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Today on Beacon Hill

10:00am Mass. Recreation and Park Association Lobby Day, Nurses Hall, State House

11:00am Senate Session, Full Formal Session

11:00am House Session, Informal Session

6:00pm Where The Heart Is: 50th Anniversary Celebration of Ethos, The 521 Overlook, Fenway Park, 14 Lansdowne Street, Boston

Must-Reads

MASSACHUSETTS

Super PACs spent big in preliminary campaigns » Dorchester Reporter

Gun owners fire back at proposal to curtail carry rights, say they will not comply » Boston Herald

Questions mount on slowed Green Line extension track, which T says ‘has always been narrow’ » Boston Globe

With tax bill passage, Healey’s tax cut campaign promise inches toward reality » Boston Globe

A government shutdown would hit hard in Mass., from federal workers' pay to food assistance » WBUR

Tech trade group ‘evaluating’ legal challenge to Legislature’s tax cap law reforms » Boston Herald

Bill Aims to Ensure Access to Lawyers in Evictions » State House News Service

Editorial: Another overtime scandal — this time in state corrections » Boston Globe

Here's what parents, renters, seniors and more would save under the new Mass. tax cut bill » WBUR

Cape Cod used to be more accessible by train. Could expanded commuter rail be next? » Boston.com

While Hollywood writers get back to work, filming in Massachusetts remains on hold until actors make a deal » Boston Globe

Boston startup hopes to remedy the nursing shortage with international students » Axios

THE OTHER 49

NH: Calls mount for DeSantis to visit New Hampshire more amid wavering support » ABC News

NY: Adams draws counties' ire by allowing housing vouchers statewide » POLITICO Pro

NJ: Assembly GOP leader pitches suspending indicted officials after Menendez is charged » Politico

PA: Mayor Jim Kenney is vetoing a bill that prohibits supervised injection sites in most of the city » Philadelphia Inquirer

IL: Illinois traffic stops of Black drivers reach record highs » WBEZ Chicago

FL: Canteen prices rise in Florida prisons, impacting inmates and their loved ones » Florida Phoenix

MS: The Sheriff, His Girlfriend and His Illegal Subpoenas » New York Times

CO: Denver evictions on track to hit record high » Axios

OH: Ohio still waiting for passenger rail expansion » Axios

NATIONAL

Biden’s union pandering sets him on a collision course with EV promises he can’t keep » The Hill

Tommy Tuberville Has Taken Another Breathtakingly Bad Stance on Diversity » Vanity Fair

Nikki Haley's Ramaswamy Zinger Praised As 'Most Relatable Thing' She's Ever Said » HUFFPOST

House Republican melts down after reporter questions his ‘evidence’ against Biden » Raw Story

Poll: Republicans see Trump as a ‘person of faith’ ... more so than Mitt Romney, Mike Pence and others » Deseret News

Even the meaning of the word 'abortion' is up for debate » NPR

8 Predictions for Political Consulting In 2024 » Campaigns & Elections

‘We Caused Them Pain’: The Inside Story of How the WGA and AMPTP Negotiated a ‘Great Deal’ to End the Writers Strike »

Why Haven’t We Had A Woman President? » Sabato's Crystal Ball

Gavin Newsom Exposes The Most 'Pathetic' Moment Of The Republican Debate » HUFFPOST

CO: Denver evictions on track to hit record high » Axios

“Massachusetts neglected the MBTA for decades, and we are learning that the consequences go beyond older infrastructure like the Red Line and Orange Line — even new systems and facilities like the GLX can be impacted when our public transit authority is chronically underfunded,”
Somerville Mayor Katjana Ballantyne
The $2.3 billion Green line extension, which opened last year is already running into trouble and has local leaders scratching their heads.