Must-Reads
Report: Economic plans on hold due to bond bill dispute
Newburyport News
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Mayor Wu brings back Menino-era planner Kairos Shen to lead city planning
Boston Globe
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2024 MCAS scores show Massachusetts falling further behind post-pandemic
Boston Globe
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Baystate Health in Western Massachusetts shakes up leadership amid financial trouble
Boston Globe
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Are Boston’s downtown bars and eateries doomed? Turns out maybe not.
Boston.com
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Mitt Romney Braces for Trump’s Retribution
The Atlantic
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Trump’s Low-Tax, High-Tariff Strategy Could Clash With Economic Realities
New York Times
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Trump briefed by intelligence officials about ongoing Iranian threats to assassinate him, campaign says
NBC News
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Johnson’s final pitch on spending stopgap does little to appease conservative critics
Politico
Today on Beacon Hill
Government Affairs Forum: Boston Mayor Michelle Wu hosted by the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce
Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration
Poverty in the Commonwealth
Birthday: Rep. Tricia Farley-Bouvier
Quote of the Day
“I think the big difference now is that we're going to have people that are on these boards that are local, that are going to be controlled by people that are in our communities, that are going to make decisions that are based on what's good for the patients, not what's best, good for profits,”
News by Category
Business
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Globe Summit 2024 explores role ‘Boston’s Breakthroughs’ play in changing world
Boston Globe
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"Front Door" Opening This Year To Troubleshoot Biz Problems
State House News Service
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Bluebird Bio is laying off 25 percent of its workers to cut costs
Boston Globe
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Seafood supplier for top supermarkets sued for allegedly using child labor at Fall River plant
WBUR
Cannabis
Education
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'The road back from the pandemic is not short': Mass. school English scores down across the board
New England Public Media
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MCAS Debate Colors School Accountability System Review
State House News Service
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Black first-year enrollment declines sharply at top Massachusetts colleges post-affirmative action
Boston Globe
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Super opposition to charter expansion
Item Live
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Harvard Affiliates Enslaved Over 300 People, University Researchers Find
The Harvard Crimson
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16,000 10th-graders failed the MCAS exam. Here’s what to know ahead of ballot question 2.
Boston Globe
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Boston city councilors call on education board to investigate late school buses
Boston Globe
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Eight New England colleges place high in US News & World Report’s latest rankings
Boston Globe
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2024 MCAS scores show stalled progress toward pandemic recovery
WBUR
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Support for MCAS ballot question has a 'bare majority' in new WBUR poll
WBUR
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City Councilors bring Boston school bus issues before state education board
Boston Herald
Environment
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Climate Activists Say Top Dems Playing "Kick The Can"
State House News Service
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State-funded air quality sensors coming to Westfield, to be managed by WRAFT
MassLive
- Climate Activists Chain Themselves to Statehouse
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NOAA report sends mixed message on wind power and risk to whales
New Bedford Light
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OPINION: Can changing the ocean’s chemistry help change the climate crisis?
Boston Globe
Federal
Health Care
Housing
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20 groups weigh in on MBTA Communities Act case
Commonwealth Beacon
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Chinatown Tower Framed As Beacon Of Housing Hope
State House News Service
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EDITORIAL: Software shouldn’t be allowed to price fix rental housing
Boston Globe
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America’s most expensive town is in Massachusetts, new study finds
Fox 25 News
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Plan for Dennis homeless shelter advances
Boston Globe
Legislative
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Branches "Going At It" Since Mid-August On Eco-Dev Bill
State House News Service
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State House Pols Get EV Charging Station
State House News Service
Local Government
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Wu names MIT’s Kairos Shen to lead planning, development
Boston Business Journal
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Election 2024: Which candidates are on the November ballot in Worcester County?
Worcester Telegram
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Mass NOW's 14th Annual Feminist Affair
Brookline Patch
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Veterans’ Lunch Program celebrates eighth anniversary
thereminder
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Meet The Candidates For Senate Night Cancelled
The Bourne News
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Somerville set to restore hours at Central Library next week with private security keeping watch, mayor says
Boston Globe
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Boston firefighters leave 96-year-old Dorchester firehouse this week and move into new station
Boston Globe
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Migrant workers sue Fall River seafood processing plant for child labor violations
Boston Globe
Politics
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Massachusetts elected official pays $8,000 fine after he got his home’s stairs ‘done for free’
Lowell Sun
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Cape state rep resigns immediately, takes job with Healey administration
Cape Cod Times
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Poll: Mass. voters split on psychedelics, tipped wages, but support auditing the Legislature
NEPM
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Healey Met With Ukraine First Lady Zelenska
State House News Service
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‘We defeat hate together.’ Haitians, others rally in Boston after Trump, Vance target Haitians in Springfield, Ohio.
Boston Globe
Public Safety
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‘Something to be proud of’: Hawley firefighters reflect on department’s 40 years
The Recorder
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‘Now the work begins’: Attorney general hopes for answers after selecting outside attorney to lead investigation into state police recruit’s death
WHDH
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Healey says probe into death of state police recruit must move forward before feds get involved
Boston Herald
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New Mass. State Police colonel to review training programs after trooper’s death
MassLive
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Matthew Farwell’s brother, also a former Stoughton police officer, agrees to ban with state oversight agency
Boston Globe
State Finance
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Healey signs bill aimed at bringing in federal funding
Commonwealth Beacon
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Guv Signs Law To Turbocharge Fed Funds Pursuit
State House News Service
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Healey signs law allowing Mass. to compete for federal funds with state savings dollars
Boston Herald
State Government
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Healey met with Ukraine First Lady Zelenska
News 22 WWLP.com