Must-Reads
Massachusetts
Location shield may be centerpiece of larger data privacy bill
State House News Service
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Worcester city councilor charged with assaulting police after ICE arrest
Worcester Telegram
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Don’t call it the ‘millionaires’ tax: Inflation is raising the bar on who pays Massachusetts’ high-earner levy
Boston Globe
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Electric supply battle is back on in the Legislature
State House News Service
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As activists accuse Kraft campaign of breaking election law, Kraft campaign alleges violations by Wu
Boston Globe
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Boston facing $1.7B budgetary shortfall from empty office buildings: Report
Boston Herald
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Cost of investigation into MA State Police recruit death surpasses $300K
Boston 25 News
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House passes bill overhauling cannabis laws, CCC
State House News Service
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Falling office building values still a concern for Boston’s budget, think tank says
Commonwealth Magazine
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Homelessness at all-time high in Worcester County
WBUR
National
State-level AI regulation ban emerging as D.C. flashpoint
State House News Service
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Endorses Zohran Mamdani as Top Choice for Mayor
New York Times
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FDA Approved — And Ineffective
The Lever
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Centrist Democrats want a fight with the left
Semafor
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Meghan McCain Promotes ‘Detox’ for People Who ‘Regret Taking the Shot’
Mediaite
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Trump Orders Investigation of Biden and His Aides
New York Times
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Inside Ron DeSantis’ tough year in Florida
Politico
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After two years on the job, Charlie Baker remains focused on his role as NCAA president — not on running for office
Boston Globe
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Bidenworld goes scorched earth on Karine Jean-Pierre
Axios
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The Senate and Trump have some big tax differences
punchbowl
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‘Carol,’ Whose Detention Rattled Her Small Missouri Town, Is Released
New York Times
Today on Beacon Hill
8:00am
Meet the Media 2025 hosted by State House News Service
MCLE, 10 Winter Place, Boston
10:00am
Mass. Founders Day
Great Hall, State House, Boston
11:00am
Joint Committee on Economic Development & Emerging Technologies: Committee Hearing
State House, A-2 and Virtual
11:00am
Senate Informal Session
Senate Chamber
11:00am
House Informal Session
House Chamber
11:00am
Deborah Sampson Award Ceremony
Memorial Hall & Nurses Hall, State House, Boston
12:00pm
How to Streamline Permitting for Housing in Massachusetts hosted by the Pioneer Institute
Via Zoom
12:00pm
How to Streamline Permitting for Housing in Massachusetts by the Pioneer Institute
Virtual
1:30pm
People's Hearing hosted by the Coalition to Reform Our Legislature
Church on the Hill, 140 Bowdoin Street, Boston
6:00pm
MassDems 26th Annual Roosevelt Awards Dinner
Fairmont Copley Plaza Hotel, 138 St. James Avenue, Boston,
Birthday: Rep. Kevin Honan
Birthday: Auditor Diana DiZoglio
Birthday: State Senator Adam Gómez
Quote of the Day
“The trouble is that Musk really is a chainsaw-wielding, bureaucracy-breaking villain. He’s done immeasurable damage to our government. He may be gone from Washington, but, to return to Mark Antony’s speech, the evil Musk has done lives on after him. And more broadly he’s a thoroughgoing enemy of liberal democracy, a backer and promoter of authoritarian parties ranging from Trump’s GOP to Germany’s AfD.”
Embracing Musk’s attacks on Trump’s agenda is an enemy-of-my-enemy temptation Democrats should resist.
News by Category
Beltway Politics
Cannabis
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House passes bill overhauling cannabis laws, CCC
State House News Service
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Lawmakers scrutinize Mass. marijuana regulations as they consider new bill
NBC Boston
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Massachusetts House passes cannabis reform bill
Axios
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Massachusetts House votes to overhaul Cannabis Control Commission
MassLive
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Mass. House votes to overhaul Cannabis Control Commission
WGBH
Civil Rights
Crimes
Education
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Trump administration asks Columbia’s accreditor to take action against university over claims of antisemitism
Boston Globe
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HWRSD to receive $92,500 earmark for technology upgrade
The Reminder
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Why is so little known about the Boston school bus driver in April’s fatal crash?
