer Approaches, Cape Cod Faces Workforce Shortage
Cape Cod Online
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Massachusetts nurses rally against ‘violent’ healthcare workplaces
Boston Herald
Legislative
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Gobi testifies in support of bills honoring dedicated civil servants
Athol Daily News
Local Government
Politics
Public Health
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Editorial: Reaching most vulnerable next Mass. vax target
Lowell Sun
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Mass. Tops 650,000 Confirmed COVID Cases; 5 New Deaths Reported
NBC Boston
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High-risk communities, hospitalizations down as Mass. makes progress in pandemic
WHDH
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Coronavirus updates: 'High-risk communities fall to 13, including Lawrence, Haverhill
Newburyport News
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669 new coronavirus cases reported in Massachusetts schools in the past week
Boston Herald
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Massachusetts coronavirus vaccine rollout: 464,357 doses in past week, a major drop from previous record week
Boston Herald
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13 Massachusetts cities and towns at high risk for coronavirus as transmission slows
Boston Herald
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Parents call on governor to lift several coronavirus restrictions on kids
Boston Herald
Public Safety
State Government
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Gov. Baker stands by his re-opening plan despite criticism from both sides
News 22 WWLP.com
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SJC grills state lawyer over SORB ouster
Salem News