Must-Reads
Massachusetts
The cost of child care in Mass. is among the highest in the country. But vouchers to assist families remain frozen.
Boston Globe
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Healey’s economic secretary stepping down
Boston Herald
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Boston Police Department under fire as it faces contempt threat: ‘Unthinkable’
Boston Herald
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‘Cautious terror:’ Harvard hospitals dodge Trump’s $2.2B funding freeze — for now
Boston Globe
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Bowen wins 6th Essex primary
Salem News
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Boston City Hall employee launches bid for mayor against Michelle Wu
Boston Herald
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A long 2026 campaign gives Mass. GOP hopefuls time to knock Healey
Axios
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Harvard finds Trump’s funding freeze is real and immediate as extraordinary confrontation continues
Boston Globe
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Mass Municipalities Are Sitting On Millions Meant To Mitigate The Opioid Scourge
Binj
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Why are so many students in Mass. losing their visas? The answer lies in a little-known database.
Boston Globe
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What to know about Trump's plan to rescind federal funding from NPR and PBS
WBUR
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House leader looks to put brakes on vocational school admission changes
Commonwealth Magazine
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Higher ed board approves new guidelines for students with disabilities
Commonwealth Magazine
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A Venezuelan man was tackled in a N.H. courthouse and sent by ICE to Texas
WBUR
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Economic Secretary Yvonne Hao stepping down from Healey's cabinet
WBUR
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Man wearing gas mask arrested after using pepper spray on Woburn court officers, police say
WBUR
National
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Trump administration sues Maine over participation of transgender athletes in girls sports
Boston Globe
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Federal Workers Are Facing a New Reality
The Atlantic
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Karoline Leavitt Crashes When Asked if Trump Is Abusing His Power
The New Republic
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Joe Biden accuses Trump and Musk of taking ‘hatchet’ to social security
The Guardian
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Trump has put Christian nationalists in key roles – say a prayer for free speech
The Guardian
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White House removes wire spot from press pool
The Hill
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The Tactics Elon Musk Uses to Manage His ‘Legion’ of Babies—and Their Mothers
The Wall Street Journal
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America’s Shameful ‘No’ to the World
The Bulwark
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The red lines begin: A dozen House Republicans say no to big Medicaid cuts
punchbowl
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Trump admin goes after N.Y. AG who won civil fraud trial against president
Axios
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What to Know as Trump Freezes Federal Funds for Harvard and Other Universities
New York Times
Today on Beacon Hill
8:30am
Budget Press Conference with Speaker Mariano and HWM Chair Michlewitz
State Library, Room 341, State House, Boston
9:30am
Education Justice Advocacy Day 2025
Great Hall, State House, Boston
10:00am
Department of Public Utilities Competitive Supply Stakeholder Working Group Meeting
One South Station, 3rd Floor, Boston
10:00am
DPU Competitive Supply Stakeholder Working Group
One South Station, 3rd Floor, Boston
10:00am
Step Up for Kids
Grand Staircase, State House, Boston
10:00am
AIM Manufacturing Roundtable
Via Zoom
10:00am
Governor's Council Assembly
Governor's Council Chamber, Room 360, State House, Boston
11:00am
Joint Committee on Labor & Workforce Development: Committee Hearing
State House, Room B-1 & Virtual
11:30am
Joint Committee on Labor & Workforce Development: Informational Hearing
State House, Room B-1 and Virtual
Quote of the Day
“I don’t want my son to feel like he’s a secret.”
Ashley St. Clair Speaking out on Having Elon Musk's Baby.
News by Category
Beltway Politics
Business
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For those near retirement, worries while watching the stock market’s wild ride
Boston Globe
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Here’s how Gillette plans to redevelop its Fort Point site
Boston Business Journal
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Farmers seek carveout to host solar power installations
State House News Service
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State setting new albie, bonito restrictions
Martha's Vineyard Times
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Tesla sales dip in Massachusetts
WGBH
Civil Rights
Education
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Opinion: Why US colleges should cut back on international students
Boston Globe
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As financial threats mount, Harvard and other Boston-area universities are borrowing cash — and lots of it
Boston Globe
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Harvard finds Trump’s funding freeze is real and immediate as extraordinary confrontation continues
Boston Globe
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Harvard's response to feds draws cheers in Mass. ‘for not giving into the bullying'
NBC Boston
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Editorial: Harvard steps up
Boston Globe
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Trump Threatens Harvard’s Tax Status, Escalating Billion-Dollar Pressure Campaign
New York Times
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Amherst officials explore town-school task force to examine educational needs over 5 to 10 years
Gazette Net
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City and universities ‘in lockstep’ against threats to federal funding and Harvard’s tax exemption
Cambridge Day
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Trump threatens Harvard’s tax exempt status after pausing $2.2B in grant funding
Boston Herald
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Guest columnist Bryan Jersky: The facts about Northampton school meals
Gazette Net
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Obama praises Harvard for resisting Trump's demands
Axios
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Standing up to Trump was ‘a step on the road back for Harvard’
Boston Globe
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Stop-Work Orders Roll In for Harvard Researchers After $2.2 Billion Pause in Federal Funds
The Harvard Crimson
Environment
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Bill would allow Chapter 61A exception for renewable energy at farms
Greenfield Recorder
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Hingham Approves Mattress Recycling Contract, Considers Fee Adjustment
South Shore News
Federal
Health Care
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MGB says it remains 'committed to its mission' in face of Harvard funding freeze
Boston Business Journal
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Healey, UMass Chan leaders warn of negative impacts of NIH funding cuts
WGBH
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Healey: NIH cuts will have irretrievable effects as UMass Chan stands to lose $80M
Worcester Business Journal
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FDA OKs trial of pig livers as dialysis-like treatment for liver failure
WBUR
Housing
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Spring is usually a busy time for home-buying. Not in Greater Boston.
Boston Globe
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'Jamming this down our throat': Raynham proposes 2 new multi-family housing zones. Where?
Taunton Gazette
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State touts compliance with multifamily housing pact
Salem News
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19th-century downtown nostrum factory turned office building turned restaurant and nightclub could turn residential
Universal Hub
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Opinion: Debate goes on over Cambridge housing plan
Boston Globe
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Assembly weighs "housing crisis" declaration on Cape Cod
State House News Service
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Seashore Commission Explores Impacts Of ADUs
The Cape Cod Chronicle
Immigration
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‘Betrayal of the American promise’: Trump admin. cuts citizenship assistance in Mass.
MassLive
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MIT student sues federal government over termination of her international student record
WBUR
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DHS mistakenly orders another Boston immigration lawyer to leave the US, attorney says
Boston Globe
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Boston federal judge rules Trump admin can’t immediately revoke statuses of certain migrants
WGBH
Judiciary
Labor
Legislative
Local Government
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Jones Library project in Amherst a go: Effort to rescind $46.1M in funding fails at emergency meeting
Gazette Net
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Swansea voters decide Selectmen race, add new faces to government: Full unofficial results
The Herald News
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Murphy: District 7 deserves representation now
Boston Herald
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Sen. DiDomenico Updates Council on Everett Soccer Stadium Project
Everett Independent
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Somerset's 2025 town election results are in: Here's who voters picked.
Cape Cod Times
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Tania Fernandes Anderson Set To Resign. Will There Be A Special Election?
WBZ News Radio
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Holyoke leadership to consider major overhaul of city’s financial management
MassLive
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Boston City Council split on how to fill Tania Fernandes Anderson’s seat after plea leaves her district hanging
Boston Herald
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250 years later, Lexington residents reenact the town's historic lead-up to revolution
WGBH
Politics
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Opinion: The politics of representation and belonging in Roxbury
Boston Globe
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Josh Kraft calls on Boston Mayor Michelle Wu to explain Fernandes Anderson special election ‘double standard’
Boston Herald
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Yvonne Hao, Mass. economic development secretary, is stepping down from Healey administration
Boston Globe
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Beverly City Councilor Hannah Bowen Wins 6th Essex Democratic Primary
Brookline Patch
Public Health
Public Safety
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Massachusetts police officer arrested in child predator sting
Boston Herald
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Peabody police chief secures new 3-year contract
Salem News
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Ex-Mass State Police trooper pleads guilty to CDL conspiracy as another goes on trial
Boston Herald
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Editorial: Firefighter funds an irreplaceable safety resource
Sentinel & Enterprise
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Cheshire Works to Obtain Borrowing for Fire Truck
iBerkshires
State Government
Taxation
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Howie Carr: Your taxes prop up GBH, NPR, PBS agitprop
Boston Herald
Utilities
Press Releases
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Chamber Announces 2025 Small Business of the Year Honorees
Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce
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MassCEC Launches First-of-its-Kind Clean Energy Career Awareness Curriculum
Mass. Clean Energy Center
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Sens. Markey, Murkowski Urge FEMa to Unfreeze Public Safety Grants for Public Broadcasters
Office of Sen. Ed Markey
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Former State Trooper Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Falsify CDL Test Scores
U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Massachusetts
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Senate Democrats Highlight How DOGE Social Security Takeover Hurts Americans
Office of Sen. Elizabeth Warren
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AARP Urges Legislators to Fund Key Items for Older Bay State Residents
AARP Mass.
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Moulton Joins Mass. Delegation in Demanding Answers on Staff Cuts to Home Energy Program for Vulnerable Households
Office of Congressman Seth Moulton
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Healey-Driscoll Administration Announces $5.5 Million in Literacy Launch Grants Now Open for Schools to Apply
Mass. Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
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Governor Healey Visits UMass Chan Medical School to Highlights Harm Caused by Trump’s NIH Funding Cuts
Office of Governor Maura Healey and Lt. Governor Kim Driscoll
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AG Campbell Cites Dunkin Donuts, McDonald's, And Subway Franchise Operators For Violating Child Labor Laws
Office of Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell, Fair Labor Division
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Treasurer Goldberg’s Office of Economic Empowerment Receives $40,000 Grant from Citizens for the Worth & Wealth and Valor y Dinero Program
Mass. Office of Economic Empowerment