Must-Reads
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Healey Downplays Impact of Legislative Failures, Vows To Advance Agenda
State House News Service
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Hotel owners are earning millions in contracts by turning their suburban outposts into shelters for homeless and migrants
Boston Globe
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What Mass. lawmakers did — and didn't — pass in marathon final day of legislative session
WBUR
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Democrats warm to continuing debate on unfinished legislation
Commonwealth Beacon
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Police groups voice concerns on proposal for expanded POST Commission powers
Boston Globe
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Editorial: Who’s their best at 3 a.m.? Not the Massachusetts Legislature.
Boston Globe
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Despite judge’s decision, Nashoba nurses continue push to keep their hospital open
Lowell Sun
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Business-backed group against MCAS ballot question unveils costly ad campaign
Boston.com
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The fallout from Vineyard Wind's broken turbine blade
WBUR
‘We have to be voting biblically’: The Courage Tour rallies Christians to get Trump in office
The Guardian
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The Man Behind Project 2025’s Most Radical Plans
ProPublica
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Who is ahead in Harris vs. Trump 2024 presidential polls right now?
Washington Post
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Trump’s Racist Attack on Kamala Harris Was No Accident
The New Yorker
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AI takes center stage at NCSL summit
Pluribus News
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How Harris Left Medicare For All Behind
The Lever
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Does Kamala Harris Need a Latino Campaign?
The New Yorker
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Inside the Swifties Movement to Elect Kamala Harris
Rolling Stone
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For-profit colleges fund lawmakers who led attack on top universities over campus protests
The Guardian
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Opinion: Steve Bannon’s warning to American Jews
Boston Globe
Quote of the Day
“One of the weird things that they’ve been hitting them on is this comment Vance made in 2021,” Chieng said in his Tuesday monologue. He played the infamous clip of Vance arguing that the country is run by “a bunch of childless cat ladies who are miserable at their own lives.” Chieng quipped, “Yeah, I mean, if you have friends who’ve chosen not to have kids, you know how totally miserable they are. ‘Oh, no, I’ve got too much disposable income! My life is so hard! I can fly business class! I still have a sex life, please kill me!’” Chieng played another clip of Vance complaining about childless people, this time from a 2020 interview, where he said, “You go on Twitter and, almost always, the people who are most deranged and most psychotic are people who don’t have kids at home.” “Yeah, of course they’re deranged and psychotic. They’re on Twitter, that’s where they live,” Chieng replied. He showed an image of Elon Musk and added, “It doesn’t matter how many kids you have; the most deranged person on Twitter has 45.”
News by Category
Beltway Politics
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Harris takes polling lead, but voters still think it’s Trump’s race to lose
Boston Herald
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Franks: If not mentally fit, Biden must go now
Boston Herald
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Millard: POTUS candidates silent on America’s debt
Boston Herald
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With attacks on Kamala Harris’s racial identity, Trump goes back to a familiar well
Boston Globe
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Gaza war opponents are hopeful — but not yet convinced — that Harris will take a different stance than Biden
Boston Globe
Business
Cannabis
Domestic Relations
Education
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Backers claim progress in push to change teacher layoff rules
Commonwealth Beacon
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Thousands were arrested at campus protests. For students, the fallout was only beginning.
Boston Globe
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Why's it called that? The man behind the name of Doherty Memorial High School
Worcester Telegram
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Berkshire educators have some ideas for state officials about how to improve child care and early education
Berkshire Eagle
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Harvard’s Alan Garber to stay on as president until 2027
Boston Globe
Environment
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In Boston’s redlined neighborhoods, the summer’s heat waves are even hotter
Boston Globe
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Climate Protesters "Furious" at Failure On Clean Energy
State House News Service
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Young foresters learn the ropes: Pilot program trains next generation to control invasive plants, protect and plant trees
Gazette Net
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State budget includes 'first step' toward testing private wells for contaminants
Worcester Telegram
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State Forest homeless encampments cleared by state
Martha's Vineyard Times
Federal
Health Care
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Not a done deal? Fight continues to keep Nashoba Valley Medical Center open
Worcester Telegram
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North Adams Regional Hospital is now officially a critical access hospital. Here's what that means for its financial future
Berkshire Eagle
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Healey says Steward Health Care must give 120-day notice before closing Mass. hospitals
Boston.com
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Gosnold moving inpatient services off Cape
WCAI
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Boston biotech behind norovirus vaccine cuts 40% of workforce
Boston Business Journal
Housing
Human Services
Immigration
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Deportation protection for noncitizens in workplace violation investigations increased to 4 years
Boston Herald
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Boston City Council urges Gov. Healey to abandon plan to kick migrant families to the curb after 5 days
Boston Herald
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Elected leaders in Boston and Chelsea ask Healey to rescind 5-day overflow shelter limit
Boston Globe
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Migrants push for stability amid election uncertainty
Boston Globe
Labor
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Pacheco's Passionate Swan Song Can't Move PLAs Along In Senate
State House News Service
Legislative
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House Leaders Say Legislative Achievements Still Likely
State House News Service
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State House Democrats Flub Major Legislation As Formal Sessions End
StreetsBlog
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Mass. House leaders say legislative achievements still likely after long session
NBC Boston
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All-nighter leads to legislative hangover for Mass. lawmakers
Axios
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‘Very disappointed.’ Boston priorities die in chaotic end to legislative session.
