Must-Reads
Massachusetts
State, federal health care timelines out of sync
State House News Service
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Editorial: Four concrete ways Massachusetts can lower health care costs
Boston Globe
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Healey's national profile on the rise as she takes on Trump and Musk cuts
NEPM
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New Bedford mayor pushes back on Spotlight report on police abuses, seeks FBI review
Boston Globe
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Beacon Hill shows no urgency on Boston tax package
State House News Service
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Vaccine-related contracts at Boston Children’s Hospital ‘stopped’ amid funding uncertainty
Boston Herald
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Springfield, the ‘asthma capital’ of the US, has improved. Now cuts to federal funding threaten those gains.
Boston Globe
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Mass. lawmakers move — again — to extend pandemic-era rule allowing public boards to meet remotely
Boston Globe
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Healey-Driscoll Administration to visit western Massachusetts during transportation roadshow
WWLP 22
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Boston’s White Stadium opponents dealt major blow by judge on eve of trial
Boston Herald
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Judge postpones hearing after feds deport Rhode Island doctor
WBUR
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Boston Children's Hospital feeling pinch of federal funding cuts
WBUR
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MBTA can be sued over assault by bus driver, SJC rules
Commonwealth Magazine
National
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As Trump dismantles the Kennedy legacy — with help from RFK Jr. — a storied American family is at odds with itself
Boston Globe
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Democrats Want to Fight. But How?
The Liberal Patriot
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The women most affected by abortion bans
Boston Globe
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NRCC names 26 House Democrats to initial target list for 2026
Roll Call
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Trump’s Attempts to Muzzle the Press Look Familiar
The Atlantic
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How Oklahoma’s Right-Wing Superintendent Set Off a Holy War in Classrooms
Vanity Fair
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Amid ‘DEI’ purge, Pentagon removes webpage on Iwo Jima flag-raiser
Washington Post
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The White House’s flimsy attack on Voice of America
Washington Post
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Jan. 6 investigators hit back at Trump over pardon threat: ‘Do it. Or shut up’
The Hill
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Live Updates: Israel Carries Out Deadly Strikes in Gaza and Warns of Intensified Attacks
New York Times
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A Judge Ordered Deportation Planes to Turn Around. The White House Didn’t Listen.
New York Times
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Paxton plots to take on Cornyn in Texas battle royale
punchbowl
Today on Beacon Hill
10:00am
Board of Registration in Embalming and Funeral Directing
Via Microsoft Teams
12:00pm
CORE Plan Statutory Committee
Via Zoom
1:00pm
Accessible Housing Commission Meeting
100 Cambridge Street, 2nd Floor Conference Room A, Boston and virtually
1:30pm
Joint Committee on Rules: Permanent Joint Rules 2025-2026
State House, Room A-2
7:00pm
What Do We Do Now? A Conversation with Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley hosted by the Boston Globe
Cambridge Street Upper School Community Complex, 830 Cambridge Street, Cambridge and virtual
7:00pm
Lowell Town Hall with Sen. Elizabeth Warren
UMass Lowell Moloney Performing Arts Center, 35 Wilder Street, Lowell
Quote of the Day
“Why would we ask for an opinion from the [Superme Judicial Court],” Mariano, D-3rd Norfolk, thundered. “Because she’s the one that’s driving the question. She’s the one that campaigned for the question. She was the one out knocking [on] doors for the question. She was the one with the personal investment in the question.”
Mariano's response to a reporter's question over whether it might be time to call in the state’s highest court for a ruling on the constitutionality of the voter-approved audit of the Legislature.
News by Category
Beltway Politics
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Trump’s ‘Strategic Bitcoin Reserve’ makes no sense
Boston Globe
Business
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Mass. businessman becomes a voice of support for tariffs
Boston Business Journal
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When did we sign up to be test subjects in Trump’s high-risk economic experiment?
Boston Globe
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Editorial: Big Tech’s AI pitch seeks license to steal
Boston Herald
Education
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Lenox school district widens its net for educators amid a challenging hiring market
The Berkshire
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School Committee eliminates Office of Educational Equity, rejects hybridization of food services
Brookline News
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Bunker Hill Community College cancels study abroad programs over Trump immigration actions
WBUR
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Harvard Will Make Tuition Free for More Students
New York Times
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Fall River must change how it measures school bus distance. Will this affect students?
