Must-Reads
Massachusetts
Texas redistricting could spark chain reaction, Democrats say
State House News Service
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Prisoner-run survey suggests state-paid attorneys provided inadequate defense
WGBH
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Republic has paid $500K for Peabody police details during strike
Salem News
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As legal status ends for many Haitians, Mass. health care sector braces for staffing shortages
WBUR
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National right-wing group accuses Massachusetts police agency of bias in its training material
WGBH
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Are Democrats denying Republicans a district in Massachusetts? Here’s what the maps show.
Boston Globe
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Mass. auditor says Legislature is an ‘authoritarian regime’
WGBH
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Wednesday marked the deadline to file ballot petitions. Here’s what reforms Mass. voters want to see in 2026.
Boston Globe
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Everett city lawyer on leave after second drunken-driving charge. It’s his fourth arrest in two years.
Boston Globe
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State Rideshare Collective Bargaining Policies Hold Great Promise
American Progress
National
Staggering U.S. Tariffs Begin as Trump Widens Trade War
New York Times
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Texas Democrats who fled to Illinois forced to evacuate hotel after bomb threat
The Hill
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Bondi’s Obama Grand Jury: The Authoritarian Moment We’ve All Feared
The New Republic
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Cotton to Hegseth: Ban foreigners’ access to Pentagon systems
punchbowl
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Truth Social's Perplexity search comes with Trump-friendly media sources
Axios
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How JB Pritzker Is Fighting to Stop Trump From Redrawing the Map
Vanity Fair
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Trump says he plans to put a 100% tariff on computer chips, likely increasing electronics costs
Boston Globe
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Vulnerable Republican congressman hit over stock trades
Semafor
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The 5 states with the best healthcare in America — and the 5 with the worst
Quartz
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Winning Is Everything When You’re Up Against Trump
The Bulwark
Today on Beacon Hill
10:00am
Division of Insurance Public Hearing
Via Microsoft Teams
10:00am
Office of the Attorney General Public Hearing
One Ashburton Place, 21st Floor, Conference Room 3, Boston, and via Microsoft Teams
11:00am
House Informal Session
House Chamber
11:00am
Senate Informal Session
Senate Chamber
Quote of the Day
“We talk about authoritarian regimes in D.C. — what about here on Beacon Hill?” she said. “There is an authoritarian regime in the Legislature on Beacon Hill right now.”
Auditor DiZoglio called the Legislature an “authoritarian regime” out of frustration over its lack of transparency and refusal to allow her office to audit it, criticizing Beacon Hill’s concentration of power and closed-door operations.
News by Category
Beltway Politics
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Lucas: Biden & Co. making bank on book deals
Boston Herald
Business
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Leadership at Rhode Island’s top economic development agency is in limbo at a critical moment for the state’s economy
Boston Globe
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Editorial: Socialism leads to worse things than expensive food
Boston Herald
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As P&G prepares to redevelop Gillette campus, South Boston residents push for more
Boston Globe
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Former WBZ anchor Kate Merrill sues Boston station, CBS for racial and gender discrimination
Boston Herald
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Whiskey Priest Seaport Condo Project Fails
John F. Gately
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Trump’s broad tariffs go into effect, just as economic pain is surfacing
Boston Globe
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Canadian tourism on Cape Cod has dropped steeply, businesses say
WGBH
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Ayotte touts New Hampshire businesses ahead of Massachusetts tax holiday weekend
WMUR
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Online grocer Weee must pay Mass. workers misclassified as contractors
Axios
Democracy
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Proof of citizenship bubbling up as voting issue
State House News Service
Education
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Clark University braces for a harsh new reality as higher ed recession looms
WGBH
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Search process for a superintendent stumbled onto a candidate who’d stumbled even harder
Cambridge Day
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Brown could face $30m loss from ‘Big Beautiful Bill,’ and is preparing for layoffs, selling some real estate
Boston Globe
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Harvard scientists say research could be set back years after funding freeze
Boston Globe
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Tradition, change colliding in higher education world
State House News Service
Environment
Health Care
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New hope for Alzheimer’s: Groundbreaking Harvard study finds lithium reverses brain aging
Boston Globe
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These hospitals are the most expensive in Mass., according to new data
Boston Business Journal
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For many, life at Fall River assisted living facility felt like a tragedy long before deadly fire swept through
Boston Globe
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Owner of Fall River’s Gabriel House turns over safety records to investigators
Boston 25 News
Housing
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Housing groups hope to put a law limiting rent increases on the ballot in 2026
WBUR
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‘A disaster for Massachusetts’: Real estate groups vow to fight rent control ballot measure
Boston Globe
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Housing Researcher Seeks Statewide Vote on Starter Homes
Banker & Tradesman
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Massachusetts unlocks surplus state land to boost housing development
NBC Boston
Human Services
Immigration
Judiciary
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Prison can create a digital divide. Advocates want to change that.
Boston Globe
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Proposed resolution in Greenfield would support higher pay for bar advocates
The Recorder
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Maura Healey signs bar advocate increase into law — but lawyers say it’s not enough
Boston Herald
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Lowell judge condemns prosecutors’ handling of cases amid lawyer shortage crisis
MassLive
Labor
Legislative
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Ballot laws continue to vex legislators
State House News Service
Local Government
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Springfield city councilor files lawsuit against former colleagues, alleging ‘calculated attack’
MassLive
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Boston city councilor aligned with Mayor Wu blocks Ed Flynn’s Mass and Cass emergency declaration push
Boston Herald
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Hull Water System Grapples with Aging Infrastructure as 64% of Pipes Exceed 50 Years
South Shore News
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Future of housing market could be at stake in 2026 election | State watchdog has harsh words for her fellow Dems | More details on Mass and Cass assault on Globe photographer, reporter
Contrarian Boston
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She fell on a Boston sidewalk, fractured her jaw, and got nothing from the city. Why?
Boston Globe
Politics
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UMass poll: Slump for Trump
Gazette Net
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Battenfeld: Is Elizabeth Warren a closet socialist?
Boston Herald
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Beacon Hill, rent control ban targeted in flurry of ballot questions
State House News Service
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IN: Trump officials eye Indiana as redistricting war intensifies
The Hill
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Opinion: In the game of politics, Michelle Wu evades traps while Josh Kraft is stuck in them
Boston Globe
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Opinion: Democrats can’t gerrymander themselves out of their gerrymandering problem
Boston Globe
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Dozens of proposed ballot questions filed in Massachusetts: Here’s a look at a few
Boston Herald
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Mass. takes center stage in Texas redistricting fight
Axios
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First-time Worcester candidate has raised nearly 50% more than any competitors
MassLive
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‘The people are watching': Texas Dems speak from Boston amid redistricting fight
NBC Boston
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'A national alarm bell': Texas Dems leave warning message as they depart Mass. amid walkout
WBUR
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You could see lower taxes, rent control and government transparency on the 2026 ballot in Mass.
WGBH
Public Health
State Government
Taxation
Transportation
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Legislators tout potential of advanced air mobility
Pluribus News
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Mass. Legislature passes historic increase to local transportation infrastructure programs
Westford CAT
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Boston City Council to consider requiring driverless cars to have a human driver
Universal Hub
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Hampden county communities to see major state investment in transportation projects
MassLive
Press Releases
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Pioneer Institute Joins Coalition of Business and Taxpayers to Support Affordability, Job and Economic Growth
Pioneer Institute
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Warren Warns Dick’s Sporting Goods’ Acquisition of Foot Locker Could Raise Back-To-School Prices for Families, Threaten Workers and Small Businesses
Office of Sen. Elizabeth Warren
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Nonprofits Get It Done
Third Sector New England
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Scale Program Participants to Support Small Businesses' Ability to Access City Contracting Opportunities
City of Boston
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Just Say NO to New Pipelines and New Prisons
Progressive Mass
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Healey-Driscoll Administration Awards $3.3 Million in Literacy Grants
Mass. Executive Office of Education
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DCR Announces 2025 Deer Management Plan for Blue Hills Reservation
Mass. Department of Conservation & Recreation
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AG Campbell’s Office Receives 47 Ballot Initiative Petitions Proposing 42 Laws And 5 Constitutional Amendments
Office of Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell
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Massachusetts Clean Water Trust Board of Trustees approves $61.9 million in new loans and grants at its August meeting
Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection
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One Year After Signing Affordable Homes Act, Nearly 100,000 New Housing Units Under Development to Lower Costs in Massachusetts
Mass. Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities