Must-Reads
Massachusetts
New Report Shows Massachusetts Has Been in Economic Slow Down Since 2020
Pioneer Institute
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Reproductive rights bill inches closer to Senate floor
State House News Service
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Two former Charlie Baker appointees are vying to be governor. Those from Baker-world are starting to pick sides.
Boston Globe
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Disgraced Boston City Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson resigns
Boston Herald
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Could the Trump administration’s border policies affect 2026 World Cup tourism in Massachusetts?
Commonwealth Magazine
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MBTA board’s $3.24 billion budget for daily operations relies heavily on state funding, and on state lawmakers
Boston Globe
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Hospital payments feature in new Senate spending bill
State House News Service
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Mass. officials considering further reductions in state family shelter system
WBUR
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Healey boosts life sciences tax incentives as 33 companies plan major expansions
Boston Business Journal
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Megabill would cost poorest households $1,600 a year, boost richest by $12K, CBO predicts
Politico
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Which Law Enforcement Agencies Are at the Los Angeles Protests?
New York Times
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Local farmers, food organizations in limbo after federal food grant program ends
WBUR
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Mayor Wu launches external investigation into top aide
WBUR
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AI chatbots need more books to learn from. These Mass. libraries are opening their stacks
WBUR
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Boston plans to file first FOIAs for ICE raid information by Friday
WBUR
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More than 400 CDC staff may be called back to work after being laid off in April
WBUR
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House votes to kill funding for public media
WBUR
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‘Hidden fat’ research shows health is not just about ‘maximum weight loss’
WBUR
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Logan Airport traffic resumes after JetBlue flight rolls off runway
WBUR
National
Appeals court temporarily blocks judge’s ruling to return control of National Guard to California
The Associated Press (AP)
Today on Beacon Hill
9:00am
Executive Office of Health & Human Services Public Hearing
Via Zoom
10:00am
Juneteenth Breakfast
Great Hall, State House, Boston
11:00am
Correctional Consolidation and Collaboration
State House, 428 and Virtual
Quote of the Day
“There are two disastrously wrong ways to read the news from Los Angeles right now, and the rest of America over the next few days. The first is to believe that there is actually anything resembling an insurrection underway. The second is to believe that the Trump administration’s response to the nonexistent insurrection is simply cynical politics, an attempt to gain Donald Trump a few points in the polls. What we’re actually seeing is much worse: An attempt to end politics as we know it, to deploy force to suppress dissent. Not eventually, but right now. On the first point: No, LA isn’t a city in chaos, wracked by devastating riots requiring military intervention. LA knows what real chaos looks like. The Rodney King riots in 1992 killed 63 people, injured thousands, and involved widespread looting and arson. Nothing like that is happening now.”
In the wake of the LA riots, Krugman argues Trump isn’t just playing politics — he’s weaponizing federal force to suppress dissent and threaten democracy.
News by Category
Beltway Politics
Business
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Healey boosts life sciences tax incentives as 33 companies plan major expansions
Boston Business Journal
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Pioneer Institute report: Massachusetts in ‘economic slowdown’ since 2020
Boston Herald
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Boston’s office market goes from bad to worse. What’s Wu’s Plan B?
Boston Globe
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With CEO Arthur T. Demoulas on leave, what’s happening inside Market Basket? Depends who you ask.
