Must-Reads
Massachusetts
After years of scandals, have the State Police turned a corner?
Commonwealth Beacon
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Harvard’s governing board overrules faculty, bars 13 students who participated in pro-Palestinian encampment from receiving degrees
Boston Globe
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Beacon Hill weighing how to prevent campaign-season AI deepfakes
WGBH
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Priced out: How Boston’s broken liquor license system drives chefs from the city
Boston Globe
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House Staff Raises Coming In Early June
State House News Service
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Millionaires tax revenue reaches $1.8 billion, on pace to double estimates
WGBH
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It’s been four years since the pandemic shutdowns. Riders in Boston are still waiting extra long for the train.
Boston Globe
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Auchincloss threatens funding to colleges over antisemitism claims
WBUR
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Legislators look to restrict sales of weight loss, protein muscle builders to youth
The Associated Press (AP)
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Legal weed outfits sue feds over US law that they say stunts business growth in Mass.
MassLive
National
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Another Provocative Flag Was Flown at Another Alito Home
New York Times
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Trump spreads false "assassination" claims as voters fear violence
Axios
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Both Biden and Trump Are in Denial About Abortion Politics
The New Republic
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Kennedy Adviser Leaves Campaign, Citing ‘Hateful and Divisive Atmosphere’
New York Times
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A Running Mate’s History: $1 Billion, Cocaine, a Fling With Elon Musk
New York Times
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Revealed: the extremist Maga lobbying group driving far-right Republican policies
The Guardian
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Biden's fast food problem
Axios
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Scalise lays out ambitious summer appropriations timetable
Roll Call
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‘Garbage argument’: Hearing in Trump’s classified docs case gets heated
Politico
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Florida’s Rick Scott enters race to be next Senate GOP leader
Roll Call
Today on Beacon Hill
10:00am
Massachusetts Small Business Day
Great Hall, State House, Boston
10:00am
Senate Full Formal Session
Senate Chamber
11:00am
House Informal Session
House Chamber
Birthday: Rep. James O'Day
Quote of the Day
“Donald Trump might want to be a king, but he’s not a king,” McGovern, the ranking member of the Rules Committee, said on the floor. “We have a presumptive nominee for president facing 88 felony counts, and we’re being prevented from even acknowledging it. … And yet, in this Republican-controlled House, it’s OK to talk about the trial, but you have to call it a sham.”
House Republicans got into a protracted floor fight with Democratic Rep. Jim McGovern, who refused to take back comments he made about Trump’s ongoing criminal trial in New York. McGovern's words were eventually struck by the presiding officer.
News by Category
Beltway Politics
Business
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Finegold to Moderate State House Panel Today on ‘Deepfake’ Tech
WHAV
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GBH lays off 31 people, CEO tells employees, hours after Jim Braude’s on-air announcement of cuts
Boston Globe
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Biogen to buy San Francisco startup developing a drug for kidney disease for $1.2B
Boston Business Journal
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GBH is laying off 31 employees, about 4% of Boston public station workforce: ‘This is painful’
Boston Herald
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Hadley’s Hampshire Mall faces foreclosure
Gazette Net
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Fidelity exec Pamela Everhart shapes corporate profile while underwriting social justice
Bay State Banner
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GBH cuts staff and programming
WGBH
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Magellan Diagnostics of Billerica to pay $42 million to resolve criminal charges in lead-test case
Boston Globe
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Biogen buys California biotech for $1.15 billion
Boston Globe
Education
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Mass. teachers unions organize spate of no confidence votes against school leaders
MassLive
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BPS scales back plans for sweeping school closures
Boston Globe
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Auchincloss threatens funding to colleges over antisemitism claims
WBUR
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Opinion: To be on the right side of history
Boston Globe
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Uxbridge superintendent apologizes, corrects error regarding failed Town Meeting vote
Worcester Telegram
Environment
Health Care
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Cancer Care Lobby Sees Momentum In Committee Vote
State House News Service
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Senate Leaders Not Connecting On Steward Counsel Plan
State House News Service
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Advocates fight to prevent closing of Holy Family
The Eagle Tribune
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174 employees laid off by Massachusetts health care organization Tufts Medicine
WCVB
Housing
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Lt. Gov. Driscoll comes to Gloucester to tout 7 housing projects
Gloucester Times
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Massachusetts home sales spiked 7% in April. Could it be a good sign?
WGBH
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Boston’s housing market is through the roof. At least we’re not San Francisco.
Boston Globe
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Response delayed? Cape Cod housing prices push first responders farther away
WBUR
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Despite high-profile losses, most towns passed their MBTA Communities plans this spring
Boston Globe
Human Services
Judiciary
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Healey Chooses Four To Fill Family Court Posts
State House News Service
Local Government
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Vacant Get No Satisfaction with Holyoke At-large School Committee Exit
Western Mass. Politics and Insight
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Two people enter Boston City Hall with gun, City Council meeting disrupted
Boston Herald
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Cost divides town into camps over new Jabish Brook school project
Gazette Net
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Fill returns to Hadley Select Board as Parsons reelected; $2M firetruck approved
Gazette Net
Politics
Public Health
Public Safety
Taxation
Transportation
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PVTA, others land state grants to buy vehicles, launch programs that expand coverage
Gazette Net
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Tolls at the Mass. border: Worcester senator calls on governor to explore idea
The Herald News
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A toll to drive downtown? As New York experiments, Boston watches
WBUR
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A new place downtown to get your Charlie Card
Axios
Utilities
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Vineyard Wind 1 trying to pick up pace with good weather
Commonwealth Beacon