Must-Reads
Massachusetts
Nantucket’s Workers Are Living on the Margins
New York Times
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Eng confident ‘challenges’ to delivery of new MBTA trains will be resolved
Commonwealth Magazine
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Fire departments across Mass. fail to meet staffing standards, union survey shows
WBUR
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‘They should have taken it more seriously’: Pressure mounts on Beacon Hill to solve bar advocate work stoppage
Boston Globe
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Program to support drivers with autism would become permanent under state Senate vote
WGBH
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ADL says it's tracking group that took credit for State House vandalism
State House News Service
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Senate to vote next week on school cellphone ban
WWLP 22
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New Bedford Market Basket suspends 47 immigrants after I-9 audit
The New Bedford Light
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Massachusetts Attorney General travels world on taxpayers’ dime: ‘Expensive junkets’
Boston Herald
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Barrier Beach Bill Could Have Island Repercussions
Vineyard Gazette
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100+ retired Massachusetts judges call for higher pay for striking bar advocates
Lowell Sun
National
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Mike Johnson on the Epstein case: "It's not a hoax"
Axios
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Gabbard’s Attacks on Obama Put the Attorney General in a Tough Spot
New York Times
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Powell’s hard hat blues
punchbowl
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F.C.C. Approves Skydance’s $8 Billion Merger With Paramount
New York Times
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Why the Huge Conflicts of Interest Among Trump’s Epstein Team Matter
The Bulwark
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This Is the Most Panicked Republicans Have Been in Years
The Bulwark
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Court Records Reveal Feds’ Shifting Story On Epstein Files
The Lever
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States target second homes, luxury real estate for new tax revenue
Pluribus News
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David Hogg’s bid to change the Democratic Party is off to a slow start
Washington Post
Today on Beacon Hill
1:00pm
MassHealth Public Hearing
Via Zoom
1:00pm
Executive Office of Energy & Environmental Affairs Public Hearing
Via Zoom
1:00pm
Department of Energy Resources Public Hearing
Stinchfield Lecture Hall at Greenfield Community College, One College Drive, Greenfield
5:00pm
Close of Comment Period for MassHealth Proposed Regulatory Changes
Submission via mail or email
Birthday: Rep. Hannah Kane
Quote of the Day
“I appreciate what they do, but this isn’t the way to have a conversation. This isn’t the way to do it. Let’s sit down, let’s have this conversation, but you got to get back to work in the meantime.”
Sen. Velis urged public defenders to end their work stoppage over pay, saying he values their work but “this isn’t the way” to negotiate—calling for talks to continue while they return to work to avoid more case dismissals.
News by Category
Beltway Politics
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Moore: The end of funding immortality in Washington
Boston Herald
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Editorial: Overreaching D.C. bureaucrats defy Supreme Court
Boston Herald
Business
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In 2014 parallel, a mayor publicly sides with Market Basket CEO
Boston Business Journal
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Opinion: On Nantucket, the have-too-much and the have-nots
Boston Globe
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WBZ offers buyouts to photographers, engineers, as longtime reporter Beth Germano announces retirement
Boston Globe
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Thermo Fisher CFO to retire after decade, internal successor named
Boston Business Journal
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Boston attorney charged with defrauding clients out of $2M+
Boston Herald
Civil Rights
Education
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4 rich Mass. colleges dodged a big Trump tax, and may have an unlikely ally to thank
MassLive
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How rumored and real ICE activity has impacted local schools
WBUR
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Will cellphones be banned in Massachusetts classrooms?
NBC Boston
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Columbia made a deal with the Trump administration to restore federal funding. Is Harvard next?
Boston Globe
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How will changes in federal student loans impact you?
Boston Globe
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4 Massachusetts schools got a 5-star rating on Money.com’s ‘Best Colleges’ list
Boston.com
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Brandeis gets tax-free $135 million bond for new residence hall
MassLive
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AI is fracturing the student-teacher relationship
Boston Globe
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Boston Focus, 7.25.25
Boston Focus
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Harvard reassigning diversity center staff amid Trump admin squeeze
Axios
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Opinion: Massachusetts’ sinking reading scores should be a five-alarm fire on Beacon Hill
Boston Globe
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Howie Carr: Boston judge the rubber stamp Dems, and Harvard, covet
Boston Herald
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How $108 million in withheld federal funds would impact Marlborough schools
Community Advocate
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Researchers at WPI unveil more efficient process for recycling batteries
WGBH
Environment
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For first time, fires are biggest threat to forests’ climate-fighting superpower
Boston Globe
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Editorial: So you want the state to save your property from rising seas? There should be a price attached.
