Must-Reads
Agreement reached on state budget
Commonwealth Magazine
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Could tariffs bring more manufacturing to Massachusetts?
WBUR
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Amid housing crisis, Boston’s building boom has gone cold. How much of that is due to Mayor Wu?
Boston Globe
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Why the state's new economic development chief should focus on manufacturing
WBUR
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As foreign students reconsider coming to Boston, local businesses prepare for fallout
MassLive
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Mayor Wu has a powerful ally in the state House’s likely next leader. Their partnership could reshape Boston politics.
Boston Globe
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Mass. lawmakers are on precipice of outlawing mandatory tenant-paid broker’s fees in $61 billion budget
Boston Globe
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Tariffs will ‘negatively impact’ MBTA rail car construction, Chinese firm says
Boston Herald
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Massachusetts hotel shelters for migrants, homeless families set to close, questions arise
Boston Herald
We asked New Englanders what they thought of Trump’s vision for US health care. Their answers were widely divided.
Boston Globe
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The worst bill in modern history
The Contrarian
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What to know about the shooting that killed 2 Idaho firefighters
Axios
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Is being ‘big’ and ‘beautiful’ enough for Trump’s signature bill?
Boston Globe
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Democrats skeptical after Iran briefing
Punchbowl News
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Why Is Trump Returning MS-13 Leaders to El Salvador? 5 Takeaways From the Times Investigation.
New York Times
Today on Beacon Hill
DTA Client Celebration
Hazardous Materials Mitigation Advisory Board Meeting
House Informal Session
Senate Informal Session
Joint Committee on Mental Health, Substance Use and Recovery: Committee Hearing
Quote of the Day
“Senate Republicans over the weekend decided to move forward on the big, ugly bill to rip healthcare coverage from 17 million people, deprive millions of food assistance, and use that money to pay (only partially!) for gigantic tax cuts for the super-rich. Their version is far worse than the House’s handiwork; Senate Republicans want to cut more than $1 trillion from Medicaid. Apparently, they concluded the House’s $700 billion cut did not throw a sufficient number of people off their healthcare coverage. An estimated 17 million (including those priced out of the Affordable Care Act exchanges) would lose healthcare coverage.”
News by Category
Beltway Politics
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Olson: Survey shows support for Trump, border fears
Boston Herald
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Editorial: Trump’s European tough-love approach pays dividends
Boston Herald
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Lucas: Obama and the Democrats paved the way for Iran’s nuclear program
Boston Herald
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Opinion: Trump’s broken promises keep piling up
The Sun Chronicle
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Flurry of lawsuits over Trump cuts hinges on nine words
Commonwealth Magazine
Business
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Why Boston is letting some food trucks stay open until 3 a.m. this summer
WBUR
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Editorial: Finally, a Democrat sees downside to easy-on-crime policies
Boston Herald
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Boston Museum of Fine Arts returns looted artifacts
WGBH
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‘Completely against our culture’: Ousted Market Basket officials speak out about ‘pre-planned attack’
Lowell Sun
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Trump mulls a ‘shadow’ Fed chair as he rips Powell on rate cuts. Is the president right?
Boston Globe
Civil Rights
Crimes
Education
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Pols & Politics: Boston city councilors want an HBCU campus
Boston Herald
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Legislation proposed for “bell-to-bell” ban on cell phone use in Massachusetts schools
Cape Cod Online
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From rural New Hampshire to Galveston, fallout from Trump’s battle with Harvard extends far beyond Boston
Boston Globe
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Smith faces federal complaint over trans admission policy
Gazette Net
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Solar incentive cuts could hit 7 Mass. school projects, US senators say
Boston Globe
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In wake of failed overrides, B-R comes back with compromise budget. Will towns go for it?
Taunton Gazette
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Massachusetts’ rural school districts are in a ‘death spiral.’ They have a plan to stop it
MassLive
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Massachusetts reacts to Supreme Court ruling on LGBTQ+ book opt-out in schools
Boston Herald
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A Mass Leak Showed the Harvard Law Review Assessed Articles for DEI Values. Some Authors Say That’s Not a Problem.
The Harvard Crimson
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Trump administration finds Harvard failed to protect Jewish students, threatens to cut all funding.
