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Massachusetts

SNAP could end or be reduced for more than 150,000 Massachusetts residents. What can the state do?

Boston Globe

National

Mom of Karoline Leavitt’s nephew rejects White House narrative of her ICE arrest

Washington Post

Today on Beacon Hill

9:00am

Joint Committee on Public Health: Committee Hearing

Written Testimony Only
9:30am

Senate Committee on the Census: Committee Hearing

State House, B-1
10:00am

Mass. Office for Victim Assistance Public Hearing

Via Zoom
10:00am

Energy Efficiency Advisory Council Equity Working Group

Via Zoom
11:00am

House Informal Session

House Chamber
11:00am

Senate Informal Session

Senate Chamber

Birthday: Rep. Steven Xiarhos

Quote of the Day

“President Saparmurat Niyazov of Turkmenistan died of a heart attack on December 21, 2006. Had he lived just two more weeks, his death would have taken place during the month he renamed after himself. Niyazov, who ruled the oil-rich Central Asian country for 21 years, left behind a bizarre legacy of self-regard. Besides renaming January in his own honor, he rechristened April for his mother, displayed his image on billboards around the capital, and put his face on Turkmenistan’s currency. Niyazov’s book, a pastiche of poetry, autobiography, and philosophy, was required reading in schools. He built a nearly 250-foot monument in the center of the capital that featured a gold-plated statue of himself.”
The Boston Globe's Ian Prasad Philbrick
The article uses Niyazov’s excesses to illustrate how leaders who rename institutions after themselves create a cult of personality, drawing a parallel to concerns about Trump’s proposed renaming of the U.S. Institute of Peace.

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