Must-Reads
Massachusetts
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Hydro-Quebec shut off the spigots for New England power in March and hasn’t turned them back on. Why?
Boston Globe
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‘The end result is going to be chaos’: Bar advocates to halt indigent defense work over stagnant pay
Lowell Sun
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Kraft-aligned super PAC pours $1.4 million into attacks on Wu in mayoral race
Boston Globe
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DEP delays electric vehicle sales requirements for two years
State House News Service
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State data raises questions of bullying reporting a decade after landmark anti-bullying law
Boston Herald
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Black neighborhoods brace for aggressive policing with 'know your rights' guides
WGBH
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Trump vs. Massachusetts: How one state represents everything the president despises
Boston Globe
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Trump cuts would devastate community colleges, undermining lower-income students striving to better their lives
Commonwealth Magazine
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Cape Cod's May elections unanimous against nuclear waste. Holtec calls vote 'misinformed.'
Cape Cod Times
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China to Springfield: The MBTA's 11-year struggle to get new Red and Orange Line cars
WBUR
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5 things to watch as Beacon Hill budget negotiations begin
WBUR
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New Hampshire to pay $2.25 million to mother of 5-year-old killed by father
WBUR
National
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Trump administration tells federal agencies: Stop doing business with Harvard
Boston Globe
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From Biden to RBG, Democrats feel the anguish of age
The Hill
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Democratic troubles revive debate over left-wing buzzwords
Washington Post
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GOP fears Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ is ‘debt bomb’
The Hill
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Harmeet Dhillon’s Civil-Rights Revolution Comes With Tea and Roses
The Wall Street Journal
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Doug Wilson Has Spent Decades Pushing for a Christian Theocracy. In Trump’s DC, the New Right Is Listening.
Politico
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Opinion: Trump Wants Us To Lose All Hope
The Raw Story
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NPR sues Trump over order to cut funding
Boston Globe
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Bruce Springsteen Will Never Surrender to Donald Trump
New York Times
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Democrats buzz about potential retirements
Semafor
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Five Models for Progressives
The Liberal Patriot
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The Democrats’ Original Sin Pandemic
Puck
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Three Essential Next Steps on Ukraine
The Bulwark
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Trump's 5-step push to keep GOP control of the House in '26
Axios
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Republican Crackdown on Aid to Immigrants Would Hit U.S. Citizens
New York Times
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How Republicans hope to sell the big, beautiful bill
punchbowl
Today on Beacon Hill
9:30am
Mass. Gaming Commission Public Hearing
Via conference call
10:00am
Joint Committee on Community Development and Small Business: Informational Hearing
State House, A-1 and Virtual
10:30am
Joint Committee on Financial Services: Committee Hearing
State House, A-2 & Virtual
11:00am
House Informal Session
House Chamber
11:00am
Senate Informal Session
Senate Chamber
11:00am
LGBT Aging Commission
The Pryde Community Center, Boston
Birthday: Rep. Steven Owens
Quote of the Day
“The analogy I use is, if you’re a musician and you go out on tour and you’ve got an A side and a B side set of tracks that you’re playing, you go, you do your concert, and you play all your songs, A side, B side songs, those are the ideas. The platform is what the crowd chants back. It’s the lyrics that the crowd has memorized that they love and that you can stop singing, turn the microphone around, and they’re singing it into the microphone. We can’t know that platform until we go out and sing out some ideas.”
US Rep. Jake Auchincloss on the next Democratic party platform.
News by Category
Beltway Politics
Business
Education
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Boston launches review of school bus safety following collision death of 5-year-old
WBUR
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Harvard foreign students feel like ‘poker chips,’ consider transfer after Trump attacks
MassLive
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Values on display: Gov. Healey urges 600-plus Mount Holyoke grads to practice equality, community each day
Gazette Net
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Battenfeld: Harvard elites playing victim card in battle against Trump
Boston Herald
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Trump eyes more cuts to Harvard grants
Boston Herald
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In extremely rare move, Harvard revokes tenure and cuts ties with star business professor
WGBH
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Trump threatens to send grant money for Harvard to trade schools instead
Boston Globe
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How a college closing disaster led to new student protections in Mass.
MassLive
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Maguire: Why Boston Latin teacher ready to leave job for BTU
Boston Herald
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Trump administration moves to cut $100 million in federal contracts for Harvard
WGBH
Environment
Federal
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NPR sues Trump administration over executive order to cut finding to public media
The Associated Press (AP)
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Trump says he’ll delay a threatened 50% tariff on the European Union until July
The Associated Press (AP)
Housing
Human Services
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Mass. Sec. of Veterans’ Services Jon Santiago goes 'On The Record' on funding cuts, homeless veterans
WCVB
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Amid conversations about public health and accessibility in downtown Pittsfield, homeless people still lack reliable access to public restrooms and showers
Teh Bkershire Eagle
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Editorial: GOP must show work requirements can work
Boston Herald
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Editorial: Benefits fraud steals from taxpayers and needy
Boston Herald
Immigration
Judiciary
Labor
Local Government
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Clean energy measures, $7.68M budget coming to Shutesbury Town Meeting on Saturday
Gazette Net
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Fallen service members honored in East Longmeadow
Western Mass News
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Budget cuts hours for some Easthampton employees
Gazette Net
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Experts: Narrow timeline creates strain on New Bedford’s elections
The New Bedford Light
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More details emerge about health director's exit
Newburyport News
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Assistant to the mayor and city social worker positions being considered by Attleboro city council
The Sun Chronicle
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Boston politicians honor Puerto Rican veteran community during Memorial Day event
Boston Herald
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'Gulf of Weymouth' shirts raise $7,000 for memorial honoring father and son duo killed at war
Patriot Ledger
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FY26 BUDGET SEASON: Preview of 5/27-5/30 Hearings & Meetings
Boston Policy Institute
Politics
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Democrats, what is the plan to battle Trump?
The Sun Chronicle
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Mass. Rep. Trahan’s ‘Les Miz’ moment on Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’
MassLive
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Protesters honor veterans, rally for immigrant rights on Memorial Day in downtown Boston
Boston.com
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On Memorial Day, rallies seek a different lens on veterans, wars
Boston Globe
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Super PAC backing Josh Kraft spends $1.4M on advertising opposing Mayor Michelle Wu
Boston Herald
Public Health
Public Safety
State Finance
Utilities
Press Releases
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Censored Patient Safety Research Must Return to Government Website, Judge Rules
ACLU Mass.
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Senator Markey Blasts Trump Order Undermining Nuclear Safety, Mission of NRC
Office of Sen. Ed Markey
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Owner of Durable Medical Equipment Companies Agrees to Plead Guilty in Nearly $30 Million Fraud Scheme
U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Massachusetts
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Ahead of George Floyd Anniversary, Pressley Reintroduces Suite of Bills to Transform Criminal Legal System Improve Police Accountability
Press Release
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MassDOT Launches Comment Period for FY26-FY30 Capital Investment Plan
Massachusetts Department of Transportation
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Healey-Driscoll Administration Awards over $1 Million to Protect Drinking Water Across Massachusetts
Mass. Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs
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Massachusetts Announces Flexibilities for Electric Vehicle Requirements
Mass. Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs
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State health officials warn of potential exposure to Hepatitis A after infection in food service worker in Provincetown
Mass. Department of Public Health
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Media Advisory on Harvard vs. Trump impacts, Tuesday 6:00 Press Conference & 7:00 Mass Webinar
Crimson Courage