Must-Reads
Massachusetts
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'Prepare for all scenarios': Mass. businesses brace for federal ban on noncompetes
WBUR
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Is Josh Kraft mulling a run for mayor? Many Boston political insiders seem to think so.
Boston Globe
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Female inmates sue over jail relocations
The Eagle Tribune
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Uxbridge voted against funding its schools; here’s what happens next
MassLive
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MBTA Needs Control Board Again, GOP Leader Says
State House News Service
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State Reports Decline In Chronically Absent Students
State House News Service
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13 Mass. municipalities and 1 university use ShotSpotter. Critics wonder: Is it worth it?
WGBH
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School-based mental health work gets $13M boost
NBC Boston
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In Budget Or Health Bill, Tarr Seeks Steward Special Counsel
State House News Service
National
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Biden blasts Trump's "unified Reich" video: "That's Hitler's language"
Axios
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Dozens of House Democrats urge Alito to recuse himself from Jan. 6 cases
The Hill
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Behind the alarming rise in US gun suicides among youth of color
The Guardian
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Trump email falsely says Biden was ‘locked & loaded’ to ‘take me out’ in Mar-a-Lago search
Washington Post
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The Alitos’ Monty Hall Problem
The Bulwark
Today on Beacon Hill
8:30am
Breakfast for Sen. Julian Cyr with Senate President Karen Spilka
Carrie Nation, 11 Beacon Street, Boston,
9:30am
Governor's Council Assembly
Governor's Council Chamber, Room 360, State House
10:00am
Providers Council Human Services Rally
Great Hall, State House, Boston
10:00am
Senate Full Formal Session
Senate Chamber
11:00am
House Full Formal Session
House Chamber
Quote of the Day
“The House has yet to take up Senate-approved bills tackling prescription drug prices, the early education and care sector, competitive electric supply companies, home fuel leak insurance coverage, and automobile sales. The Senate, meanwhile, is sitting on legislation that already cleared the House reforming the long-term care sector, imposing new health care cost controls and hospital oversight, and allowing employees to take paid time off to vote in elections. Then there's the quartet of bills that have already won approval in both chambers, but since fallen into the void of closed-door House-Senate negotiations, and other measures that are likely to emerge but still exist only in the realm of ideas, like new climate and clean energy legislation. Adding up all of those bills laid out here produces a no-doubt incomplete list of 21 major pieces of legislation that still need more legislative action to hit Healey's desk. Did we mention there's exactly 10 weeks left until the end of formal sessions for the term? You can do the math on the pace that will be required.”
The legislature continues the tradition of procrastination, with a number of critical bills yet to be taken up with only 10 weeks of formal sessions left.
News by Category
Beltway Politics
Business
Cannabis
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Could Martha’s Vineyard run out of weed?
Boston Globe
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Pot laws are a buzzkill on Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket
Boston Globe
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Editorial: Weed shortage coming to Martha’s Vineyard
Boston Globe
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Nantucket And Vineyard Dispensaries Join Forces In Lawsuit Fighting State Cannabis Regs
Nantucket Current
Civil Rights
Education
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Staff at this Mass. elementary school express no-confidence in their principal
MassLive
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Parents of campus activists speak out
WGBH
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Herman signs on as Amherst-Pelham Regional superintendent
Gazette Net
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Boston Public Schools makes uneven progress under 2-year-old state improvement plan
Boston Globe
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Siggins: Debt-free college should be the goal
Boston Herald
Environment
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State kicks in $1.7M for Salisbury Beach project
Newburyport News
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My Turn: Quabbin bill a bid for ‘more just future for our region’
The Recorder
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Woburn startup Gradiant has new tech to zap ‘forever chemicals’
Boston Globe
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Lenox leaders demand an improved disposal site for PCB toxins removed during Rest of River cleanup
Berkshire Eagle
Gaming
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Sports Betting Companies Balk At Discussing Limits On Bettors
State House News Service
Health Care
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Baystate Health pitches plan for big regional health center
Gazette Net
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Protesters at rally at Baystate hospital highlight plight of health care in Gaza, call out Neal, American Medical Association
Gazette Net
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Ombudsman tapped to monitor care at Steward’s hospitals in Mass., elsewhere as bankruptcy case proceeds
MassLive
Housing
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Mass. Home Sales Spring To Life In April
State House News Service
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Addressing housing crisis: $98M overhaul to Great Brook Valley block breaks ground Tuesday
Worcester Telegram
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Cape Cod shelter proposal leaves residents in the dust amid Massachusetts migrant crisis
Boston Herald
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Opinion: Real estate tax knocks. Is nobody home at the State House?
Boston Globe
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Our Opinion: The conversations that should shape state's housing plan
Berkshire Eagle
Human Services
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Mass. House Poised To Pass Veterans Bill
State House News Service
Labor
Legislative
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Legislative Breakfast mobilizes local leaders, nonprofits
The Somerville Times
Local Government
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Petitioned article draws many Wellfleet town meeting voters to microphone. What to know.
Cape Cod Times
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‘A huge loss for the town’: For first time in two decades, no women are on Brookline’s Select Board
Brookline News
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Minor, Kuhnlenz to fill two open spots on Belchertown Select Board
Gazette Net
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Labonte wins tight Select Board race in Granby
Gazette Net
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Russian hacker posted Lowell’s data from 2023 attack
Lowell Sun
Politics
Public Health
Public Safety
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Federal judge dismisses dueling lawsuits by embattled Springfield cop Gregg Bigda and city
MassLive
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Boston mayor, police seek to curb summer spike in gun violence
Boston Herald
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Mayor Wu kicks off city's plan to mitigate community violence this summer
WBUR
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Migrant accused of raping disabled girl at Massachusetts shelter has been indicted
Boston Herald
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Mayor Wu kicks off city's plan to mitigate community violence this summer
WBUR
Taxation
Transportation
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MeVa to expand services with $1.9M grant
The Eagle Tribune
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How 'congestion pricing' would work in Boston
Boston Globe
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MBTA bets on the future of Boston-area ferry service
Axios
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Tibbits-Nutt Revenue Ideas Panned In Poll
State House News Service
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How to pay for the East Boston ferry
Axios