Boston Globe
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Mass. economy continues to lag other states, study finds
Boston Globe
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13th-straight soggy Saturday dampens duck boat business, boosts bookstores
WGBH
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AGEM Property acquires prime Georgetown real estate block for $27M, plans renovations
Boston Business Journal
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Boston strip club peeps new spot on busy Stuart Street
Axios
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With retail cyberattacks on the rise, customers find orders blocked and and empty shelves
Boston Herald
Cannabis
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Moving pieces mean "a ton going on" at Cannabis Commission
State House News Service
Civil Rights
Education
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Amherst-Pelham union: Schools facing crisis over racism against Black employees, renew call for 10-point action plan
Gazette Net
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Boston Focus, 6.13.25
Will Austin
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Russian scientist accused of bringing frog embryos into country released from federal custody
Boston Globe
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Opinion: Lean budget threatens to spark public college turf war
Boston Globe
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New Bedford High and all three middle schools to go phone-free
The New Bedford Light
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Mount Holyoke College pauses plans to build hub for its $180M geothermal heating system
Gazette Net
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Peabody provides first look into anti-bullying plans after student's suicide
Salem News
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Harvard researcher charged with smuggling frog embryos released from federal custody on bail
WCVB
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Federal funding cuts threaten Harvard health research ongoing for decades
NBC Boston
Environment
Federal
Health Care
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The Health Foundation grants $250K to support Nashoba Valley following hospital closure
Worcester Business Journal
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Wax: Congress must lower hospital costs for Medicare patients
Boston Herald
Immigration
Judiciary
Labor
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Devens training center caught in national fight over Job Corps cuts
The Harvard Press
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Apprentice mandate eyed to shore up trade workforce
Gazette Net
Local Government
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Athol voters give green light to $1.3M capital plan
Athol Daily News
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Editorial: Did a former city official abuse her position? Police body cam footage could help resolve disputed events.
Boston Globe
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Councilors attack mayor's chief of staff salary
The Eagle Tribune
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Northampton closes portion of Main Street sidewalk in danger of collapse
Gazette Net
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Liquor laws in Massachusetts are complicated. Will these bills simplify them?
The New Bedford Light
Politics
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Embattled Boston City Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson, who admitted to corruption charges, resigns
WCVB
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Healey backs Newsom in fight with Trump over LA protest response
NBC Boston
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Opinion: This isn’t how to change minds
Boston Globe
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Battenfeld: Michelle Wu’s duplicitous stunt the latest Democratic tactic
Boston Herald
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Northampton Campaign Notebook: Mayor Sciarra calls for three debates before preliminary election
Gazette Net
Public Health
Public Safety
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Program that kept 200 people off the streets headed for the scrap heap
Boston Globe
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Former Stoughton police officer charged with killing Sandra Birchmore did not father her unborn baby, DNA shows
Boston Globe
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A video camera hidden in a Williams College bathroom has prompted an indictment — and calls for stronger legislation
The Berkshire Eagle
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Snider: Crime is down, but chaos is up
Boston Herald
Reproductive Rights
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IL & TX: Illinois officials investigate license-plate data shared with police seeking woman who had abortion
The Associated Press
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Reproductive rights bill inches closer to Senate floor
State House News Service
Transportation
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MBTA spells out intermodal project
Lynn Daily News Item
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JetBlue plane at Boston Logan rolls off runway, airport stops departures
Boston Herald
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Plane rolls off runway while landing at Logan airport, FAA to investigate
NBC Boston
Utilities
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Editorial: Don’t power down the whole competitive electric market
Boston Business Journal
Press Releases
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Accelerating Donations Through Personalization and Marketing Automation
Mass. Nonprofit Network
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Sudbury Kindergartners Forced to Observe Pride Week, Parents Sound the Alarm
Mass. Family Institute
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MWRA Distributes Annual Water Quality Report to Thousands of Residents
Mass. Water Resources Authority
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California Senator Detained in DHS Presser in LA
Common Cause Mass.
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Protecting Our Schools and Our Democracy
Mass. Teachers Association
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Video: Pressley Slams Trump and Republican's Attacks onJudiciary, Checks and Balances
Office of Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley
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BBA Honors Access to Justice Commission in Recognition of 20 Years of Advocacy
Boston Bar Association
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In quotes: an upcoming webinar series on how four cities, including Boston, are “creating lasting early childhood impact”
Strategies for Children
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AG Campbell Joins 22 States In Opposing President Trump's Military Deployment In California
Office of Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell
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Healey-Driscoll Administration Announces Tax Incentives to Create More Than 1,500 Life Sciences Jobs
Mass. Executive Office for Administration and Finance
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Healey-Driscoll Administration Honors Women Veterans During Annual Deborah Sampson Award Ceremony
Mass. Executive Office of Veterans Services
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AG Campbell Joins Lawsuit Challenging Trump Administration's Attacks on State Clean Vehicles Programs
Office of Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell
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Hundreds Join Healey-Driscoll Administration’s Inaugural Victim Services Conference
Mass. Executive Office of Public Safety and Security