Must-Reads
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Four more initiative petitions clear signature hurdle for 2026 ballot
State House News Service
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Unlearning history: Three decades after Massachusetts ended its disastrous experiment with rent control, voters are considering giving the policy another shot.
Reason
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Families and incarcerated individuals in limbo as Mass. parole decisions stall
MassLive
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Boston's police watchdog says it's being bogged down by department pushback
Boston Globe
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Health research grant reviews restored after settlement with Mass. AG, Trump admin.
MassLive
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Democrat wins Iowa state Senate race, blocking GOP from regaining supermajority
The Hill
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Donald Trump's Golden Age of Awful
The New Yorker
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Even as Trump Targets Boats in Strikes, Coast Guard Continues Anti-Drug Operations
New York Times
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U.S. measles cases reach highest level in over 30 years: CDC
Axios
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Mark Cuban Tells Us How He Can Fix America's Shitty Health Care
The Bulwark
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How Dems can win the Senate in 2026
Public Notice
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SNAP bans on soda, candy, and other foods take effect in five states Jan. 1
The Associated Press (AP)
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Texas gets largest share of reconciliation law's rural health fund
Roll Call
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IA: Democrat wins Iowa state Senate race, blocking GOP from regaining supermajority
The Hill
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US executions surged in 2025 to highest level in 16 years
The Guardian
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MN: HHS freezes child care payments to Minnesota, requires photo evidence across country
The Hill
Today on Beacon Hill
Senate Informal Session
House Informal Session
New Media
The Future of Transportation in Massachusetts with Congressman Seth Moulton and the MIT Media Lab
Congressman Seth Moulton
Quote of the Day
““This isn’t a story about all white men. It’s a story about white male millennials in professional America...the mandates to diversify didn’t fall on older white men, who in many cases still wield enormous power: They landed on us."”
News by Category
Business
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Here's a look at some of the weirdest local business stories of 2025
Boston Globe
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A vibe check on the economy: Will the recession finally arrive in 2026?
Boston Globe
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Market Basket trial sheds new light on Demoulas family feud over wealth distribution
Boston Globe
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Closing the gaps: Greenway completion could boost regional economy up to $82M
Gazette Net
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How the Nantucket Current became a definitive source for the island's news, on and off shore
Boston Globe
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Moore: The economists got 2025 all wrong
Boston Herald
Education
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Local Experts to Host Forum on Artificial Intelligence at BCC
iBerkshires
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How Project 2025 changed higher education in New England
Boston Globe
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MSBA approves three repair projects for Holyoke Public Schools
The Reminder
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Natick MA elementary school moves forward in MSBA building process
The Metro West Daily News
Environment
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In Cambridge, coyotes are just another neighbor
Boston Globe
Federal
Gaming
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Massachusetts iGaming Push Hits Resistance Due to Lottery Revenue Concerns
Gambling News
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Lottery eyes sales lift with $30 'cashword' ticket
State House News Service
Health Care
Human Services
Immigration
Judiciary
Local Government
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Framingham MA sets its 2026 Inauguration Day. Here's when it is
The Salem News
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Campaign Notebook: City Council Cash
State House News Service
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War Memorial Pool's future hinges on $2.8M bathhouse project
Gazette Net
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Around the Hamptons: Swearing-in ceremony set as new budget season begins
Gazette Net
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Berkshire Towns Can Tap State Seasonal Communities Resources
iBerkshires
Politics
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Howie Carr: Brace for a New Year full of fraud and fakes
Boston Herald
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Tatiana Schlossberg, journalist and granddaughter of John F. Kennedy, dies at 35
Boston Globe
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Immigration crackdown, an assisted living facility fire, university tragedy: Some of the top local stories of 2025
Boston Globe
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Campaign Notebook: City Council Cash
State House News Service
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Lawmakers push for tighter disclosure rules on ballot question funding
WBUR
Public Health
Public Safety
Taxation
Transportation
Press Releases
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Senator Eldridge and Representative Sena Applaud Attorney General Campbell for Environmental Justice Grant Award for Devenscrest Tenant Association in Ayer
Office of Sen. Jamie Eldridge
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From the FoodSource Hotline: Stories that Stay with us
Project Bread
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Statement from Senator Warren on Court Rejecting Russ Vought’s Fringe Theory to Illegally Shut Down the CFPB
U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Foreign Affairs
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Dina E. Conlin Named a Massachusetts ‘Go To Commercial Real Estate Lawyer’
Greenberg Traurig, LLP
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Mayor Michelle Wu Announces Four-Year Contract with Boston Firefighters IAFF Local 718
City of Boston
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WCVB To Launch NewsCenter 5 at 12:30 Beginning Monday, January 5
WCVB
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Healey-Driscoll Administration Energy and Environmental Agency Releases Yearly Report
Mass. Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs
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AG Campbell Secures Agreement With Trump Administration Preventing Further Delays In Medical And Public Health Research
Office of Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell