Must-Reads
Massachusetts
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Shelter $$ fading, but “not at the end of the line”
News 22 WWLP.com
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Supporters: Juvenile Justice Bill Is About "True Second Chances"
State House News Service
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Ron Iacobucci has a good idea for helping jobless workers. The state doesn’t seem to care.
Boston Globe
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MassGOP Urging New Recruits to Challenge for Legislature
State House News Service
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"Work Is Freedom": How Migrants Start Anew In Mass.
State House News Service
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Scandal hits Gloucester waterfront ahead of busy summer season
WGBH
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Six reasons why $90,000 college costs are bad news even if few pay that amount
Boston Globe
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Boston missing out on marijuana tourism, study finds
Axios
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Bradford pears may be pretty, but they're invasive and smell awful. Mass. moves to ban them
Worcester Telegram
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Steward temporarily shuts cancer unit at Good Samaritan hospital, in latest sign of stress
Boston Globe
National
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What’s inside the $95 billion House package focused on aiding Ukraine and Israel
AP News
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Biden aides ‘secretly refer to Trump as Hitler Pig’
The Telegraph
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Rep. Ilhan Omar's Daughter, Isra Hirsi, Suspended From Barnard
HUFFPOST
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25 Years After Columbine: Why the Massacre Was a Turning Point for America
Vanity Fair
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Biden's position in the polls is* improving against Trump — here's my theory for why
Silver Bulletin
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Environmental Damage Could Cost You a Fifth of Your Income Over the Next 25 Years
Wired
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17 States Are Considering Laws That Would Imprison Librarians
Vanity Fair
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Biden administration restricts oil and gas leasing in 13 million acres of Alaska’s petroleum reserve
Boston Globe
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Caitlin Clark’s WNBA salary has Massachusetts congresswomen calling for equal pay
Boston Herald
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Kennedy family makes ‘crystal clear’ its Biden endorsement in attempt to deflate RFK Jr.’s candidacy
AP News
Today on Beacon Hill
9:00am
Joint Committee on Revenue: Committee Hearing
Written Testimony Only
10:00am
Executive Office of Health & Human Services Public Hearing
Via Zoom
10:00am
Armenian Genocide Commemoration
Great Hall, State House, Boston
10:30am
Armenian Genocide Commemoration
House Chamber
Birthday: State Senator Jason Lewis
Quote of the Day
“It kind of paints it as, 'Come to Boston and you'll get a house and a job and all of this for free. So just come up to Boston.' And that hasn't changed. I think a lot of people come here and they're struggling, because they're hearing about this opportunity that's beyond their wildest dreams,”
The federal government and the state have taken efforts to streamline the process to approve new immigrants to work in the U.S. Work authorizations are a key part of Healey's strategy to move people out of the overwhelmed shelter system.
News by Category
Beltway Politics
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Moore: Joe Biden doesn’t feel your pain
Boston Herald
Business
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Beige Book casts bright light on Mass. tourism
News 22 WWLP.com
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Winthrop Center promised a public space open seven days a week. The city is trying to hold them to it.
Boston Globe
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Work resumes at South Station Tower project after pair of safety incidents
Boston Globe
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Winthrop Center is readying for its debut at last
Boston Globe
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Ed Markey says FCC net neutrality rules up for vote protect from ‘money gatekeepers’
Boston Herald
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She went from selling hats to running the whole store: Meet new WooSox GM Brooke Cooper
Boston Globe
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AAA Northeast buys Costello's Truck Repair for $1.7 million
Worcester Telegram
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Kerby: Airline’s move grounds booking competition
Boston Herald
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Howie Carr: Boston needs a makeover. Fast!
Boston Herald
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Second property owner wins judgment in New Bedford land-taking case against MBTA
The New Bedford Light
Education
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Report finds preschool access expanded in Mass. and across country last year
WBUR
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State extends key financial aid deadline
News 22 WWLP.com
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More than 10,000 Massachusetts students were educated ‘out-of-district’ last year. Here’s what to know.
Boston Globe
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Superior Court backs NU over Nahant
Item Live
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Massachusetts pushes back FAFSA deadline to July 1
Boston Herald
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Closer look: school district to be audited
The Eagle Tribune
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Judge’s order could send Braintree special education student back to public school
Boston Globe
Environment
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Two Years On, Plastic Water Bottle Ban Languishes
Vineyard Gazette
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Opinion: Friends of the Public Garden: ‘We are a democracy in trees and dirt’
Boston Globe
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Quabbin region studied for MWRA expansion
Gazette Net
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Shrewsbury receives award to prevent flooding on Route 20
Community Advocate
Housing
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Prices up, sales down in early spring housing market
The Recorder
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Younger, educated residents are leaving Mass. because of housing costs
WGBH
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Homeless, migrant families being transferred to Lowell shelter as part of state’s continued ‘consolidation’ effort
Boston Globe
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Want to live in the Back Bay, the heart of America’s most expensive ZIP code? Here’s what it will cost you.
Boston Globe
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FL: Florida’s affordable housing agency rejects allegations from former director
POLITICO Pro
Human Services
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At Budget Briefing, Town’s Social Worker Lauds Cradles to Crayons
The Bedford Citizen
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Editorial: Biden needs to step up for veterans’ care
Boston Herald
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McGonagle Continues Support for Veterans
Everett Independent
Judiciary
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Trump spent the day listening to strangers insult him. And he couldn’t say a single thing back.
Politico
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Here comes the judge
Lynn Daily News Item
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Editorial: Karen Read trial ‘buffer zone’ essential to delivering justice, fairness
Boston Globe
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12 jurors picked in Karen Read trial as selection concludes for week
Boston Globe
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Jury for Karen Read trial not fully empaneled; selection to resume Monday
MassLive
Labor
Local Government
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Attleboro City Council limits speakers to four minutes for committee sessions
The Sun Chronicle
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Hadley planners advance battery storage bylaw
Gazette Net
Politics
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NJ: Ranked-choice voting could get first test in NJ
NJ Spotlight News
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Upcoming election season heats up
Bay State Banner
Public Safety
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Worcester Police Department launches unit to crackdown on gun violence
MassLive
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Town rallies around Lynnfield Fire Chief Davis
Lynn Daily News Item
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Massachusetts: Significant increase in number of fires caused by lithium-ion batteries
Worcester Telegram
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Fearful Belchertown residents blame stray bullets on nearby gun club, appeal to town for help
Gazette Net
State Finance
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Shelter $$$ Fading, But "Not At The End Of The Line"
State House News Service
State Government
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Rehoboth Artist Adds Extra Dimension To State Emblems
State House News Service
Taxation
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Mid-April Tax Collections Up, But State Downplays Significance
State House News Service
Transportation
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Transportation secretary gives ‘unfiltered’ take on challenges
Commonwealth Beacon
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Marathon Monday was a boon for ridership numbers on MBTA’s Green Line
Boston Herald
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WRTA vote: Free bus rides in Worcester to continue into 2025
Worcester Telegram