9:00am Charles River Watershed Association Legislative Briefing, Via Zoom

10:00am Joint Committee on Financial Services, Committee Hearing

10:00am Joint Committee on Public Service, Committee Hearing e

11:00am Joint Committee on Ways & Means, Committee Hearing

1:00pm Joint Committee on Judiciary, Committee Hearing

6:00pm MassDems Chinatown Banquet chaired by Mayor Michelle Wu, Rep. Aaron Michlewitz & Chair Gus Bickford

After layoffs, tech stocks boom » Axios

Congress Today Is Older Than It's Ever Been » FiveThirtyEight

House Democrats targeting 33 GOP-held and open seats next year » Roll Call

Trump's bigger legal danger » Axios

42% of Americans are living with obesity » Axios

The Ticking Time Bomb in Democrats’ Blue Wall States » The Liberal Patriot

Dems dump 500 pages of DeSantis opposition research » Axios

How Trump's date with history will play out: Former president will travel from Trump Tower penthouse to Manhattan courthouse for booking, fingerprints and historic hearing - then back to Mar-a-Lago for speech to decry case » Daily Mail

CO: Colorado is part of a blue-state push to protect transgender care » Axios

FL: Seaweed mass expands, reaches record tonnage. Messy Florida beaches ‘inevitable’ » The Associated Press (AP)

FL: Can kids see ‘Mrs. Doubtfire’? How DeSantis’ anti-drag war is affecting the performing arts » The Associated Press (AP)

FL: Disney CEO Iger Calls DeSantis’s Moves Antibusiness, Anti-Florida » The Wall Street Journal

FL: Tensions boil over in the FL Senate as GOP senators push through restrictive 6-week abortion ban » Florida Phoenix

FL: Katie Porter Will Tell You What She Thinks » New Republic

NY: Hochul to issue budget extender to April 10 » POLITICO Pro

NJ:These Jersey Shore towns desperately need doctors, so here's what they're doing » App.

NJ: Bill proposes tracking deadly car crashes caused by cannabis impairment » New Jersey Monitor

NY: Hochul Is Helping Her Fossil Fuel Donors Gut Key Climate Law » The Lever

NY: Child poverty task force members split on Hochul's budget » Times Union

Black home buyers are leaving Boston, fueling concerns of racial segregation » Boston.com

How Massachusetts advocates are curbing the high cost of citizenship » Axios

MBTA expands hiring incentives following critical report » Boston Globe

No more climate legislation needed; it’s time for action » Commonwealth Magazine

2024 MASSACHUSETTS REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY POLL » Opinion Diagnostics

Goldberg Hopeful That Russia Votes Set Stage For Gun Divestment » State House News Service

Bill looks to stamp out toxic culture in middle, high school sports — starting with coaches » WBUR

SJC weighs discipline against former prosecutors in drug lab scandal » WBUR

NH Guv Chris Sununu Sees a Lane to the Left of Trump and DeSantis » The Daily Beast

Boston retailers fined total of $92,000 for consumer violations » Commonwealth Magazine

Business groups up their focus on supplier diversity » Boston Globe

Food trucks return to Boston's Greenway with a 'robust' new lineup » WBUR

Drug lab case prosecutors get their day in court over allegations of impropriety » Boston Herald

A look into how AP African-American Studies is taught at a Cambridge school » Boston Globe

‘They had guns pointed at us’: Students recall fear, confusion as Harvard University police responded to hoax emergency call » Boston Globe

After Massachusetts superintendent candidate wrote ‘ladies’ in email, the School Committee rescinded its offer » Boston Herald

Groups pressure Healey to expand solar power » The Eagle Tribune

Maine beaches that have escaped development can help us understand rising seas » WBUR

Scientists attempting to free entangled right whale in Cape Cod Bay » WBUR

Biggest patch of unprotected private land in Green Mountain National Forest to be preserved forever » WBUR

EDITORIAL: Enshrine Affordable Care Act protections into state law » Boston Globe

Black home buyers are leaving Boston, fueling concerns of racial segregation » Boston.com

Extra aid for Mass. residents receiving SNAP expected April 7 » WBUR

Boston could ban mini-alcohol bottles, as officials cite public health and littering concerns » Boston Globe

Boston redistricting in spotlight in federal suit, council order » Boston Herald

Rep. Lynch, Tufts expert take stand in redistricting lawsuit » Dorchester Reporter

Revere hotel sues Boston health commission over Mass and Cass agreement » Boston Herald

Ban on mini bottles of booze returns to City Council for debate » Boston Herald

Dem Fields Set For Pivotal May 2 House Elections » State House News Service

Arthur Vigeant to retire as Marlborough mayor » Community Advocate

Dominick Pangallo leads March fundraising as Salem mayoral field narrows to two » MassLive

OPINION: Marty Walsh skates away from his values supporting the LGBTQ community » Boston Globe

Provincetown town meeting funds full-time fire and rescue. Now to the ballot. » Cape Cod Times

Mass. agrees to $40M settlement in decade-old sergeant exam suit » WBUR

MBTA hikes sign-on bonus for new hires to $7,500 » Boston Herad

More bus garage delays and blown budgets put T fleet electrification goal in doubt » Boston Globe

Pedestrian deaths are up sharply in Mass. Here are five ways to reduce them » Boston Globe

Heads up drivers: A new Mass. law on passing cyclists and pedestrians is now in effect » Boston.com

Healey Pursuing 'Amazing' Potential of Clean Hydrogen » State House News Service

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Pioneer Institute Study Finds Massachusetts Saw Four-Fold Loss of Income to Net Outmigration » Pioneer Institute

Small Business Saturday to Kick off Free Parking at Select Locations on Saturdays Through Dc. 28 to Promote Local Engagement » City of Worcester

The Mass Leads Act Gains Momentum: Extending Permits and Offering Protections for Developers » Bowditch & Dewey

MTA statement on implementing new high-school graduation requirement » Massachusetts Teachers Association

MMA webinar covers key legal issues related to holiday displays » Mass. Municipal Association

Resident Charged with Arson in Apartment Complex Fire » MA Department of Fire Services

Critical Drought Declared Across Massachusetts » MA Department of Fire Services

Healey-Driscoll Administration, UMass Lowell and Boston University Launch New Initiative to Advance Clean Energy and Build Geothermal Workforce » MA Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs

Governor Healey Signs Executive Order Granting State Recognition to Herring Pond Wampanoag Tribe » Office of Gov. Maura Healey and Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll

MSA Honors Individuals at 2024 Law Enforcement & Corrections Awards Ceremony » Mass. Sheriffs’ Association