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Today on Beacon Hill

9:00am Adult Foster Care Awareness Day, Nurses Hall, State House, Boston

10:00am Status of Persons with Disabilities, A-2 and Virtual

10:30am Governor's Council Assembly, Governor's Council Chamber, Room 360, State House

11:00am House Session, Full Formal Session

1:00pm LGBT Aging Commission, Unitarian Universalist Church of Worcester

Must-Reads
MASSACHUSETTS

Beacon Hill Democrats strike deal on ‘revenge porn’ bill with formal sessions nearing end » Boston Herald

Warren Bill Takes Aim At "Corporate Greed" In Health Care » State House News Service

The most interesting part of your 2024 ballot could deal with this obscure panel » Commonwealth Beacon

T Wipes Out Reserves To Max Out Hiring Blitz » State House News Service

Steward Health Care finds last-minute funding to stay open into fall » Axios

Mayor Wu says congestion pricing is still an option in Boston » WGBH

Opioid Overdose Deaths Declined 10 Percent In 2023 » State House News Service

MBTA directors approve $3 billion budget, ponder projected $700 million shortfall » Boston Herald

Cape DA sues MV sheriff over failure to disclose records, throwing cases into jeopardy » MassLive

Is Beacon Hill finally getting serious about housing? » Boston Globe

NATIONAL

Age Is on the Ballot in 2024, at Least in North Dakota » New York Times

Inflation eases as Fed debates interest rate cuts » Washington Post

Donald Trump Jr. moves to be MAGA's new kingmaker » Axios

Some abortion opponents worry about Trump’s Republican platform rewrite » Washington Post

Torture Accusations Could Lead to Civil Rights Case in Mississippi » New York Times

Charlie Kirk once pushed a 'secular worldview.' Now he's fighting to make America Christian again. » NBC News

The Quiet Voice in R.F.K. Jr.’s Ear: A Former Aide to the Clintons » New York Times

The unexpected opponent to telehealth abortion shield laws: Planned Parenthood » San Francisco Chronicle

Trump and Biden are tied in 538's new election forecast » ABC News

Six states where housing is hard to find. Here’s what governors are doing about it. » Politico

Wild hogs threatening Florida, spreading across US » The Hill

Surprising U.S. economy is powering better global outlook, World Bank says » Washington Post

Samuel Alito’s Wife Openly Fantasizes About Flying Anti-Pride Flag With the Italian Word for “Shame” Surrounded by Flames » Vanity Fair

Not only do some Biden aides acknowledge “that a not guilty verdict for Hunter would have been more problematic politically,” given its potential to fuel Trump’s rigged-system claims, but they believe an open airing of the son’s convictions could redound to his father’s benefit. “Aides to the president are of the mindset that Trump could use the debate to badger Biden as an inadequate father. And privately, there is a faction of advisers who feel the president would be wise to let out his famous temper in response — the logic being that an authentic, forceful rejoinder to an attack on a son who suffered from addiction would resonate with voters.”

Rachael Bade, POLITICO's Senior Washington Correspondent

Hunter Biden's plight could become a coat of armor, they say — a tidy rebuttal to Trump’s omnipresent claims of a rigged “witch hunt” prosecution orchestrated by Biden and his “weaponized” Justice Department.

News By Category
Beltway Politics

Editorial: Hunter Biden gets a dose of accountability » Boston Herald

Business

Summer is almost here, but sidewalk dining is fading across most of Boston. Why? » Boston Globe

Letter: Support legislation to end puppy mills in Mass. » Berkshire Eagle

Bigbelly launches US manufacturing of solar-powered trash cans in Methuen » Boston Globe

Ten years after opening, Assembly Row booms on » Boston Globe

Biden administration seeks to wipe consumer medical debt off most credit reports with proposed rule » Boston Globe

Editorial: Link part of economic boost bill to UMass Lowell’s LINC initiative » Sentinel & Enterprise