Boston Globe
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As Harvard fights Trump admin in court, professors are quietly dropping courses
MassLive
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Can Harvard's alumni save it from Trump?
The Metro West Daily News
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Incoming education commissioner outlines priorities
State House News Service
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In an extraordinary escalation, Trump bars foreign nationals from entering US to study at Harvard and targets Columbia
Boston Globe
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Methuen teachers say 80 educators will be laid off due to proposed budget
Lowell Sun
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Incoming education commissioner outlines priorities
State House News Service
Environment
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Markey Calls for Urgently Needed Funding for Flood Resilience Project
East Boston Times-Free Press
Federal
Health Care
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Brigham and Women's Faulkner adds 78 beds in first inpatient expansion since 1976
Boston Business Journal
Housing
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Court ruling creating tension in manufactured home communities
State House News Service
Human Services
Immigration
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Federal judge blocks transfer of Milford teen on eve of immigration hearing
Boston Globe
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US Attorney Foley blasts Mayor Wu over ICE comments. Wu fired right back, saying ICE is spreading ‘fear.’
Boston Globe
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Federal judge denies ICE bid to move Milford student out of Massachusetts
Boston Herald
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Editorial: Pols grab progressive clout by slamming ICE agents
Boston Herald
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ICE lodges detainer against Massachusetts illegal immigrant accused of forcibly raping child
Boston Herald
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Massachusetts U.S. Attorney Leah Foley slams Boston Mayor Wu for ‘false narrative’ of ICE
Boston Herald
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Family of Milford teen detained by ICE pleads for his release
NBC Boston
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Mass. AG discusses recent immigration enforcement crackdown
Spectrum News
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Judge denies ICE transfer of Milford student out of Mass., meeting with lawyer granted
MassLive
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Trump moves to block US entry for foreign students planning to study at Harvard University
The Associated Press (AP)
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Worcester city councilor charged with assaulting police officer during ICE operation
WGBH
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Trump announces travel ban affecting a dozen countries set to go into effect Monday
WGBH
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‘ICE, please get him out’: Family of detained Milford teen pleads for his release
WGBH
Judiciary
Labor
Legislative
Local Government
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Boston City Council passes Michelle Wu’s $4.8 billion budget, with $9M in amendments
Boston Herald
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Worcester city councilor charged with assaulting police in chaotic ICE operation
Boston Herald
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Sunderland zoning board says it prefers new Dollar General design
Gazette Net
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Boston's commercial property poised to lose more value, and more city revenue, report says
Axios
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Historic Holyoke building gets new life: Paper City Clothing celebrates revival of High Street structure
Gazette Net
Politics
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US DataLabs launches as free 50-state data resource
State House News Service
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Lucas: Healey’s challengers don’t have easy road ahead
Boston Herald
Public Health
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Fluoridation fight marks new pain point for dentists
State House News Service
Public Safety
State Government
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Massachusetts lawmakers push back against federal AI regulation ban
The Dorchester Post
Taxation
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Tax collections running nearly $3 billion over last year's pace
State House News Service
Press Releases
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MassDEP awards $3.1M to reduce pollutants entering waterbodies
Mass. Municipal Association
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Moulton, Begich, Tokuda, Amata, and Golden Introduces Bipartisan Bill to Reauthorize the Young Fishermen's Development Act
Office of Congressman Seth Moulton
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RELEASE: The Arc of Massachusetts Receives $135,000 Grant from Cummings Foundation
The Arc of Mass.
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API Statement on Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works Reconciliation Proposal
American Petroleum Institute
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Guatemalan National Indicted for Illegal Reentry
U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Massachusetts
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May Revenue Collections Total $2.629 Billion
Massachusetts Department of Revenue
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MassDEP Fines Worcester Property Owner for Asbestos Violations at Vacant Building
Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection