Must-Reads
Massachusetts
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Private equity firm’s deal to buy Steward’s doctors group for $245 million draws wary reception in Mass.
Boston Globe
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Shattered Wind Blade Puts Nantucket on Frontlines of a Clean-Energy Fight
Bloomberg
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Cannabis Control Commission acting chair will take medical leave, adding to uncertainty at the agency
Boston Globe
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Gov. Healey’s office spent thousands on high-end hotels with taxpayer-funded credit cards
Boston Herald
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‘We're finally doing it': Plan for electric MBTA trains sparks early celebration
NBC Boston
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New Mass. gun law puts basic firearms instructors' classes into limbo
New England Public Media
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AG issues ‘friendly’ warning on MBTA rezoning
Commonwealth Beacon
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Catholic Church lobbied against Mass. bill that would end cap on nonprofit liability
New England Public Media
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Springfield candidates for state Senate spar over campaign violation allegations
MassLive
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Editorial: Wu’s tiff with the Senate president over a tax bill accomplishes nothing
Boston Globe
National
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Nate Silver on Kamala Harris’s Chances and the Mistakes of the ‘Indigo Blob’
New York Times
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Trump vs. Harris magnifies America’s generational and cultural divides
Washington Post
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New lines of attack form against the Affordable Care Act
ABC News
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Elon Musk’s Surging Political Activism
The New Yorker
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Hunter Biden Sought State Department Help for Ukrainian Company
New York Times
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Arizona and Missouri greenlight abortion rights amendments
Roll Call
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Connecticut Republicans tap restaurant owner Matt Corey to challenge Senator Chris Murphy in a rematch
Boston Globe
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Biggest lobbying interests buck trend with higher 2024 spending
Roll Call
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Inflation Falls Below 3% for First Time Since 2021
New York Times
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Why Are Free School Lunches Becoming a Campaign Issue?
New York Times
Today on Beacon Hill
Quote of the Day
“When we say Donald Trump is a scab, this is what we mean. When we say Trump stands against everything our union stands for, this is what we mean,” said UAW President Shawn Fain. “Donald Trump will always side against workers standing up for themselves, and he will always side with billionaires like Elon Musk, who is contributing $45 million a month to a Super PAC to get him elected. Both Trump and Musk want working class people to sit down and shut up, and they laugh about it openly. It’s disgusting, illegal, and totally predictable from these two clowns.”
The UAW has filed federal labor charges against disgraced billionaires Donald Trump and Elon Musk for their illegal attempts to threaten and intimidate workers who stand up for themselves by engaging in protected concerted activity, such as strikes.
News by Category
Beltway Politics
Business
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Number of Mass. companies on Inc. 5000 hits a low point
Boston Business Journal
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Former leader of Mass. trucking company linked to N.H. crash that killed 7 pleads guilty
Boston Globe
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From $40M to $8M: RMR affiliate sells suburban offices at big loss
Boston Business Journal
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Greylock Federal Credit Union is partnering with a NJ-based organization. A 'small percentage' of employees will lose their jobs
Berkshire Eagle
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The Revolution’s Everett stadium effort hit a political roadblock. Can it be saved by a special formal session?
Boston.com
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Healey repeats on closings: ‘This really isn’t up to me’
Dorchester Reporter
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'Save this hospital!' Urgent calls for Carney intervention at packed Florian Hall hearing
Dorchester Reporter
Civil Rights
Education
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Mass. community colleges — newly tuition-free — are bracing for a spike in new students
WBUR
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Union raps UMass as university pulls back from felony protest charges
Gazette Net
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Northampton School Committee says Superintendent Bonner ‘needs improvement’ on evaluation
Gazette Net
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Socialism’s at the core of pro-Palestinian movement’s next phase on college campuses
Boston Globe
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New contract secures ‘record’ pay bump for Pioneer support staff
The Recorder
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Community colleges riding high after first year of free tuition for adult students
Boston Globe
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Framingham Public Schools will receive $120,000 as part of vape lawsuit settlement
The Metro West Daily News
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Holyoke Community College is offering info sessions on new free community college program
MassLive
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A look inside Doherty High: Worcester's most expensive school is ready for new students
Worcester Telegram
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Superintendent review on tap when School Committee recovenes Thursday
Worcester Telegram
Environment
Health Care
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Steward Agrees To Sell Physician Group To Private Equity Affiliate
State House News Service
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Nashoba Valley parent company enters $245M agreement to sell physicians network
Worcester Business Journal
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Groton Select Board calls for Healey administration to declare state of emergency in hospital closures
Lowell Sun
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Ahead Of Hearing, Healey Says Carney Not Part Of Talks
State House News Service
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'Our patients need us': Employees, residents plead for Carney Hospital to be saved
WBUR
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Tempers boil as Carney founders: State, city will not act to save hospitals from going under
Boston Herald
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Massachusetts will have a path to more midwives and birth centers — if lawmakers can agree
WGBH
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Massachusetts hospital employee who was fired after not getting COVID vaccine scores win in appeals court
Boston Herald
Housing
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As new shelter stay limits take effect, advocates keep up pressure on Healey
Boston.com
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State watchdog is auditing the emergency shelter system
WBUR
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Report ranks Massachusetts a ‘bottom state’ for affordable housing
Boston.com
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Fall River and Highlands mansion owners sue over Airbnb rentals. Here's what's happening.
The Herald News
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Remade Worcester City Motel to shelter families, refugees in Shrewsbury
Worcester Telegram
Human Services
Immigration
Insurance
Judiciary
Labor
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Promising Speech-Language Pathologist Law Mired In Bureaucracy
State House News Service
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Move to decertify union at Trader Joe’s in Hadley advances
Gazette Net
Legislative
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Sen. Gomez on his experience, earning re-eelection
The Reminder
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Historic House Chamber Converted To Work Zone
State House News Service
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Opinion: Ferrante, Tarr votes undermine roles of moms. dads
Gloucester Times
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In her spat with Wu, Spilka protects the Senate and the business community
Boston Globe
Local Government
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Editorial: Boston residents deserve answers & a voice in White Stadium plan
Boston Herald
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Wu says new White Stadium will 'change the game,' despite some neighborhood opposition
WBUR
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Yusufi Vali, Wu’s outgoing deputy chief of staff, bids bittersweet farewell to Boston City Hall
Boston Globe
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Boston Mayor's office says she did not request meeting with Red Sox over Duran incident
Patriot Ledger
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Boston Mayor Wu responds to ‘speculation’ that her influence killed Krafts’ Everett soccer stadium plan
Boston Herald
Politics
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MA No Preference movement looks to make Gaza an issue at Democratic National Convention
Worcester Telegram
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Net and Reid air their differences at forum
Lynn Daily News Item
Public Safety
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Healey "Absolutely" Opposes Suspension Of New Gun Law
State House News Service
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Haitian migrant accused of rape detained by feds while out on bail, DA says
MassLive
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Brother of man killed by police asks feds to intervene in Fall River amid yearslong battle
WPRI.com
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Should the Pittsfield fire chief earn the same pay grade as the city police chief? Mayor Peter Marchetti thinks so
Berkshire Eagle
State Government
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Workers Headed Back On Roof Ahead Of Golden Dome Repairs
State House News Service
Taxation
Transportation
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Electric trains on track for Fairmount commuter rail by 2028
WGBH
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Frustration on Martha's Vineyard boiling over after Steamship Authority cancellations
NBC Boston
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Fairmount Commuter Rail Line to go electric by 2028, state and local leaders trumpet
Boston Herald
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The T’s New Electric Fairmount Line Trains Could Run On Other Lines, Too
StreetsBlog Mass
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Boston officials unveil plans to add 100 new Bluebikes stations across the city
Boston Globe
Utilities
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Markey, Moulton visit Salem to see progress of the offshore wind terminal project
Salem News
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Feds Allow Limited Activities To Resume At Wind Project
State House News Service
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‘How can it be so high?’: Blistering heat and brutal humidity cause electric bills to skyrocket
Boston Globe
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Construction resumes at Vineyard Wind, but power production remains shut down
Boston Globe
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Vineyard Wind Allowed To Resume Some Construction Work As "Controlled Cutting" Of Blade Begins
Nantucket Current
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North Attleboro boil water advisory lifted; town manager says bacteria findings were apparently wrong
The Sun Chronicle
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Amid Investigation, Vineyard Wind Resumes Turbine Construction
Vineyard Gazette
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Enviro Groups Plan To Sue National Grid Over Gas Leaks
State House News Service
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Vineyard Wind ‘back on track’ off Nantucket under updated order, residents concerned
Boston Herald
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A giant wind turbine blade fell into the sea. It washed up on Nantucket.
Washington Post
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Moore: Natural gas now cheaper than water
Boston Herald