Must-Reads
Massachusetts
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Facing budget shortfall, Worcester school leaders urge state funding account for inflation
Worcester Telegram
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Steward delays bid deadline for its Massachusetts hospitals by three weeks
Boston Globe
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Watchdog calls for state takeover of ‘rudderless’ Cannabis Control Commission
MassLive
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Most Mass. workers are unprotected from extreme heat on the job — and reliant on preparation, education
Boston Globe
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City clamps down on sober homes and lodging houses
The New Bedford Light
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Healey, Not Baker, Gets To Sign Tax Relief Law
State House News Service
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'They're working hard': Lawmakers' work includes passing budget, tech bill and gun reform
Worcester Telegram
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These are the 2024 Black leaders of Mass., chosen by MassLive readers
MassLive
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Ballot Question Campaigns Take Next Step Toward November
State House News Service
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Teacher investigated over ‘Gender Queer’ book resigns, citing effects on her health
Boston.com
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Beacon Hill marks Juneteenth with calls to protect education, pursue reparations
Boston Herald
National
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A tale of two states: Arizona and Florida diverge on expanding kids’ health insurance
Washington Post
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New Data: Longer Trains Raise Derailment Risk, But Regs Are Stalled
The Lever
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Senate GOP plans $100M ad blitz as it fights to retake chamber
Politico
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Selling a Mirage: The Delusion of Advanced Plastic Recycling Using Pyrolysis
ProPublica
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Amy Coney Barrett Breaks With Supreme Court Originalists
The New Republic
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Louisiana Requires All Public Classrooms to Display Ten Commandments
New York Times
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Arizona is sending taxpayer money to religious schools — and billionaires see it as a model for the US
CNN
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Trump whistle-blower wins House primary in Virginia
Boston Globe
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Matt Gaetz goes on offensive as House Ethics offers update on probe
Roll Call
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Something’s Rotten About the Justices Taking So Long on Trump’s Immunity Case
New York Times
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DMFI PAC wades into heated House races in New York, Phoenix, Wisconsin
Jewish Insider
Today on Beacon Hill
9:00am
Joint Committee on Environment & Natural Resources: Committee Hearing
Written Testimony Only
10:00am
MGH Residents and Fellows Day at the State House
Nurses Hall, State House, Boston
11:00am
House Full Formal Session
House Chamber
11:00am
Senate Full Formal Session
Senate Chamber
Birthday: State Senator Sal DiDomenico
Birthday: State Senator Mark Montigny
Quote of the Day
“Former LG Karyn Polito and I tried — for years — along with a large community of victims of domestic abuse and child sexual assaults — to get Massachusetts lawmakers to deal with this gaping hole in our laws concerning dangerous individuals. We could not get it done, and now an innocent young girl is dead,”
Baker is still quietly lobbying for another piece of unfinished business: legislation that would expand the list of crimes that require a dangerousness hearing.
News by Category
Beltway Politics
Business
Cannabis
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Inspector General: ‘Urgent need’ for receiver to run Cannabis Control Commission
Boston Herald
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State inspector general urges lawmakers to appoint overseer for Cannabis Control Commission
WBUR
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Inspector General: ‘Urgent need’ for receiver to run Cannabis Control Commission
Boston Herald
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Legislature Urged to Intervene in Cannabis Control Commission
This Week in Worcester
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Turmoil at state Cannabis Control Commission prompts call for receiver to run operations
Worcester Telegram & Gazette
Civil Rights
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The Black Business Association in Amherst has made celebrating Juneteenth, a 15 year tradition
New England Public Media
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Boston celebrates Juneteenth with flag-raising, parade through Roxbury
Boston Globe
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Freedom, Equality Celebrated At Juneteenth Ceremony
State House News Service
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In celebration tinged with remembrance, Springfield, Gov. Maura Healey, Rep. Richard Neal, gather for Juneteenth
MassLive
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Roxbury marks Juneteenth with a message of unity
WBUR
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Notes from Juneteenth 2024
Franklin Observer
Education
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Hampshire College to cut benefits as enrollment for next school year comes in below projections
Gazette Net
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Emerson College to cut faculty positions amid enrollment decline linked to campus protests, crackdown
Boston Globe
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50 years after desegregation order, how do Boston schools teach it?
