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Failed oversight: Beset by infighting, a toxic culture, and an investigation into its leadership, the Cannabis Control Commission isn't effectively performing its functions

Worcester Business Journal

DiZoglio wants to audit the Legislature. But other audits remain undone.
WBUR
Mass. ratepayers to pay $521m more for hydroelectricity because of Maine political delays
Commonwealth Beacon
Massachusetts grapples with fallout from landmark Supreme Court gun ruling
Boston Globe
How would changes in immigration policy affect New Bedford?
The New Bedford Light
'We feel very ready to move forward': Holyoke schools back to local control July 2025
New England Public Media

UMass offering free tuition to in-state families making under $75K a year
NBC Boston
As number of health care workers in Valley dwindle, experts at UMass summit brainstorm ways to reverse trend
Daily Hampshire Gazette
Karen Read Tells Her Story (Part 1): A Murder Trial in Massachusetts
Vanity Fair
Boston City Hall prepped for commercial market crash behind closed doors while downplaying problem publicly
Boston Herald
Why Mass. Question 1 will never end
Axios

National

Dark Money’s Plan To Keep States In The Dark

The Lever

In Closing, Harris Casts Herself as the Unifier and Trump as a ‘Petty Tyrant’
New York Times
Harris distances herself from Biden’s ‘garbage’ comment as Democrats are privately exasperated by the president
CNN
The big rush: GOP sets Nov. 13 for leadership showdowns
Punchbowl News
Elon Musk’s Out-of-This-World Political Rally
New York Magazine

Today on Beacon Hill

8:00am

Urgent Treatment: Mass. Health Care After Steward hosted by State House News Services

MCLE, 10 Winter Place, Boston

9:30am

Citizens' Legislative Seminar

Gardner Auditorium, State House, Boston

10:00am

Mass. Chapter of the American College of Surgeons Advocacy Day

Great Hall, State House, Boston

10:00am

Status of Latinos and Latinas

Virtual Hearing

10:30am

Governor's Council Assembly

Governor's Council Chamber, Room 360, State House

11:00am

Joint Committee on Cannabis Policy: Informational Hearing

A-2 and Virtual

11:00am

House Informal Session

House Chamber

2:30pm

Transportation First: The State of Regional Transit hosted by the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce

Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce, 265 Franklin Street, Boston and via Zoom

Birthday: Rep. Jessica Giannino

Birthday: Rep. Ryan Hamilton

Quote of the Day

“We’re like a garbage can, you know, it’s the first time I’ve ever said that,” Trump said in Tempe, Arizona, the home of Arizona State University. “And every time I come up and talk about what they’ve done to our country, I get angry. First time I’ve ever said garbage can, but you know what, it’s a very accurate description.”

Donald Trump

Trump, campaigning in the border swing state of Arizona on Thursday, called the country a “garbage can” because of immigration policies under the Biden administration.