Boston Globe
Local Government
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Boston planning chief to step down next month
Boston Business Journal
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Northampton poised to cancel override this fall after uptick in revenues, higher interest on savings
Gazette Net
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Legislature approves transfer of vacant courthouses to Lowell
Lowell Sun
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Opinion: Boston’s chief of planning Arthur Jemison departs with a brief but meaningful legacy
Boston Globe
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Wu’s planning czar, Arthur Jemison, to step down
Boston Globe
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McGonagle gets Everett over $2.5 million from State
Everett Independent
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How do you pronounce Worcester? Everyone has an opinion
Worcester Telegram
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Howie Carr: Canton clashes coming to a bar near you
Boston Herald
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'Not here to be dumped on': Opponents of New Bedford trash facility want more public input
South Coast Today
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Marblehead has plans to distribute $8.1 million around town
Lynn Daily News Item
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Town of Arlington hopes to fill job openings; some committees seek volunteers
Your Arlington
Politics
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Karen Read found a new supporter in a MA state representative. Here's what he said
Patriot Ledger
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Cambridge State Rep. weighs in on Karen Read trial in social media post
MassLive
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In landmark prisoner swap, Representative Bill Keating praises the release of Paul Whelan
Boston Globe
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Tired of spammy political donation texts? You're not alone
WBUR
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Bob DeLeo receives prestigious Roosevelt Award from Massachusetts Democratic Party
Winthrop Transcript
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State Representatives speak on legislation formal session deadline, excitement and importance
Western Mass News
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2024 Elections: The Mass. voters guide to primary, general elections
MassLive
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Political notebook: Healey hires strategist | Gov. slams Vance’s ‘childless cat lady’ comment
Commonwealth Beacon
Public Health
Public Safety
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Assaulted first responders go to full disability under new law
Spectrum News
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Worcester leaders declare 'road safety and traffic violence crisis.' What does it mean?
Worcester Telegram
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Police Superintendent Akers speaks on goals following end of legislative session
Western Mass News
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West Springfield man sentenced to prison for owning machine gun
MassLive
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‘I’m giving up’: At Mass. and Cass, open-air drug market smaller, but persistent
Boston Globe
State Finance
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Guest Op-Ed: A budget that will make a big difference
East Boston Times-Free Press
State Government
Taxation
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Trupiano: Boston’s young workers would feel Wu’s tax hike
Boston Herald
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Critics rejoice as Boston Mayor Wu’s bid to raise commercial tax rates fails in Massachusetts Legislature
Boston Herald
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Boston's plan to shift property taxes floundered on Beacon Hill. Now what?
WBUR
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Massachusetts July tax collections expected to be ‘very bad,’ top budget writer says
Boston Herald
Transportation
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MBTA contactless payment goes live: A roughly $1 billion investment
Boston Herald
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Healey on MBTA’s new tap-to-go payments: ‘You don’t have to hunt for change anymore.’
Boston Globe
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EVs are a hard sell for Black drivers. Here’s why.
Boston Globe
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Grant means more energy efficient buses at Cape Cod Regional Transit Authority
Cape Cod Times
Utilities
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Turbine blade parts land on Westport shores
The New Bedford Light
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State approves a Housatonic Water Works plan that will raise rates 90 percent over 5 years to help fund system repairs
Berkshire Eagle
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Pressurized pipe break led to Framingham sewage spill, city officials state
The Metro West Daily News