Beltway Politics
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faces the first key vote in his health secretary confirmation test »
WBUR
Elon Musk is barreling into government with DOGE, raising unusual legal questions »
WBUR
Trump and Musk take aim at a surprising target: a humanitarian agency with long bipartisan support »
Boston Globe
What is Elon Musk allowed to do? With his employment status, the answer is quite a bit. »
Boston Globe
Business
Avidia Bank criticized for renting space for event that will feature 2 charged in Capitol attacks »
Worcester Telegram
A decision is looming for Shakespeare & Company's campus development plan »
Berkshire Eagle
Treehouse names Erika Kuester new leader during ‘pivotal’ time for nonprofit »
Gazette Net
New England consumers, businesses dodge a bullet as Trump puts tariffs on hold »
Boston Globe
Tariffs on pause as experts call idea ‘unsettling’ »
Gazette Net
Battenfeld: Josh Kraft’s glaring potential conflict of interest in Everett stadium »
Boston Herald
Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie dismisses chatter about buying the Celtics: ‘I’m not really interested’ »
Boston Globe
Roger Goodell isn’t looking for a fight, but the NFL isn’t going to follow Donald Trump’s lead on DEI »
Boston Globe
Boston creates permit for food-delivery apps »
Axios
Thermo Fisher’s latest job cuts impact hundreds of Massachusetts employees »
Boston Business Journal
Thermo Fisher to cut 300 jobs in Cambridge, Plainville »
Boston Globe
New Greentown Labs CEO arrives at tumultuous time for clean-tech sector »
Boston Globe
Sick of close calls with food delivery drivers? Boston hopes a new permit for delivery apps will help. »
Boston Globe
Tariffs: Let’s forget this ever happened »
Boston Globe
Cannabis & Psychedelics
Yeast, mold in marijuana products prompts warning from Mass. cannabis board »
NBC Boston
Massachusetts pot regulators issue moldy weed warning »
Boston Herald
Civil Rights
AGs Push Back on “Misleading Narrative” Around DEI Initiatives »
State House News Service
Crimes
Massachusetts migrant staying at shelter arrested for allegedly raping his daughter »
Boston Herald
Education
Loan Refinancing Co. Fined $2.1M For Deceptive Ads »
Law 360
Opinion: The fallacy of settled science in literacy »
Boston Globe
Trump administration seeks to ban DEI on campus, but Berkshire colleges are not going to change their values »
Berkshire Eagle
Environment
Federally funded climate projects in Mass. face uncertainty under Trump »
WBUR
Court restores protections for right whales to prevent entanglement in fishing gear »
WBUR
Federal
Trump and Musk take aim at a surprising target: a humanitarian agency with long bipartisan support »
Boston Globe
Health Care
Drinking. Gambling. Online shopping. Researchers are exploring if obesity drugs could curb cravings beyond food. »
Boston Globe
Assembly Of Delegates Discussing Proposal To Close Cape Mental Health Center »
Cape Cod Online
Housing
New Mass. ADU law: How to get an ADU approved and built »
MassLive
'Tiny Homes' Bringing Big Hopes To Massachusetts Housing Market »
WBZ News Radio
House to vote on $425M shelter funding bill »
The Eagle Tribune
Human Services
Veterans, families, to get increased annuities »
CNHI
Immigration
Business group advises companies to prepare for immigration enforcement »
WBUR
Boston Mayor Wu says she plans to testify before Congress on immigration policies but needs more time »
Boston Herald
‘Closing today is not easy.’ Greater Boston residents take part in ‘A Day Without Immigrants’ national demonstration. »
Boston Globe
Man living in migrant shelter in Marlborough charged with impregnating teen daughter »
The Metro West Daily News
Labor
Full disclosure: Mass. employers face new wage reporting rules, starting this week »
Boston Business Journal
Legislative push renewed to raise farmworkers’ pay to state minimum »
Gazette Net
Some Uber, Lyft drivers say pay has declined since new minimum wage enacted »
Boston Globe
Legislative
Beacon Hill stipends to be paid retroactively »
Boston Herald
First state leadership meeting of the new term »
News 22 WWLP.com
Editorial: Beacon Hill puts the (pay) cart before the (work) horse »
Boston Herald
Local Government
Beverly House Special Set For May 13 »
State House News Service
Massachusetts to have first-ever poet laureate »
News 22 WWLP.com
Waltham City Council considers cameras on school buses to improve safety »
The Justice
City Council to consider petition for Worcester to become sanctuary for 'trans and gender diverse people' »
Worcester Telegram
Politics
Special election ordered for State House seat representing Beverly and Wenham »
Boston Herald
Two Boston city councilors say Wu administration ‘deliberately excluded’ them from event »
Boston Herald
Date set for state rep special election »
Salem News
Josh Kraft to kick off run against Boston Mayor Michelle Wu »
Boston Herald
Who is Josh Kraft, the nonprofit leader and son of the Patriots owner challenging Michelle Wu for mayor? »
Boston Globe
In looming mayor’s race, who has the Black vote: Michelle Wu or Josh Kraft? »
Boston Globe
Josh Kraft to announce bid for Boston mayor »
Boston Globe
Public Health
Leader of Boston health organization calls Trump administration shutdown of USAID ‘intentionally harmful’ »
Boston Globe
State Finance
House Thursday Plans: More Shelter Funding And Reforms »
State House News Service
State Government
Massachusetts begins searching for its first poet laureate »
WBUR
Transportation
Site selected for future Palmer train station along West-East Rail line »
News 22 WWLP.com
MassDOT Chooses “Site B” As Its Plan A to Locate Palmer’s Rail Stop »
Western Mass. Politics & Insight
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