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Today on Beacon Hill

10:00am Massachusetts Small Business Day, Great Hall, State House, Boston

10:00am Senate Session, Full Formal Session

11:00am House Session, Informal Session

Birthdays: Rep. James O'Day

Must-Reads

MASSACHUSETTS

After years of scandals, have the State Police turned a corner? » Commonwealth Beacon

Harvard’s governing board overrules faculty, bars 13 students who participated in pro-Palestinian encampment from receiving degrees » Boston Globe

Beacon Hill weighing how to prevent campaign-season AI deepfakes » WGBH

Priced out: How Boston’s broken liquor license system drives chefs from the city » Boston Globe

House Staff Raises Coming In Early June » State House News Service

Millionaires tax revenue reaches $1.8 billion, on pace to double estimates » WGBH

It’s been four years since the pandemic shutdowns. Riders in Boston are still waiting extra long for the train. » Boston Globe

Auchincloss threatens funding to colleges over antisemitism claims » WBUR

Legislators look to restrict sales of weight loss, protein muscle builders to youth » The Associated Press (AP)

Legal weed outfits sue feds over US law that they say stunts business growth in Mass. » MassLive

THE OTHER 49

ME: Report says there was 'utter chaos' during search for Maine gunman, including intoxicated deputies » WBUR

NH: Poll tests Ayotte's campaign message to keep N.H. from 'turning into Mass.' » WBUR

CT: GOP lawmakers come out swinging against idea of border tolls. » Hartford Courant

NJ: Political consequences for OPRA votes, transparency advocates warn »

NJ: Inside the Department of Labor’s collaboration with New Jersey to overhaul unemployment programs » nextgov

FL: Former Disney executive files to run against Orlando-area Rep. Amesty » Orlando Sentinel

FL: Federal judge blocks key part of DeSantis anti-immigration law » Politico

TX: Uvalde Settles With Victims’ Families Over School Shooting » New York Times

CO: Denver launches ambitious migrant program, breaking from the short-term shelter approach » AP News

AZ: Arizona Republicans move forward controversial immigration bill » AZPM

GA: Voters deliver upsets in Georgia House races with other contests headed to a June runoff » Georgia Recorder

NATIONAL

Daily marijuana use outpaces daily drinking in the US, a new study says » NHPR

Another Provocative Flag Was Flown at Another Alito Home » New York Times

Trump spreads false "assassination" claims as voters fear violence » Axios

Both Biden and Trump Are in Denial About Abortion Politics » The New Republic

Kennedy Adviser Leaves Campaign, Citing ‘Hateful and Divisive Atmosphere’ » New York Times

A Running Mate’s History: $1 Billion, Cocaine, a Fling With Elon Musk » New York Times

Revealed: the extremist Maga lobbying group driving far-right Republican policies » The Guardian

Biden's fast food problem » Axios

Scalise lays out ambitious summer appropriations timetable » Roll Call

‘Garbage argument’: Hearing in Trump’s classified docs case gets heated » Politico

Florida’s Rick Scott enters race to be next Senate GOP leader » Roll Call

“Donald Trump might want to be a king, but he’s not a king,” McGovern, the ranking member of the Rules Committee, said on the floor. “We have a presumptive nominee for president facing 88 felony counts, and we’re being prevented from even acknowledging it. … And yet, in this Republican-controlled House, it’s OK to talk about the trial, but you have to call it a sham.”
Democratic Rep. Jim McGovern
House Republicans got into a protracted floor fight with Democratic Rep. Jim McGovern, who refused to take back comments he made about Trump’s ongoing criminal trial in New York. McGovern's words were eventually struck by the presiding officer.