Must-Reads
Massachusetts
Harassment during the 2020 election was so bad many Mass. clerks quit. 2024 is shaping up to be just as bad.
Boston Globe
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Massachusetts struck a deal with Uber and Lyft for minimum pay. Drivers say they’re still getting shortchanged
Fast Company
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Boston needs billions to protect itself from sea level rise. Can the city find the money?
Boston Globe
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Springfield receives 14 fake threats in 1st 28 days of school, teen arrested in most recent
MassLive
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Tax Revenues Up 5.8 Percent In First Quarter Of FY 2025
State House News Service
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Q&A: SHNS Talks With Outgoing Rep. "Smitty" Pignatelli
State House News Service
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Question 1: Should voters empower the auditor to look into the state Legislature?
Boston.com
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DPU approves big shift in electric bill discounts
Commonwealth Beacon
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State's civil legal aid costs skyrocket
Newburyport News
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Is a train from Boston to North Adams worth the expense? Proponents say yes, the state isn't so sure
Berkshire Eagle
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Editorial: How Harvard can revive free speech
Boston Globe
National
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Should Kamala Harris gamble on a Blue Florida?
Silver Bulletin
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J. D. Vance and the Failed Effort to Memory-Hole January 6th
The New Yorker
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House Races Across the Midwest Move in Democrats’ Favor
The Cook Political Report
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A Woman Among Cowardly Men
The Bulwark
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Trump Promised to Release His Medical Records. He Still Won’t Do It.
New York Times
Today on Beacon Hill
9:00am
Joint Committee on Agriculture and Fisheries: Committee Hearing
Written Testimony Only
10:00am
Executive Office of Health & Human Services Public Hearing
Via Zoom
10:00am
Korea Day
Great Hall, State House, Boston
Birthday: Rep. Alice Peisch
Quote of the Day
“Perhaps not since the Civil War has this great country felt as politically, emotionally and spiritually divided as it does at this moment," Springsteen said in a web video. But "it doesn't have to be this way. The common values, the shared stories that make this a great and united nation, are waiting to be rediscovered and retold once again.”
Bruce Springsteen took to social media on Thursday (Oct. 3) to officially announce that in the upcoming presidential election, he will be voting for the Kamala Harris and Tim Walz ticket.
News by Category
Beltway Politics
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Howie Carr: Tim Walz an imprecise ‘knucklehead’
Boston Herald
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Opinion: Donald Trump is a latter-day Neville Chamberlain
Boston Globe
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Lowry: Kamala Harris, faux border hawk
Boston Herald
Business
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Iowa AG leads continued fight against Massachusetts animal confinement law
Louisiana Illuminator
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Slaying ‘zombie’ mortgages: AG touts $10M relief in second mortgage settlement
Boston Herald
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Company must stop collecting on ‘zombie mortgages’ following Mass. AG settlement
MassLive
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Boston awards $2.2M to aid community economic development efforts
MassLive
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This Boston startup launched satellites to improve weather forecasting. Then Hurricane Helene came along.
Boston Globe
Civil Rights
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State Sen. Velis to lead antisemitism commission
News 22 WWLP.com
Crimes
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Authorities say this couple voted in New Hampshire while living in Ashland, Mass.
The Metro West Daily News
Domestic Relations
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Child Custody Bill Would Bring Mass. In Line With Other States
State House News Service
Education
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Free community college stirs ‘hope and possibility’; enrollment up 10K statewide
Gazette Net
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Free community college in Massachusetts expected to draw 45,000 students within a year
CBS News
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Governor Maura Healey visits MassBay Community College to celebrate free college in Massachusetts
The Metro West Daily News
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Massachusetts awards $20M in universal pre-K grants
WPRI.com
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Simmons University’s library science master’s program relocates to GCC
The Recorder
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Massachusetts education board violated Open Meeting Law, attorney general says
Boston Globe
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Should schools ban smartphones?
Boston Globe
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Schools meet $74 million deadline
New Bedford Light
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Teachers and parents say mold continues to spread at Barnstable United, despite cleanup
Cape Cod Times
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Colleges crack down on student protests
Boston Globe
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Amherst schools roll out new online bullying reporting system
Gazette Net
Environment
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New invader here: Spotted lanternfly appears in Hampshire County, posing threat to grapes, apples, other crops
Gazette Net
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Dam good news: Governor Maura Healey pardons Nibi the Beaver
Boston Globe
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Rep. Fernandes leads effort to halt appeal to dump Pilgrim wastewater into Cape Cod Bay
Cape Cod Times
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Nibi the beaver staying home! Gov. Healey grants request to stay at wildlife rescue
NBC Boston
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Special program in Boston trains residents to become solar workers
WBUR
Gaming
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Long-stalled gambling data project moves forward
Commonwealth Beacon
Health Care
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Gov. Healey announces working group to ‘revitalize’ health care in Nashoba Valley region, offers grants to ambulance services
Harvard Press
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'Challenging issue': MA hospitals IV fluid shortage linked to Hurricane Helene
Worcester Telegram
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Hospitals scramble for IV fluids as Hurricane Helene triggers latest drug shortage
Boston Globe
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Report Shines Light On "Troubling Trend" At Mass. Hospitals
State House News Service
Housing
Judiciary
Labor
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Dockworkers’ union agrees to suspend strike until Jan. 15
Boston Globe
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Gloucester teachers vote to 'work to rule' starting Friday
Gloucester Times
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Port strikes end with deal on wages, averting economic disaster
WBUR
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Opinion: We don’t need Question 3 allowing unionization of rideshare drivers
Commonwealth Beacon
Lobbying & Campaign Finance
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Offshore wind donations blowing in
Gloucester Times
Local Government
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Boston city employee accused of swindling home from elderly uncle heading to trial for separate case
Boston Herald
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Briefings: Holyoke School Committee Back to Full Strength with Fresh Appointments
Western Mass Politics & Insight
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Fed-up Flynn wants his photo taken down, Boston City Council prez says not on her watch
Boston Herald
Politics
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The fight over a new Mass. gun law isn’t as black and white as you thought | John L. Micek
MassLive
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DiZoglio begins 141-mile walk to promote ballot question on Legislature audit
New England Public Radio
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Election 2024: MCAS, mushrooms, more: What you need to know about the Mass. fall ballot questions
MassLive
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Sen. Markey tours Berkshire County, meets with local leaders in North Adams, Pittsfield, Great Barrington
WAMC
Public Health
Public Safety
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Court file foul: No, Trooper Michael Proctor has not been fired
Boston Herald
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State lawmakers defend gun bill against NRA challenge at bill signing ceremony
MSN
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Outsider Noble To Take Charge Of State Police Friday
State House News Service
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New Mass State Police Col. Noble to take oath office on Friday
MassLive
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Police Department gets $55,000 Safety Grant
Chelsea Record
Transportation
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Green Line service resumes between North Station and Medford/Tufts following derailment, safety investigation
Boston Herald
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Collins & Doud: Massport must cancel private jet expansion
Boston Herald
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Sky-high solution for safer bike lanes
Boston Globe
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Regular train service resumes on Green Line extension following derailment, MBTA says
Boston Globe
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The MBTA's troubled Green Line Extension reopens after derailment
Axios