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Committee Advances $3.5 Billion Eco-Dev Bill

State House News Service

Massachusetts May tax collections take a step back after booming April haul
Boston Herald
Mass. House approves 5-year, $6.5-billion housing bill
WGBH
Boston City Council OKs Wu plan to shift taxes onto commercial owners
Boston Business Journal
The retirement accounts of Mass. residents could improve the racial wealth gap, report finds
Boston Globe
Healey says she is behind Biden’s asylum ban, breaking from other high-profile Mass. Democrats
Boston.com

City money gets Lowell Housing Authority out of hot water
Lowell Sun
Top Dem says talks occurring on rideshare, MCAS question alternatives
Commonwealth Beacon
Acton killing renews calls for expansion of ‘dangerousness’ hearings
Boston Globe
Springfield Schools’ Warwick on Tape Denigrating Board Member Weeks Before Exit
Western Mass. Politics & Insight
Housing Fee Options Still In Play On Hill
State House News Service
Elsewhere, Democrats are frustrated by Biden’s border crackdown. In Mass., Healey ‘strongly’ supports it.
Boston Globe
Lawmakers Seek Trustee to Replace Steward Management
The Eagle Tribune
Council Concerned by Healey Pardon Request
State House News Service
Climate Bill Draft, Details Emerge In Webinar
State House News Service
Poll: Two-thirds of Massachusetts adults support medical aid in dying
News 22 WWLP.com
Boston officials warn DoorDash, Uber, Grubhub drivers to stop ‘dangerous operation’ of scooters, mopeds
The Boston Globe
Healey: ClimateTech Payoff "Going To Be Huge"
State House News Service
Business groups cheer, progressives knock House axing transfer fees
CommonWealth Beacon
Here’s how three Mass. police departments are expanding care to veterans
MassLive
Elected officials, union advocates call for audit of municipal employment practices
Dorchester Reporter

National

Dick Durbin needs to step up and do his damn job

Public Notice

Young Black voters are key in the 2024 election. Many don’t love their options.
Washington Post
‘We’re at the kids table’: Nikki Haley delegates bracing for some awkwardness at GOP convention
Boston Globe
Biden says racial wealth gap is closing. The reality is complicated.
Washington Post
U.S. Clears Way for Antitrust Inquiries of Nvidia, Microsoft and OpenAI
New York Times
A New Hurdle for Asylum Seekers: 4 Hours to Find a Lawyer
New York Times

‘Swindlers,’ ‘Hijacking,’ and ‘Blackmail’
The Bulwark
Can Biden Use Trump’s Signature Issue — Immigration — Against Him?
NY Times
Republicans ramp up attacks on Fauci
The Hill

Today on Beacon Hill

11:00am

Joint Committee on Education: Committee Hearing

A-1 and Virtual

11:00am

Senate Full Formal Session

Senate Chamber

11:00am

House Informal Session

House Chamber

5:30pm

Spring Reception for Boston City Councilor Sharon Durkan

Cornwall's Tavern, 644 Beacon Street, Boston,

Quote of the Day

“That evening, two FBI investigators, posing as a husband and wife, were inside the steakhouse eavesdropping on a trio of Egyptian men seated at a table, including one who was the subject of their investigation,” according to a prosecution witness who testified in Menendez’s corruption trial this week. — “Then Menendez and his now-wife, Nadine, joined the men. And the senator — who infamously goes to Morton’s much of the time he’s in D.C. and charges meals to his political action committee — ended up in the middle of the steakhouse stake out.”

Ry Rivard, Politico

On May 21, 2019, two FBI surveillance teams were sent to the Morton’s steakhouse a few blocks from the White House. They were not there looking for Sen. Bob Menendez, but then he showed up.”