Must-Reads
Massachusetts
Mass. House leaders scored big in chamber’s closed-door budget process. You just wouldn’t know it.
Boston Globe
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Mass. restaurant group asks high court to block ballot question on tipped minimum wage
Worcester Telegram
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Two big things are missing from the Mass. budget debate. What they are, why it matters
MassLive
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Mass. lawmakers suggest changes to police handling of rape cases after WBUR investigation
WBUR
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Steward can’t even get bankruptcy right, state says
Boston Globe
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Big electricity shift coming: Are we ready?
Commonwealth Beacon
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Encore and Everett locked in new host agreement game of poker
Boston Herald
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Boston city councilors wrestle over how to declare support for local Jews
Boston Herald
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New tone for Healey transportation funding task force
Commonwealth Beacon
National
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Barron Trump to step into the political arena as a Florida delegate at the Republican convention
NBC News
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What Trump promised oil CEOs as he asked them to steer $1 billion to his campaign
Washington Post
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Trump Nostalgia Is Real—And Could Decide the Election
The Liberal Patriot
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Antiwar Protest Camp in Dublin Is Dismantled After College Agrees to Divest
New York Times
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Democrats cry foul over Judge Cannon’s handling of Trump documents case
The Hill
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House Republicans Clash With Leaders of Public Schools Over Antisemitism Claims
New York Times
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Democratic state attorneys general are teaming up to protect abortion access
The 19th
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R.F.K. Jr. Says Doctors Found a Dead Worm in His Brain
New York Times
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Suburban backlash threatens country’s biggest transit systems
Politico
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DOJ ‘Stonewalling’ House Ethics Committee Probe of Matt Gaetz
The Daily Beast
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City Trees Save Lives
Wired
Today on Beacon Hill
9:00am
Joint Committee on Public Service: Committee Hearing
Written Testimony Only
10:00am
Status of Persons with Disabilities
Virtual Hearing
11:00am
House Informal Session
House Chamber
11:00am
Senate Informal Session
Senate Chamber
Quote of the Day
““It not only offends principles of fairness among the members and basic ideas about transparency, it potentially opens the door to all kinds of sweetheart deals or even worse,” said Hecht. “There’s no opportunity for anybody in the public to see what’s being done — until it’s too late."”
Five of the House’s highest-ranking Democrats slipped at least $5 million in earmarks into the budget in late April, fattening their own districts’ haul far beyond that of most others and almost entirely out of public view.
News by Category
Beltway Politics
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Editorial: RFK Jr.’s old brain worm tale evokes McCain smear
Boston Herald
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Parker: Add Tom Cotton to Trump’s VP shortlist
Boston Herald
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Lucas: Kristi Noem shoots Trump VP bid in the foot
Boston Herald
Business
Cannabis & Psychedelics
Education
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Here’s what Worcester’s new rules on cell phones in schools could be
MassLive
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Amherst College faculty join students in urging divestment from military suppliers to Israel
Gazette Net
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‘The university has blood on its hands’: Debate over imagery of bloody hands at protests divides community
Boston Globe
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Editorial: Columbia canceled its main commencement. Other schools shouldn’t follow its lead.
Boston Globe
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Opinion: Emerson College tarnished by police raid on protest
Boston Globe
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Students demand UMass chancellor’s resignation after pro-Palestine protesters’ arrests
MassLive
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‘You must leave campus immediately’: MIT suspends protesters as encampment tensions escalate
Boston Globe
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More than 130 arrested at pro-Palestinian protest at UMass
Gazette Net
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Dozens arrested at UMass Amherst protest clash
Axios
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MIT begins issuing suspensions to students participating in protest encampment
WBUR
Health Care
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Union Says Nurses Avoiding "Dangerous" Conditions
State House News Service
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Black women in Massachusetts invited to take part in groundbreaking cancer study
WGBH
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Shattuck’s cottage community, a relief to the unsheltered at Mass. and Cass, to close this summer
Boston Globe
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Timeline for sale of Steward Health Care facilities laid out in bankruptcy hearing
WCVB
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Opinion: Why is Healey pretending everything at Steward will be OK?
Boston Globe
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Steward, staring down $9 billion in debts, will auction off 31 hospital properties
Boston Herald
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Op-ed: Would leaders choose Steward hospitals for care?
Becker's Hospital Review
Housing
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Legislative Committee Expands Equity Theft Bill
State House News Service
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'This is not the right place for it': 152-unit affordable housing project in wooded Auburn area met with opposition
Worcester Telegram
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Proposal to Abolish Single-Family Zoning in Cambridge Moves Forward
The Harvard Crimson
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Marblehead Town Meeting votes down new zoning to comply with MBTA Communities law
Boston Globe
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Healey visits Port to promote housing plan
Newburyport News
Human Services
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Senators Taking Second Swing At Cash Aid Increases
State House News Service
Labor
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SJC Weighs Two Pieces Of Tipped Worker Plan
State House News Service
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Hampshire Regional School Committee signs off on new three-year deal with union
Gazette Net
Legislative
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Caucus Forms To Augment Life Sciences Push
State House News Service
Local Government
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West Stockbridge residents approve town and school spending. But why did a proposed dog park provoke howls of dissent?
Berkshire Eagle
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Springfield budget calls for a 5.8% increase to continue existing services, pay raises
MassLive
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Attleboro mayor says no fireworks this year, proposes laser light show instead
The Sun Chronicle
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Amid growing worry about city tax base, chamber pushes back on Wu’s proposed budget hike
Boston Globe
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Worcester moving forward on plan for public plaza outside Polar Park
Worcester Telegram
Politics
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Gov. Maura Healey, Mayor Michelle Wu plan to use public dollars to pay for Italy trip
Boston Herald
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Boston Mayor Michelle Wu used campaign funds for ‘electeds of color’ holiday party, records show
Boston Herald
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MassGOP blasts Wu’s holiday party spending: ‘Blatant disregard for public finance rules’
Boston Herald
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Battenfeld: Michelle Wu’s use of public resources for campaign party raises legal questions
Boston Herald
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MassGOP blasts Wu’s holiday party spending: ‘Blatant disregard for public finance rules’
Boston Herald
Public Health
Public Safety
State Finance
State Government
Transportation
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Town Meeting Day 3: Voters narrowly reject MBTA Communities Act
Hopkinton Independent