9:00am Joint Committee on Transportation, Committee Hearing

9:00am Joint Committee on Bonding, Capital Expenditures and State Assets, Committee Hearing

9:30am Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce Women's Network Forum Featuring Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley, Verizon, 100 Causeway Street, Boston

10:00am Dental Hygiene Day, Great Hall, State House, Boston

10:00am Special Joint Committee on Initiative Petitions, Committee Hearing

11:00am "Ask the Governor" with Governor Maura Healey on GBH's Boston Public Radio, 89.7 FM or gbhnews.org

11:00am Joint Committee on Ways & Means, Committee Hearing

1:00pm Legislative Briefing: Impact of the Creative Economy in Massachusetts, Nurses Hall, State House, Boston

1:30pm Special Joint Committee on Initiative Petitions, Committee Hearing

New Rules May Limit Stays At Overflow Shelters » State House News Service

$15 minimum wage in hand, advocates look to $20 » Commonwealth Beacon

Healey to impose one-month limit on overflow shelter stays, mandate that families reapply to stay » Boston Globe

Editorial: Western Mass. has untapped economic potential » Boston Globe

Private Equity More Common In Mass. Health Care » State House News Service

What to know about the Boston University grad student workers’ strike » Boston Globe

Steward hospitals crisis has state leaders on the hunt for legislative solutions » Boston Herald

Mass. transparency issues: Healey’s travel schedule highlights bigger problem » MassLive

Black business group presses demand for Amherst relief funds » Gazette Net

Mass. pays out billions in pensions. Oversight on how much retirees work can be ‘non-existent,’ investigators say. » Boston Globe

NH: Vote-counting machine foes hoped for a surge of success in New Hampshire. They got barely a ripple » Boston Globe

RI: Union for pharmacy workers ramps up » Providence Journal

PA: Philly’s prisons commissioner retires after years of disorder and recent escapes » The Inquirer

MD: ‘An unthinkable tragedy:’ Baltimore’s Key Bridge collapses after ship strikes it, prompting rescue efforts » Boston Globe

VA: Richmond residents are fighting to save a historic Black hospital » Axios

FL: Florida latest to restrict social media for kids as legal battle looms » Washington Post

CO: Watchdog group wants more oversight on hospital care for inmates » Axios

AZ: 'Our voices as Navajo are not being heard': Tribal members condemn sober living bill vote » The Arizona Republic

CA: The Mayor of Los Angeles Wants to Prove Homelessness Can Be Solved » New York Times

CA: California jails are holding thousands fewer people, but far more are dying in them » Cal Matters

CA: California ranks dead last for job growth in U.S. » The San Diego Union-Tribune

WA: ‘Strippers Bill of Rights’ signed into law, allows adult establishments to serve alcohol » My Northwest

OR: Portland's population continues to shrink » Axios

Beyond a TikTok ban: Warren touts bill to rein in social media giants » WBUR

This New Lawsuit Could Rescind Your Health Care Benefits » The Lever

Hiring freeze lifted for federal public defenders amid new funding » Roll Call

R.F.K. Jr. Is Expected to Name Nicole Shanahan as His Running Mate » New York Times

Use of abortion pills has risen significantly post Roe, research shows » Boston Globe

Federal officials say 20 have been charged for threatening election workers » Washington Post

Hack poses financial problems for community health centers » Roll Call

NBC faces backlash from network stars over Ronna McDaniel hiring » The Hill

Robbins: Dem wobbling on Hamas will sink Biden » Boston Herald

Battenfeld: Ronna McDaniel flap the latest example of liberal media cancel culture » Boston Herald

Black business group presses demand for Amherst relief funds »

Exercise in force or futility? US trustbusters go after Big Tech like never before. » Boston Globe

ButcherBox CEO Mike Salguero leads charge to protect 2016 ballot question on pork and eggs » Boston Globe

Sublime Systems lands $87M federal award for low-carbon cement plant in Holyoke » Gazette Net

This Boston startup's making the next generation of camera phone lenses » Axios

EV retailer to open above the Mass Pike, and more retail news » Boston Business Journal

North End restaurants to shut down in protest over Boston’s outdoor dining ban » Boston Herald

Antisemitic propaganda spikes, Massachusetts incidents have ‘grown exponentially’: ADL report » Boston Herald

Opinion: Why the US must not repeat the mistakes of the Civil War in dealing with Jan. 6 offenders » Boston Globe

‘Without us this whole system just collapses’: BU graduate workers strike causes class disruptions » Boston Globe

Governor, get your facts straight on MCAS ballot question » Commonwealth Beacon

New Guide Offers Civics Education Basics » State House News Service

What other colleges facing closure can learn from Hampshire’s rebound » MassLive

Company seeking to make carbon-free cement in Holyoke gets federal boost » MassLive

Valley farmers spotlight agricultural drainage ditch troubles » Gazette Net

Steward Healthcare sidestepped promises to state » Boston Globe

Steward to close an ‘essential’ Stoughton hospital in April » Boston.com

If needed, Lawrence hospital CEO wants to be ready to help Steward's patients » The Eagle Tribune

Feds give Sturdy Hospital in Attleboro $2.8M for emergency room expansion, mental health unit » The Sun Chronicle

Families in Mass. overflow shelters will need to prove each month they’re still eligible to stay » WGBH

Healey makes another tweak to the emergency shelter law » Commonwealth Beacon

New initiative targets homelessness in Worcester County » Nashoba Valley Voice

Families in state overflow shelters will need to reapply monthly, Gov. Healey says » MassLive

Healey wants communities to work with state on MBTA housing » Boston Globe

All neighborhoods could get multifamily homes and see ‘down conversions’ discouraged in laws » Cambridge Day

Changes to state's emergency shelter law are in the works. What lawmakers might do » Milford Daily News

A ‘textbook’ housing solution: State housing chief lauds Northampton’s North Commons » Gazette Net

Shelter Funding Talks Up Against Vague Deadline » State House News Service

Old Chelsea Soldiers Home will be used to house migrant families » Boston Herald

Homeless encampment at risk in Salem »

Ex-Holyoke Soldiers' Home leader set for change-of-plea hearing in COVID outbreak case » NBC Boston

New Center Believes Hope & Community Can Change Lives » iBerkshires

Change of plea hearing Tuesday for former Holyoke Soldiers' Home superintendent » WCVB

NY: Adams to impose curfews at three more massive migrant shelters in NYC » New York Post

Editorial: Tsarnaev appeal caves to anti-death penalty crowd » Boston Herald

Mass MoCA says a tentative deal has been reached with workers, putting an end to weekslong strike » Berkshire Eagle

Andover voters decide Select Board, School Committee races Tuesday » The Eagle Tribune

Standalone battery proposal poses planning dilemma in Hadley » Gazette Net

Councilors not backing down after hearing on their free museum push for all Boston children kicked to August » Boston Herald

Fatal 2014 Back Bay brownstone fire behind ‘hot work’ bill » Boston Herald

NY: NYPD officials say they will deploy 800 more officers into the subway to stop fare evasion » Gothamist

Revving up the Downeaster » Boston Globe

DCR Will Make One of Its Pointless Charles River Highways Half As Pointless » StreetsBlog

A toll on the future Cape Cod bridges? Mass. is not considering it 'at this point' » WBUR

Intersection in Boston where 4-year-old was hit by pickup truck has been identified for safety upgrade » Boston Globe

Expanded ferry service setting sail for Lynn » Lynn Daily News Item

API Applauds Interior Action to Support Production in the Gulf of America » American Petroleum Institute

Trump Move Against ActBlue an Attempt to Silence Critics » Common Cause Mass.

Best Practices for Transparency in Financial Reporting for Nonprofits » Mass. Non-Profit Network

Healey-Driscoll Administration Awards More Than $3.7 Million to 23 Massachusetts Manufacturing Companies » Mass. Tech Collaborative

The Providers’ Council Celebrates 50 Years of Impact » Providers’ Council

The North Central Massachusetts Chamber of Commerce today announced support for The Fairgrounds » North Central Massachusetts Chamber of Commerce

AG Campbell Launches Justice Review Unit to Lead Office’s Conviction Integrity, Innocence and Wrongful Conviction Work » Office of Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell

Massachusetts Celebrates 3rd Annual Right Whale Day at the New England Aquarium » Massachusetts Environmental Police

Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce Relaunches the Business for Federal Research Funding Coalition with more than 50 Business Organizations » Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce

Hearing Happening Tuesday 4/29! An Act relative to transparency of consumer health insurance rights » National Association of Social Workers - Mass. Chapter