Must-Reads
Massachusetts
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New Leader Focused On Trust, Culture At State Police
State House News Service
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Behind closed doors in Massachusetts’s shelters: An unseen maternal health crisis
Boston Globe
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Boston Water and Sewer Commission unions press for investigation, suspension of HR director embroiled in two lawsuits
Boston Herald
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Dueling protests, genitalia costumes, and Vermin Supreme: JD Vance’s Mass. fund-raising luncheon
Boston Globe
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Ralph de la Torre oversaw Steward’s collapse. Meet the corporate board that OK’d many of his decisions.
Boston Globe
National
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Election Skeptics Are Running Some County Election Boards in Georgia. A New Rule Could Allow Them to Exclude Decisive Votes.
ProPublica
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Trump’s Speeches, Increasingly Angry and Rambling, Reignite the Question of Age
New York Times
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Senior Hill staffers predict Harris win in November
Punchbowl News
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How One Polling Decision Is Leading to Two Distinct Stories of the Election
New York Times
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How San Francisco became a launching pad for the most powerful women in politics
Los Angeles Times
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How Oct. 7 changed the Democratic Party
Washington Post
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Kamala Harris and the Influence of an Estranged Father Just Two Miles Away
New York Times
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‘The America I’ve been writing about for 55 years’: Springsteen comes out for Kamala Harris
Boston.com
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Blue MAGA: How RFK Jr. and Tulsi Gabbard Became Rockstars in Trump World
The Bulwark
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Another Hurdle in Recovery From Helene: Misinformation Is Getting in the Way
New York Times
Today on Beacon Hill
10:00am
Cannabis Control Commission Public Hearing
Union Station, 2 Washington Square, Worcester and via Teams
11:00am
Senate Informal Session
Senate Chamber
11:00am
House Informal Session
House Chamber
Quote of the Day
“It’s going to be close, but I truly believe that that a lot of Republicans are going to go into that booth and say, ‘I can’t support the insurrection.’ ... I have talked with a number of people who I believe will do that, and they may not openly come out and say, ‘I’m voting for Harris,’ or they may just not vote.”
He is voting for Harris over Trump, and while he’s announcing his break with the party publicly, he believes many Republicans will vote for Harris in secret.
News by Category
Beltway Politics
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New analysis suggests national debt could increase under Harris, but it would surge under Trump
Boston Globe
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Turning Point wants to revolutionize how Republicans turn out voters. Some are skeptical.
Boston Globe
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For US adversaries, Election Day won’t mean the end to efforts to influence Americans
Boston Globe
Business
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Hasbro met with Mass. officials to talk HQ move, tax break
Boston Business Journal
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Porter Square Books begins its move down the road with the help of a human chain
Boston Globe
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Amid lab space glut, a big lease at last
Boston Globe
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Editorial: Old-school scams pale compared with today’s consumer fraud
Boston Herald
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Gaskin: Food technology comes to Massachusetts
Boston Herald
Cannabis
Civil Rights
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Pro-Palestinian protestors halt traffic on Storrow Drive ahead of anniversary of Oct. 7 Hamas attack
Fox 25 News
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Boston community marks anniversary of Oct. 7 Hamas attack, pro-Palestine groups shut down Storrow Drive
Boston Herald
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On anniversary of Israel-Hamas war, local profs cast grim view of conflict’s future
Gazette Net
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Editorial: Bring the hostages home from Gaza
Boston Globe
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A Black icon of Worcester gets her burial place marked at Hope Cemetery
Worcester Telegram
Education
Environment
Federal
Health Care
Housing
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Driven by lax inventory, the average price of homes in the Berkshires continues to climb
Berkshire Eagle
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Minor changes coming to Williamsburg zoning to comply with new accessory dwelling state laws
Gazette Net
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Oral arguments Monday in state lawsuit against Milton over MBTA housing law
NBC Boston
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Boston city councilors push for more affordable homeownership in mayor’s housing development fund
Boston Globe
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As affordable housing disappears, states scramble to shore up the losses
Boston Globe
Immigration
Labor
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Briefings: After Imposed Pact in ’23, Springfield & Police Supes Negotiate Deal through ’28
Western Mass. Politics & Insight
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Boston hotel workers strike outside major Hilton hotels
Boston Globe
Legislative
Local Government
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Council continues Kmart plan discussions
Newburyport News
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Lowell City Council moves citywide camping ban
Lowell Sun
Politics
Public Safety
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New law governing kennels named after dog mauled in East Longmeadow
MassLive
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Howie Carr: Canton cops continue to duck responsibilities
Boston Herald
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Southampton family gives $1 million toward public safety complex
Gazette Net
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Down a tanker, ambulance and office space, Henry Fristik, Sandisfield's new fire chief, looks to rebuild, grow department
Berkshire Eagle
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New Mass. State Police leader says he will work on the agency's culture
WBUR
Reproductive Rights
State Government
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Mass. constitutional officers have different stances on hybrid work
Commonwealth Beacon
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State House Roundup: Parting is such sweet relief
Worcester Telegram