The Herald News
Environment
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Mass. legislators head to Canada for renewable energy tour
Worcester Business Journal
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'Alternative energy fact finding trip': What these MA Democrats visited in Canada
Cape Cod Times
Federal
Health Care
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Boston Children's Hospital feeling pinch of federal funding cuts
State House News Service
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Amid zoning debate, advocates press for Roxbury birth center
Boston Globe
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Boston Children's Hospital says it will lose over $100 million in federal funding after NIH cuts
WCVB
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Mass. lawmakers call for stronger health care regulation, action
NEPM
Housing
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Mass. home sales on the rise to start 2025
State House News Service
Immigration
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Prosecutors say deported R.I. doctor had photos of Hezbollah, Iran leaders on her phone
Boston Globe
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‘You are not alone’: Inside jail, volunteers work to save ICE detainees from deportation
Boston Globe
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Guest columnist David E. Sullivan: A duty to call out demeaning immigrants and the rule of law
Gazette Net
Legislative
Local Government
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Amid Boston payroll hikes, city councilor says Hub should look to hire laid-off federal workers
Boston Herald
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Hochman joins Peabody council race for at-large seat
Salem News
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With no one to enforce its new social media policy, the Pittsfield School Committee has tabled the proposal for the moment
The Berkshire Eagle
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Central Mass. select board chair leaves post, another resigns amid controversy
MassLive
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Weymouth schools facing staff cuts. What we know about the $1.9M shortfall
Patriot Ledger
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Barnstable teacher petitions for 'Anti-Racist School System'
Cape Cod Times
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What to know as the White Stadium lawsuit heads to trial
WGBH
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Prepare for Mayor Wu's State of the City Speech: Comparing Emerson & BPI's polls
Boston Policy Institute
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Worcester payroll: 98 city employees made $200K in 2024. See the full list
Worcester Telegram
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After years of advocacy, Somerville plans to build the city’s first universally accessible playground
Cambridge Day
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The White Stadium trial starts this week. Here’s what to know beforehand.
Boston.com
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Here’s how your state legislators responded to our public records survey
Boston Globe
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Boston's White Stadium lawsuit heads to trial
Axios
Politics
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McGovern calls on voters to resist federal cuts to food services
The Recorder
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TX: As Texas gets redder, John Cornyn could face toughest primary season of his career
Texas Tribune
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Healey’s making her pitch on a national stage
WGBH
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03.17.2025
Contrarian Boston
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Taunton City Councilor Estele Borges considers running for mayor. What she said
Taunton Gazette
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Opinion: What’s slowly killing Boston
Boston Herald
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State senator for Gardner, Westminster, Templeton considering run for governor
The Gardner News
Public Safety
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Southie brawls, underage drinking, cops assaulted at Boston’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade: Police reports
Boston Herald
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Randolph Police sergeant killed off-duty in Abington commuter rail accident
Boston Herald
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Murphy: Rivals need to push Wu on drug policy
Boston Herald
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Out-of-state firefighters in Boston St. Patrick’s Day Parade were reportedly kicked out of the parade
Boston Herald
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On the 35th anniversary of the Gardner Museum heist, retired FBI agent offers theory on whodunnit
Boston Globe
Reproductive Rights
State Government
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Mass. lawmakers plan to extend remote meeting rules
MassLive
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Lawmakers agree to extend remote meetings law
The Eagle Tribune
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Editorial: Voters vent their displeasure with state of the state
Sentinel & Enterprise
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State legislature poised to extend remote and hybrid meetings
the Berkshire edge
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Rhyme and reason: Cultural Council pushes for poet laureate stipend
State House News Service
Transportation
Press Releases
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Spencer Woman Charged with Bank Fraud
U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Massachusetts
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House OK’s bill to extend remote and hybrid meeting authorizations
Mass. Municipal Association
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Warren, Raskin, Blumenthal, Lawmakers Push White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles on Trump Administration Corruption
Office of Sen. Elizabeth Warren
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ABC’s Construction Backlog Indicator Inches Lower in February, Contractor Confidence Remains Elevated
Associated Builders & Contractors of Mass.
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How School Breakfast Fuels Student Success
Project Bread
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EWG Report on Drinking Water
Mass. Water Resources Authority
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MassDOT Aeronautics Reports Successful Drone Delivery Demonstrations
Massachusetts Department of Transportation, Aeronautics Division
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AG Campbell Urges Trump Administration To Oppose Changes To New Passport Application Rule Harming Transgender Individuals
Office of Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell
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Governor Healey Visits Boston Children’s Hospital, Highlights Harm Caused by Cuts to NIH Funding, Medicaid
Mass. Executive Office of Health and Human Services
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Healey-Driscoll Administration Awards $2.1 Million to Support Ecological Restoration Projects
Mass. Department of Fish and Game ,Division of Ecological Restoration