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10:00am Joint Committee on State Administration & Regulatory Oversight, Committee Hearing

11:00am Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security, Committee Hearing

11:00am House Session, Full Formal Session

11:00am House Session, Informal Session

12:00pm Governor's Council Assembly, Governor's Council Chamber, Room 360, State House

2:00pm Joint Committee on Education, Committee Hearing

Birthdays: Rep. Alice Peisch

Must-Reads
MASSACHUSETTS

House gun bill still stuck in procedural limbo as fall arrives » News 22 WWLP.com

What Massachusetts' new tax proposal means for Healey's competitiveness goals » WBUR

Biz Groups Behind Changes To Pay Disclosure Bill Set For Wednesday Vote » State House News Service

Calls for changes to Bridgewater State Hospital come with dark details » Boston Herald

Mass. bill looks to provide more racial diversity in state’s judiciary » MassLive

Healey announces 3-state offshore wind procurement » Commonwealth Magazine

How a housing development died in Braintree » Boston Globe

As cannabis prices fall, cultivators worry about a race to the bottom » Boston Business Journal

Report gives Northeast states low rankings for educational freedom » The Center Square

THE OTHER 49

VT: Refugee Organizing Helps Spur Noncitizen Voting in Vermont Cities » Bolts

NH: New Hampshire trolls Massachusetts in lottery ad: ‘The no-good Massachusetts Tax Shark… stealing all our lottery winnings’ » Boston Herald

CT: Avangrid cancels CT offshore energy project, wants to rebid, as industry hit by adverse economic head winds » Hartford Courant

NJ: J&J gets $223 million N.J. talc verdict tossed by appeals court » Boston Globe

PA: Pennsylvania's coming child care crisis » Axios

MI: James Craig formally announces bid for Michigan’s U.S. Senate seat » MLive.com

IL: Mayor Brandon Johnson establishes city’s first chief homelessness officer role » Chicago Sun-Times

FL: Petitions in peril? Groups worry Florida high court shift may unravel amendment process » Tallahassee Democrat

FL: Matt Gaetz took out a House Speaker. Will he take the Florida governor’s mansion next? » The Associated Press (AP)

CO: Colorado lawmakers often win seats with dozens of votes. Would a different process to fill vacancies be fairer? » Denver Post

NATIONAL

How red-state politics are shaving years off American lives » Washington Post

In an effort to attract younger Hispanic voters, campaigns are turning to Spanglish » Washington Post

With Democrats holding together, McCarthy was doomed » Boston Globe

Trump's words turn violent as pressure on him builds » Axios

Insurers Are Gaming Medicare — To The Tune Of $140 Billion » The Lever

More than 75,000 Kaiser Permanente workers begin multistate strike » Washington Post

How a Big Pharma Company Stalled a Potentially Lifesaving Vaccine in Pursuit of Bigger Profits » ProPublica

RFK Jr. probably won't hurt Biden. He might even help him. » Silver Bulletin

To Hatch the Longest Suspension Bridge Ever, Engineers Are Consulting Greek Mythology » Popular Mechanics

“We’ve seen a House GOP overtaken by extremists . . . and there’s a failure of trust with Kevin McCarthy,” Clark said as she was leaving the House floor from the vote. “You saw Democrats united that we’re going to stand for American families, we’re going to stand for democracy and our Constitution.”

Katherine Clark, Democratic Whip of the U.S. House of Representatives

Kevin McCarthy became House speaker in January, and yesterday became the first speaker in history to lose the job.

News By Category
Beltway Politics

Trump’s lead holds in poll and Haley overtakes DeSantis for second place among N.H. voters » Boston Globe

Opinion: The real reason an ‘America First’ mindset dominates the Republican base » Boston Globe

Howie Carr: We could use a government shutdown » Boston Herald

Business

Boston Bill Targets 250 Liquor Licenses For Neighborhoods » State House News Service

These college degree fields have the highest potential salaries » Boston Business Journal

Forbes 400 list names the richest Massachusetts residents » CBS News

Social media traffic to top news sites craters » Axios

In Natick, a ‘green hydrogen’ startup steps on the gas »

City of Boston to provide grants to fill vacant spaces » Boston Globe

Roche Bros. agrees to pay $40,000, change security policies at downtown Boston store following racial profiling complaints » Boston Globe

