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Today on Beacon Hill

8:00am AIM's 2023 Annual Meeting, Seaport Hotel, One Seaport Lane, Boston

9:00am Joint Committee on Public Health, Committee Hearing

10:00am Medicare for All 2023 Lobby Day, Grand Staircase & Great Hall, State House

10:15am Get The Lead Out Activism Day at the State House, State House steps

11:00am House Session, Informal Session

11:00am Senate Session, Informal Session

Birthdays: Rep. Denise Garlick

Must-Reads

MASSACHUSETTS

Mass. tax revenues for April fell $2.2 billion below what state collected a year ago » Boston Globe

Black and Brown children disproportionately overrepresented in child welfare system, report shows » MassLive

As public education push heats up on Beacon Hill, advocates eye ‘adequate’ funding » Boston Herald

In Mass. race to shelter homeless families, some local governments balk. The state is moving to change that. » Boston Globe

Boston rent control plan on the ropes » Commonwealth Magazine

Retail energy suppliers fleecing consumers, AG says » The Eagle Tribune

Lottery officials call out Massachusetts' outdated laws » Axios

Assisted suicide is widely supported by Mass. voters, new poll shows » Boston Herald

Rep. Ayanna Pressley says Feinstein should resign » WGBH

Funding secured, a 10-college consortium will study coordinated response to mental health » Worcester Telegram

Report: Boston's child care capacity remains below pre-pandemic levels » WBUR

Mass. life sciences leaders band together to combat gun violence » Boston Business Journal

THE OTHER 49

RI: State retirees make their case: Many won't live to see COLA boosts when they resume in 2031 » The Providence Journal

RI: Three recent suicides at ACI prompt renewed calls for end of solitary confinement » The Providence Journal

CT: With electric rates on the rise, Connecticut joins 3 other states to fight back » Hartford Courant

NY: New York Considers Community Land Trusts » The American Prospect

NY: New York City elections in presidential years? Consultants don’t like it. » City & State New York

NJ: Federal judge temporarily blocks portions of New Jersey’s new gun law » Politico

NJ: Calls for wind development moratorium abound at Senate GOP hearing » New Jersey Globe

PA: Procedural screwup at CPOC delays nomination » Axios

PA: A member of the police LGBTQ+ liaison committee resigned in protest. The PPD agrees it has to do better. » BillyPenn

FL: Legislature approves proposal to make it easier to block local ordinances » Florida Phoenix

FL: Because of Florida abortion laws, she carried her baby to term knowing he would die » CNN

MI & MN: Democrats score fast with new statehouse control » Axios

CA: After Nordstrom store closures, what can San Francisco do to stop the retail exodus? » San Francisco Chronicle

CA: Oakland teachers to leave 34,000 students without instruction in open-ended walkout » San Francisco Chronicle

NATIONAL

Chris Christie Taunts Trump as ‘Afraid’ of Presidential Debates » New York Times

Behind Trump’s musical tribute to some of the most violent Jan. 6 rioters » Washington Post

Black Caucus presses Senate Dems to blow up tradition on judges » Politico

Billionaire paid tuition for Justice Clarence Thomas’s grandnephew, report says » Washington Post

Democrats eye funding cuts as leverage against Supreme Court » The Hill

New data shows how little the electorate looks like the population » Washington Post

How the White Working Class Could Sink the Democrats… Again » The Liberal Patriot

"While April's DOR numbers are showing signs of an economic downturn, don't let legislative leaders fool you into thinking the minor tax relief bill they are working on should be the first on the chopping block," Craney said. "The House just passed a bloated $56.2B budget full of earmarks and pet projects. There are some people on Beacon Hill that will try to use this data to tell Massachusetts taxpayers that they just don't have the money for tax relief now, but it's only through significant tax cuts and eliminations that will keep people here."
Paul Craney, Massachusetts Fiscal Alliance
MA tax revenue was 23.1% below the benchmark projection in April. Craney blamed the shortfall on the income surtax on wealthy households that voters approved last year after top Democrats supported it.