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Today on Beacon Hill

8:00am The Transition to a Clean Energy Future hosted by AIM, Polar Park, 100 Madison Street, Worcester

10:00am Massachusetts Credit Unions Advocacy Day, Great Hall, State House, Boston

11:00am House Session, Informal Session

11:00am Senate Session, Informal Session

Birthdays: Rep. Adrian Madaro

Must-Reads

MASSACHUSETTS

Judge Clears Way For Immediate Family Shelter Cap » State House News Service

Mass. residents say they support right-to-shelter law, sort of » CommonWealth Beacon

Next week’s elections in Massachusetts? Let’s look beyond Boston. » WGBH

As New Bedford area awaits South Coast Rail line, skeptics fret over costs, ridership and slow speeds » WBUR

Editorial: The tents at Mass. and Cass needed to come down. Now what? » Boston Globe

Former Foster Kids Lay Out Child Welfare Vision » State House News Service

BPS superintendent defends inclusion plan after most of English Learners task force resigns » Boston Globe

Hurst mayoral campaign accused of voter fraud based on video appearing to show cash for votes outside City Hall » MassLive

At least 16 cannabis businesses have lost their licenses in Mass. » Boston Business Journal

State offers rental vouchers to 1,200 families in shelter » Worcester Business Journal

THE OTHER 49

NH: In N.H., Vivek Ramaswamy and Ro Khanna debate America’s future » Boston Globe

RI: Neronha may run for governor, citing frustrations on health care, climate, utilities » Boston Globe

NY: Big city mayors head to D.C. with a message for Biden on migrants » Politico

NJ: Democrats try to save face — and hold onto cash — after canceled New Jersey wind projects » POLITICO Pro

NJ: Bergen officials sue to block NYC congestion pricing, calling it 'cancer-causing' tax » NorthJersey.com

VA: Biden Administration Approves Biggest Offshore Wind Farm Yet, in Virginia » New York Times

NC: New map erases Democrats’ edge in North Carolina » Roll Call

IL: Surging demand for city ID cards strains Chicago clerk's office » Axios

FL: Demand for gun training classes plummets after new permitless carry law » Orlando Sentinel

AZ: How suburbanites, Latinos and the ghost of John McCain turned Arizona into a presidential battleground » Los Angeles Times

NATIONAL

In Multiple Courts, Trump’s Mouth Catches Up With Him and His Allies » TIME

31 Democrats vote to keep Santos in Congress » The Hill

The GOP primary is climate policy disaster » Public Notice

The mayors of five big cities seek a meeting with Biden about how to better manage arriving migrants » AP News

Republicans claw back control of elections in key states » Politico

House passes Legislative Branch spending bill that cuts diversity office » Roll Call

Stephen Miller Has Big Plans for a Second Trump Term » Vanity Fair

It’s DeSantis vs. Trump at Florida Freedom Summit in Kissimmee this weekend » Orlando Sentinel

Rep. George Santos easily survives second attempt to expel him from Congress » Roll Call

Kamala Harris seizes agenda as Rishi Sunak’s AI summit kicks off » Politico

“We do not have the shelter space, the physical space,” Healey told WBUR earlier this week. “We do not have the number of shelter providers and service providers to be able to withstand this capacity. And we don’t have the funding. I’ve been begging the Biden administration for resources.”
Governor Maura Healey
Healey announced that the shelter system would hit capacity by the end of October, with the administration placing the number at 7,500 families, or 24,000 individuals.