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Must-Reads
MASSACHUSETTS

Lawmakers Tap One-Time State Funds To Fuel Spending Boost » State House News Service

State opens second welcome center for migrants and families experiencing homelessness » WGBH

East-west rail not in state budget, but backers see other funding options » MassLive

Unionization efforts underway amid overhaul of Boston planning agency » Dorchester Reporter

As much of downtown struggles, Chinatown emerges vibrant from COVID days » Boston Globe

Mayor Wu bans fossil fuels from new municipal buildings and major renovations » Boston.com

School meals in Mass. will remain free next school year » Axios

Spilka: Senate plans to tackle gun safety in the fall as House push stalls » Boston Herald

Criminals on campus: Student sexual assault survivors seeking justice face murky process under Title IX amid political shifts » Boston Globe

Boston police watchdog agency at crossroads as directors leave, first sustained complaint rejected » Boston Globe

Boston's complex relationship with race » Axios

Editorial: Massachusetts can’t handle the influx of migrants on its own » Boston Globe

THE OTHER 49

NH: DeSantis talks economic priorities in N.H.: ‘The elites in this country have failed’ » Boston Globe

CT: From bathrooms to pronouns and parents’ rights, CT schools lack policies on transgender and nonbinary students » Hartford Courant

NJ: Doctors vs. nurses: NJ at heart of debate over who can treat patients, write prescriptions » NorthJersey.com

NJ: A Senator’s New Wife and Her Old Friends Draw Prosecutors’ Attention » New York Times

OH: Lawsuit asks Ohio Supreme Court to toss abortion access amendment off November ballot » WOSU

VA: Richmond is eyeing big changes for its short-term rentals » Axios

MI: Michigan Capitol eyes implementing total gun ban around Labor Day » MLive.com

IL: Breaking down Mayor Brandon Johnson's transportation plan » Axios

MN: 988 calls, texts for mental health help in Minnesota spike in year one » Axios

MN: These are Minnesota's newest laws as of Aug. 1 » Axios

FL: Miami Sees Its First Population Drop in Decades » The Wall Street Journal

FL: Florida OKs school materials aimed at making students conservatives » Orlando Sentinel

CO: Colorado's big-city mayors confront housing, homelessness » Axios

NATIONAL

Inside the Senate’s nomination slowdown » Washington Post

The Radicalization of the Young Right » New York Times

Chris Christie Isn’t Apologizing for Once Riding the Trump Train: “I’m Not Perfect” » Vanity Fair

The right once again gins up a baseless claim of intimidation » Washington Post

‘This belongs in the Smithsonian’: Inside the meme video operation that swallowed Ron DeSantis’ campaign » Semafor

The Author of the ‘Coup Memos’ Sticks to His Story » The Bulwark

Could Jared and Ivanka Return to the Trump Campaign Fold? » Vanity Fair

Opinion: You know America is in crisis when Barbie has more integrity than 6 Supreme Court justices » Raw Story

U.S. confidence in military hits a 20-year low » Axios

"No, I would never say that we're in crisis. I think it's a bit inflammatory, but you would have to speak to the chair in order to understand why, where that was coming from," she said. "She was speaking from an individual capacity. So I don't share that same perspective. And that did not come from me or any other commissioner for that matter. But when she was speaking, she was speaking in her own capacity."

Cannabis Control Commissioner Ava Callender Concepcion

Responding to Chairwoman Shannon O'Brien's claim that the CCC was in crisis because Executive Director Shawn Collins is planning to leave the agency.
News By Category
Business

Greenfield Savings to close satellite branches in Northampton, Amherst downtowns » Gazette Net

Bankrupt Vantage Travel used expensive ships. Why aren’t they listed as assets in court? » Boston Globe

CVS to cut 5,000 jobs nationwide » Boston Globe

The state's largest law firm, Ropes & Gray, is requiring four days in the office » Boston Business Journal

Civil Rights

Impact of the NAACP convention on Boston » Boston Globe

At the NAACP Convention, a day of policy discussions and recognizing progress » Boston Globe

After 10 hours of discussion, NAACP approves slate of policy priorities » Boston Globe

Department of Veteran's Affairs partners with NAACP » WGBH

Education

Attorney general files public records lawsuit against Malden charter school » Boston Globe

Undocumented students are one step closer to getting in-state tuition in Mass. » Boston.com