Boston Globe
Environment
Federal
Health Care
Housing
Immigration
Judiciary
Labor
Legislative
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Opinion: Beacon Hill’s transparency theater
Boston Globe
Local Government
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Halifax Landfill Repair Costs Surge
South Shore News
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With a hot summer ahead, several Boston public pools remain closed
Boston Globe
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Pittsfield mayor says homelessness plan may evolve, but action is needed
The Berkshire Eagle
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Fall River City Council alleges city charter violations: What they say is going on
The Herald News
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Peabody approves school, city budget after contentious budget season
Salem News
Politics
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NE: Centrist Republican Rep. Don Bacon of Nebraska won’t seek reelection
The Associated Press
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VA: James Walkinshaw wins Democratic contest to likely replace US Rep. Connolly in northern Virginia
The Associated Press
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NC: Thom Willis won't seek reelection after opposing Trump's bill
Washington Post
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Pols & Politics: Boston city councilors want an HBCU campus
Boston Herald
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Gen Z and millennials push into politics
Axios
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MassGOP Chair Amy Carnevale goes 'On the Record' on birthright citizenship, immigration enforcement
WCVB
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This issue won big in NYC’s mayoral race. Why Wu, Kraft should pay attention | Bay State Briefing
MassLive
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NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani says he is a democratic socialist. What does that mean?
Boston Globe
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See who made the ballot for Boston’s September preliminary election
Boston Globe
Public Health
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Velis, Domb lead new state commission tackling xylazine crisis in drug supply
Gazette Net
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Confused by changes in COVID and other vaccine policies? Here’s what you should know.
Boston Globe
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Nantucket is testing wastewater for cocaine, fentanyl, meth: ‘Very helpful for both residents and first responders’
Boston Herald
Public Safety
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Boston’s Mass and Cass plan a failure, admits top Wu official amid complaints of ‘out-of-control’ drug use
Boston Herald
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Molly Bish remembered with vigil 25 years after disappearance in Massachusetts
CBS News
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Reprimanded police sergeant committed more sexual harassment, then retired without discipline
The New Bedford Light
State Finance
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Massachusetts House, Senate negotiators reach agreement on $61 billion state budget
Boston Herald
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Broker fee limits, no new taxes in $61 billion state budget deal set for Monday vote
WGBH
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Beacon Hill Democrats say they have struck an agreement on the yearly state budget
Boston Herald
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With state budget deal reached, floor votes planned on Monday
The Sun Chronicle
State Government
Transportation
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MassDOT plans to keep Rt. 6 bridge open during heat waves
The New Bedford Light
Utilities
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Massachusetts’ Clean Energy Plans Face a Reckoning
Banker & Tradesman
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Offshore wind is alive and well. Maybe we should just keep quiet about that.
Commonwealth Magazine
Press Releases
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Weighted Lottery for Vocational HS Admissions is in effect; proposal to block this backed by vocational superintendents in the House budget was NOT included in the final House-Senate Conference Committtee
Vocational Education Justice Coalition
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Brown Rudnick Advises Vor Bio in $125 million Global License Agreement with RemeGen for Ex-China Rights to Telitacicept
Brown Rudnick
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Supreme Court Upholds Parental and Religious Rights in Landmark LGBTQ Storybook Ruling
Mass. Family Institute
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93 Healthcare Professionals at BMC – Brighton File for Union Election to Join the Massachusetts Nurses Association, Citing Need for a Stronger Voice in Patient Care and Working Conditions
Mass. Nurses Association
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Fenway Health Commends Supreme Court Braidwood Decision Preserving Access to PrEP & Other Preventive Care
Fenway Health
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AFSCME’s Saunders on SCOTUS decision: We remain undeterred in our commitment to defend our freedoms and democracy
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME)
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Massachusetts RMV Program Initiatives and Staff Receive AAMVA Awards
Massachusetts Department of Transportation
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AG Campbell Issues Statement on Supreme Court Decision in Trump v. CASA
Office of Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell
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Trump Administration Terminates $45 Million to Protect Massachusetts Farms, Forests, Wetlands
Mass. Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs
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MassDOT Announces $6.8 Million Shared Streets & Spaces Program Awards
Massachusetts Department of Transportation, Highway Division
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Mass NOW and MTPC’s Second Annual Trans Period Pride
Mass NOW