Boston Globe
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How ‘corn sweat’ is driving up humidity across the US — and yes, even New England
Boston Globe
Federal
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‘We are terrified’: Gateway City leaders prepare for federal cuts, changes to Medicaid
Commonwealth Magazine
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Withdrawing from Europe Would Be a Strategic Blunder
The Bulwark
Health Care
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N.H. becomes first state to require doctors follow patients' wishes on sterilization
WBUR
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Fall River fire survivors are scattered, don’t know where they’ll live next, and don’t even have their belongings back
Boston Globe
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In Fall River, our promise to the elderly went up in smoke
Rhode Island Current
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Healey names new members to Health Policy Commission
Boston Globe
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Amid criticism, Healey names hospitals' top lobbyist to state health policy board
WBUR
Housing
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"Homesharing" Touted as Housing Solution by Legislators, Advocates
The Franklin Observer
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Marblehead board maps strategy after housing law referendum defeat
Marblehead Current
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Advocates aim to cement homelessness prevention programs
State House News Service
Judiciary
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As attorney work stoppage boils over, some defendants in Brookline’s court are not being given a lawyer
Brookline News
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Bar advocate work stoppage yet to affect Hampshire County, but local senator worries it could
Gazette Net
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Violent criminal cases keep getting tossed in Mass. Crisis over $35 pay dispute continues
MassLive
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First degree murder conviction thrown out over deaf interpretation, SJC rules
Boston.com
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Neal, Baker aides among latest judicial nominees
WWLP 22
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It’s past time to resolve dispute on pay for bar advocates (The Republican Editorials)
MassLive
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Lawyers, former JNC head nominated for judgeships
Mass Lawyers Weekly
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Our View: Bar advocates deserve better pay
The Eagle Tribune
Legislative
Local Government
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Town ‘VIPs’ are going to Japan. Not everyone thinks it’s a good idea
Plymouth Independent
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Six weeks later, downtown Northampton sidewalk still at risk of collapse
Gazette Net
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Amherst sets sights on new DPW headquarters
Gazette Net
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Hanover Select Board Approves Sale of 188 King Street Property
South Shore News
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Amherst recruiting members to serve on Black Reparations Committee
Gazette Net
Politics
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NC: RNC Chair Whatley to run for North Carolina Senate seat with Trump’s support
The Hill
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Briefings: Markey and McGovern Meet Khalil Again, This Time, Far from a Prison
Western Mass. Politics and Insight
Public Health
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Mosquito carrying West Nile virus identified in Worcester
Worcester Telegram
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Xylazine Detected In Cape Cod's Illegal Drug Supply
The Bourne News
Public Safety
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Q&A: SHNS Talks with firefighters union chief Richard MacKinnon
State House News Service
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These public safety bills could impact western Massachusetts
WWLP 22
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Squatter treats South End family’s empty home as hotel as Boston’s Mass and Cass spillover escalates
Boston Herald
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Public safety at risk: MA cases dismissed over pay dispute
WWLP 22
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Senate targets police interactions with blue envelope bill
State House News Service
Reproductive Rights
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Planned Parenthoods in Worcester, Marlborough get state money amid Trump defunding efforts
Worcester Business Journal
Transportation
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Here's why 8 new MBTA subway cars from China are stuck in Philadelphia
WBUR
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Forum Highlights Cape Residents' Fears For Potential Bridge Closure
The Bourne News
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MBTA board gets an earful over White Stadium transportation proposal
Boston Herald
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A union town built on cow paths is no place for robotaxis, some Boston councilors say
Universal Hub
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House passes bill to funnel millions into local road infrastructures
Worcester Business Journal
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‘Drivers are people’: Boston City councilors want to delay the arrival of self-driving cars
Boston Globe
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Driverless cars run into resistance at Boston City Council
WGBH
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On massive bridge project for North Station trains, T chief ‘confident’ federal cash will come through
Boston Globe
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Protest held against Waymo in Boston as city council holds hearing on self-driving cars
CBS News
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Bourne Bridge replacement money raised as a concern at community forum in Sandwich
Cape Cod Times
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Discounted T fare enrollment exceeding estimates
State House News Service
Utilities
Press Releases
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Throwback Thursday: the passing of Chapter 257
Providers' Council
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Pressley Slams DHS Stealing Immigrants' DNA and Givig it to FBI Criminal Database
Office of Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley
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Hundreds Rally at State House to Support Legislation That Protects Pets & Wildlife from Rodenticides
Mass Audubon
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Dr. Ginny Sun wins 2025 Information Technology Award from Massachusetts Medical Society
Massachusetts Medical Society
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After Securing Commitment from Social Security Head, Warren Asks Agency Watchdog to Investigate Long Call Wait Times, Impact of Staffing Cuts
Office of Sen. Elizabeth Warren
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Massachusetts State Senate Advances Two of The Arc’s Priority Bills: Blue Envelope, Archaic Language
The Arc of Mass.
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IRS Announces Major Win for Church Autonomy and Religious Liberty
Mass. Family Institute
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Senate Approves Permanent ‘Blue Envelope’ Program Supporting People with Autism
Mass. Senate
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Senate Scrubs Offensive Language from State Law, Acts to Repeal Discriminatory Statutes
Mass. Senate
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As President Trump Defunds Planned Parenthood, Massachusetts Delivers $2 Million to Protect Access to Reproductive Health Care
Office of Governor Maura Healey and Lt. Governor Kim Driscoll