Plans advancing for $18M demolition, renovation of West Roxbury Educational Complex » WGBH

In-state tuition, financial aid in sight for undocumented students » Commonwealth Magazine

Environment

Boston Mayor Wu bans fossil fuels in new city-owned building construction » Boston Herald

DCR Commissioner Brian Arrigo tours Nashua River Rail Trail » Lowell Sun

Gaming

Late-Developing Deal Packs Hospital and Farm Aid Into Horse Race Extension Bill » State House News Service

Health Care

State budget axes $10M for state's life sciences agency while boosting job training » Boston Business Journal

Housing

Quincy college dorm to house up to 58 families experiencing homelessness, migrants » Boston Herald

Legislature reviving program to prevent evictions » News 22 WWLP.com

Vail housing director visits island Wednesday » The Inquirer and Mirror

Massachusetts legislation to boost ‘starter home’ stock would subsidize construction » Boston Herald

Immigration

Opinion: The simple card that’s changing undocumented immigrants’ lives » Boston Globe

Mass. lawmakers ask Biden administration to speed up migrant work permits » Boston Globe

Cape and Islands DA calls on Merrick Garland to investigate the DeSantis Martha’s Vineyard migrant flights » Boston Herald

State opens second migrant shelter at Eastern Nazarene College in Quincy » Fox 25 News

Framingham reports about 40 Haitian migrants are staying in a city hotel » The Metro West Daily News

Legislative

Budget passed, tax relief stuck, as Massachusetts lawmakers head home » Boston Herald

OTR: Will battle to audit Massachusetts Legislature head to court? » WCVB

Local Government

Brockton eyes hiking trash fee by 43 percent » The Enterprise

Monument honoring Nipmuc Nation in Athol unveiled » Athol Daily News

Historical geographer says local control has been enemy of efforts to preserve community character » Commonwealth Magazine

Editorial: Boston’s City Council is rich in embarrassments. It doesn’t need to be. » Boston Globe

Worcester's newest park opens with playground, outdoor fitness area » Worcester Telegram

Cambridge City Council write-in candidate wonders at policy that cost him signatures » Cambridge Day

Politics

What matters to George Regan is what Boston’s ‘elected officials are made of’ » Boston Globe

Public Health

Opinion: Pockets of vaccine vulnerability threaten Mass. public health » Boston Globe

To combat sudden cardiac arrest, Moakley Park gets Boston’s first public defibrillator » Boston Globe

Opinion: With a few basic steps, most of us can finally ignore COVID » Boston Globe

Public Safety

After arrests, Springfield mayor holds rally to send message to courts » MassLive

Combating violence in Boston a ‘top issue' for officials, mayor says » NBC Boston

State awards $1.5 million in federal funds for Safer Communities Initiative » Boston Herald

Battenfeld: Boston city officials, police desperately need new strategy to combat gun violence » Boston Herald

State Awards $100,000 to Essex County District Attorney’s Office for Violence Prevention » WHAV

Editorial: Time to act on Mass & Cass » Boston Herald

Gov. Healey announces nearly $1.5 million in 'summer safety' grants » Spectrum News

Worcester police, Boys & Girls Club to split $100k in violence prevention grants » MassLive

Healey touts violence prevention grants at Boys & Girls Club of Worcester » Worcester Telegram

Reproductive Rights

Easthampton city council expected to override mayor veto of crisis pregnancy center ordinance » MassLive

Reproductive equity groups urge Easthampton council to override mayor’s veto on pregnancy center ordinance »

State Finance

Mass. House, Senate send $56.2 billion budget to Governor Healey’s desk » Boston Globe

Mass. $56.2B state budget taps one-time state funds to fuel spending boost » NBC Boston

A month overdue, a state budget compromise arrives in Massachusetts » WAMC

What is — and isn't — in the (again-late) Mass. budget deal » WBUR

Taxation

After 18 months of negotiations, no tax relief deal from Legislature » MassLive

Beacon Hill Leaves Seniors, Families, Renters Waiting For Tax Relief » State House News Service

Transportation

Beacon Hill Roll Call: House, Senate approve transportation bill » Sentinel & Enterprise

Braintree Could Get Nearly $1 Million In Roadway Improvement Funding » Braintree Patch

Lawmakers break impasse over pothole money » Newburyport News

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