In one former Darwin’s location, the Circus Cooperative Cafe comes to town » Boston Globe

Leaving money on the table? Worcester doesn't have 'capacity' to plan events at Polar Park » Worcester Telegram

Fidelity fined $750,000 for failing to vet customers properly » Commonwealth Magazine

Legal Sea Foods parent builds out 'innovation center' in Milford » Boston Business Journal

Civil Rights

Mass. progressives take a new shot at establishing Indigenous Peoples Day statewide » WBUR

Democracy

Opinion: In two decades-old assassinations, a prediction of today’s white domestic terrorism » Boston Globe

Education

Baltimore’s school building program could offer model to close gaps in Massachusetts » Boston Globe

Nichols president resigns amid investigation into handling of sex assault at earlier job » Worcester Telegram

Whittier Tech Plans Public Meetings, Starting Thursday, on Plans for Replacement School » WHAV

In historic pick, Boston University names Dr. Melissa Gilliam to be next president » Boston Globe

Environment

Editorial: Leave emotions out of Hanscom hangar hike bid » Sentinel & Enterprise

Billionaires are responsible for large amounts of climate pollution from Hanscom, a new report finds » Boston Globe

Tracking New England's top private jet travelers » Axios

Health Care

FL: A ‘Nixon goes to China’ moment? Conservative Republican pushes for state Medicaid expansion. » Florida Politics

Housing

Why Rep. Mike Connolly is petitioning to get rent control on the 2024 ballot » WGBH

Despite Outcry, Cambridge City Council Again Rejects Significant Changes to Affordable Housing Amendments » The Harvard Crimson

More than 1,200 families entered Massachusetts emergency shelter since August » Boston Herald

Immigration

Family Health Center working to help migrant families in Worcester » Spectrum News

Battenfeld: Army-Navy game at Gillette has turned into ‘cluster’ because migrants have taken up hotel rooms » Boston Herald

Insurance

Wind, flood risk could spike Massachusetts insurance rates » Axios

Labor

Insurers, Auto Repair Sector Still At Odds On Labor Rates » State House News Service

Higher Wages Coming For Some Home Care Workers » WBZ News Radio

Arriving Haitians want to work — let’s cut the red tape that’s stopping them » Commonwealth Magazine

Legislative

From plumbing to telehealth, flurry of bills goes before state committee » Worcester Telegram

Local Government

Governor signs bill in time to put Beverly questions on ballot » Salem News

Politics

FL: Federal judges skeptical about congressional map pushed by DeSantis » POLITICO Pro

NJ: Republicans push for probe of NJ attorney general’s office » NJ Spotlight News

Public Health

Are environmental toxins causing the rise in early-onset cancers? You asked, we researched. » Boston Globe

Public Safety

Mass. Gov. Healey: Cops will get more than $3.6M in grants for body cameras » MassLive

Massachusetts awards over $250,000 to Fall River, New Bedford police for body-worn cameras » Turn to 10

New trucks on the way: Here's what $6.8 million bought for the Worcester Fire Department » Worcester Telegram

Boston Chamber urges City Council to fund police intelligence to ‘quell recent violence’ » Boston Herald

Dartmouth Cop Added to Massachusetts Law Enforcement Memorial » WBSM

Editorial: If City Council is serious about crime, it must fund BRIC » Boston Herald

Reproductive Rights

What to know about the AG’s new reproductive justice unit » Boston.com

State Government

Lawmakers Call For Indigenous Peoples Day to Replace Columbus Day » State House News Service

Goodbye, Columbus. Bill proposes Indigenous Peoples Day across Mass. » MassLive

Taxation

Healey to sign tax relief bill Wednesday at Massachusetts State House » Boston Herald

Editorial: These state tax cuts should be just a start » Boston Business Journal

Governor Healey to sign tax relief bill Wednesday » News 22 WWLP.com

Our View: About time Beacon Hill » The Sun Chronicle

Gov. Maura Healey to sign Massachusetts' first tax cuts in more than 20 years » WCVB

Transportation

Weeks later, T chief still reviewing how Green Line extension got so bad, so quickly » Boston Globe

Lynn ferry service extended through October » Lynn Daily News Item

Utilities

Mass. Adding Tri-State Tactic To Lift Offshore Wind » State House News Service

Report recommends rooftops, parking lots for solar installations » Gazette Net


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