“The Republican Party up to very recently was moving very far to the right and . . . the Democratic Party has been moving very far to the left,” Galvin, an eight-term Democrat, said of the state parties, both of which have seen membership plunge. “It gives them no place to go — and no reason to,”
Secretary of State William F. Galvin
The number of so-called unenrolled voters has surged in recent years in MA, with a mix of bureaucratic and ideological currents working to swell the ranks of independents to 61 percent of the state’s 4.7 million voters.

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Beltway Politics

Scalise nominated by U.S. House GOP as speaker in closed-door meeting » Florida Phoenix

Business

Fewer flights and even calls for closure. What's happening at Cape Cod Gateway Airport? » Cape Cod Times

The future of work has arrived — and the CEO of Slack isn’t looking back » Boston Globe

Former Greentown Labs CEO takes helm at Mass. Clean Energy Center » Boston Globe

Crimes

Dozens of women accuse former Brigham doctor of sexual assault in class action suit » WBUR

Turtleboy blogger arrested on witness intimidation charges in connection with Karen Read case, officials say » Boston Globe

Prosecutors name ‘armed and dangerous’ suspect in shooting of pregnant woman in Holyoke » Boston Globe

Education

Harvard’s campus full of Israeli ‘KIDNAPPED’ posters after Hamas attacks; student groups retract signatures from anti-Israel statement » Boston Herald

Sex-ed for kindergartners bill gets hearing, lawmakers say it brings the state into 21st century » Boston Herald

Tufts University student group faces criticism for commending the ‘creativity’ of Hamas militants » Boston Globe

ACT test scores for US students drop to new 30-year low » Boston Globe

Mass. school superintendents draw criticism over statements on Israel-Hamas war » Boston Globe

City planning $4 million, plus tax breaks, to jumpstart planned Franklin Cummings Tech campus in Roxbury » Boston Globe

Environment

To slow climate change, some want to 'engineer the ocean' » WBUR

Youth climate activists testify on Beacon Hill in support of climate justice education in public school curriculums » Boston Globe

As climate risks mount, state unveils new plan to adapt » Boston Globe

Housing

Boston Mayor Wu continues push for real estate transfer fee amid industry opposition » Boston Herald

In Attleboro, Sen. Warren slams private equity for buying home parks » WPRI.com

Labor

The new head of the Massachusetts AFL-CIO ascends at a golden moment for unions » Boston Globe

Worker dies after forklift accident at Abington recycling company » Boston Globe

Politics

Blinken arrives in Tel Aviv as Israel mobilizes along its border with Gaza » WBUR

‘Netanyahu let us down’: Trump chides Israel just days after attack » Politico

OPINION: Should Markey have been booed for calling for ‘de-escalation’ of violence in Israel-Hamas war? » Boston Globe

Public Safety

Boston police, EMT rescue two kayakers near old Long Island Bridge » Boston Globe

Transportation

GLX Tracks Were Widened In Wee Hours » State House News Service

Lynn commuter rail service slated for December return » Boston Globe

MBTA eliminates Green Line extension slow zones, reopens Union Square branch early » Boston Globe

MBTA says all GLX slow zones are eliminated » Commonwealth Magazine

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Press Releases

Weighted Lottery for Vocational HS Admissions is in effect; proposal to block this backed by vocational superintendents in the House budget was NOT included in the final House-Senate Conference Committtee » Vocational Education Justice Coalition

Brown Rudnick Advises Vor Bio in $125 million Global License Agreement with RemeGen for Ex-China Rights to Telitacicept » Brown Rudnick

Supreme Court Upholds Parental and Religious Rights in Landmark LGBTQ Storybook Ruling » Mass. Family Institute

93 Healthcare Professionals at BMC – Brighton File for Union Election to Join the Massachusetts Nurses Association, Citing Need for a Stronger Voice in Patient Care and Working Conditions » Mass. Nurses Association

Fenway Health Commends Supreme Court Braidwood Decision Preserving Access to PrEP & Other Preventive Care » Fenway Health

AFSCME’s Saunders on SCOTUS decision: We remain undeterred in our commitment to defend our freedoms and democracy » American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME)

Massachusetts RMV Program Initiatives and Staff Receive AAMVA Awards » Massachusetts Department of Transportation

AG Campbell Issues Statement on Supreme Court Decision in Trump v. CASA » Office of Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell

Trump Administration Terminates $45 Million to Protect Massachusetts Farms, Forests, Wetlands » Mass. Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs

MassDOT Announces $6.8 Million Shared Streets & Spaces Program Awards » Massachusetts Department of Transportation, Highway Division

Mass NOW and MTPC’s Second Annual Trans Period Pride » Mass NOW

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