WGBH
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Crisis averted: Uxbridge voters approve school budget second time around
Worcester Telegram
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Emerson College plans staff and faculty cuts as enrollment drops
WGBH
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Emerson College announces coming layoffs, links declining enrollment to protests
Boston Herald
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‘Our movement is not going to die down’: Pro-Palestinian student protesters gear up for future disruptions
Boston Globe
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NU Seeks to Replace Deteriorating Matthews Arena
Banker & Tradesman
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Online forum addresses school funding erosion in Franklin County
The Recorder
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Busing turned a Charlestown school into a Mandarin language magnet. Now that program's closing
WBUR
Environment
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More than 200 acres protected for agriculture in Deerfield’s North Meadows
Gazette Net
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Boston smashes high temp record, 108 heat index, as ‘dangerous heat’ peaks in Massachusetts
Boston Herald
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As heat wave sweeps the state, many outdoor pools remain closed
Boston Globe
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Massachusetts beaches closed amid brutal heat wave, Walden Pond beach ‘underwater’
Boston Herald
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Supporting climate resiliency: Quinapoxet River Dam removal project groundbreaking held Monday
Worcester Telegram
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Electricity Demand Set To Hit High Mark For 2024
State House News Service
Health Care
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Editorial: A gut check on reforms to organ transplant system
Boston Globe
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Business leaders push back on rising health plan costs
The Eagle Tribune
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Report: Use, Cost Of Weight-Loss Drugs Soaring In Mass.
State House News Service
Human Services
Judiciary
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Howie Carr: DA Michael Morrissey out to lunch in Karen Read case
Boston Herald
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Healey To Sign Revenge Porn Bill Thursday
State House News Service
Local Government
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Divided Worcester City Council votes to keep Mill Street redesign, for now
Worcester Telegram
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AG cautions Sandwich town committee about open meeting law lapses
Cape Cod Times
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Springfield considering change in residency requirement for city jobs
MassLive
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Canty says reporter could face years in prison for not announcing he was recording a public meeting
Plymouth Independent
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As Boston pursues 'hub' model, city battles memories of segregated neighborhood schools
WBUR
Politics
Public Health
Public Safety
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Gov. Healey signs Mass. revenge porn bill into law Thursday
NBC Boston
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Massachusetts joins 48 other states in outlawing ‘revenge porn’ after Healey signs bill
Boston Herald
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Advocates highlight child safety in summer
Gazette Net
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Child porn case against former state police captain from Amherst inches ahead
Gazette Net
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Firewall system problem blamed for outage in state’s 911 system, officials say
Boston Globe
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Firewall Problem Blamed For 911 System Failure
State House News Service
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A statewide 911 crash? That’s not supposed to happen.
Boston Globe
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Akers Age Waiver Likely to Move on Beacon Hill Soon, but with Cap on His Pension
Western Mass. Politics & Insight
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Editorial: Mass & Cass drug problems return as Boston strained by migrant influx
Boston Herald
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Tate: Swapping cops with social workers dangerous idea
Boston Herald
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Cape Cod beaches will have new restrictions after ‘massive drinking parties.… out-of-control crowds, violence’
Boston Herald
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‘Time for phase two:’ South End residents call for help with extended Mass and Cass crisis
Boston Herald
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Massachusetts 911 outage Tuesday caused by security glitch, officials say
Boston Herald
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Firewall issue caused Massachusetts' two-hour 911 outage, officials say
WBUR
State Government
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Heroines honored by the Commonwealth
Lynn Daily News Item
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Legislature Passes Bill to Prevent Abuse and Exploitation
Everett Independent