Cannabis & Psychedelics

New Challenge: Unregulated "Gas Station Weed" » State House News Service

'Frankenstein-like chemical product': Spread of hemp concoctions worries lawmakers » Worcester Telegram

Civil Rights

Mass. makes long-awaited moves to update its parentage laws » WBUR

Crimes

Negotiators appear to have deal on revenge porn bill » 7 News Boston

Education

Ralliers Press For More Diverse Educator Workforce » State House News Service

Horticultural rebirth: Two years after fire, Smith Vocational breaks ground on new $7M building » Gazette Net

‘We do not have the luxury to wait.’ With delayed school closure plan, Mayor Wu draws criticism, sympathy on tough issue. » Boston Globe

Springfield School Committee approves contract for interim superintendent » MassLive

Advocates lobby for diverse Massachusetts teaching license » News 22 WWLP.com

Williams College board of trustees say 'yes' to increased transparency, 'no' to divestment » Berkshire Eagle

Environment

Details emerge in state’s massive climate bill » Athol Daily News

Boston will receive nearly $10M for job training in coastal resilience » WBUR

Health Care

Elizabeth Warren offers bill aimed at preventing future Steward-like crisis » Boston Herald

State watching, waiting on Steward bankruptcy case » Lowell Sun

Warren seeks consequences for 'corporate crimes' in health care » WGBH

Steward secures financing to keep hospitals open during bankruptcy » WBUR

Steward Health Care finds last-minute funding to stay open into fall » Axios

Sen. Warren announces bill aimed at tackling ‘corporate greed’ in health care » WHDH

Human Services

State Senate expected to vote on HERO Act this week » Western Mass News

For years, mothers were reported to DCF simply for taking addiction medication. Massachusetts lawmakers are seeking to end that. » Boston Globe

State secretary of veterans services visits VFW in Attleboro » The Sun Chronicle

Immigration

Lowell to welcome more migrant families » Lowell Sun

Goldberg: How Dems keep getting immigration wrong » Boston Herald

Judiciary

Negotiators Appear To Have Deal On Revenge Porn Bill » State House News Service

SJC Justice, Gov. Healey’s former partner, ceremonially sworn into office » Boston Herald

Governor’s Council approves two of Healey’s three most recent pardon requests, punts on Veal case » WAMC

District Attorney Takes Sheriff to Court Over Records Dispute » Vineyard Gazette

Opinion: Healey’s judicial picks move state’s three branches toward one ideology » Boston Globe

Negotiators appear to have deal on legislation that would make Mass. 49th state to outlaw ‘revenge porn’ » Boston Globe

Labor

Raytheon sued for age discrimination in hiring, favoring recent college grads » Boston Globe

Massachusetts Secure Choice Inches Closer » ASPPA

Legislative

Meschino Discusses Progress On Various Bills » WATD

Local Government

Digital life in hilltowns: Landmark survey outlines how older populations use tech » Gazette Net

Easthampton’s $57.2M budget sails through council » Gazette Net

Politics

Bedford Legislators Unopposed for Re-Election » The Bedford Citizen

Public Health

House Tees Up New Plan To Tackle Opioid Crisis » State House News Service

Mass. House Dems eye Thursday vote on opioid treatment bill » MassLive

For Hampshire and Franklin county offenders, drug diversion and recovery starts here » Gazette Net

Opinion: For assistance in dying, please press 1 » Boston Globe

Public Safety

State Representative requests federal agents to help fight crime in Springfield » News 22 WWLP.com

House set to take up 'revenge porn' compromise bill on Wednesday » WBUR

The Sandy Hook survivors are graduating. This is what we owe them | John L. Micek » MassLive

Howie Carr: Male chauvinists, the Massachusetts State Police want you! » Boston Herald

ShotSpotter fires back at Warren, Markey, Pressley for their critical letter with ‘false and misleading assertions’ » Boston Herald

Opinion: Beware of identity fraud empowered by generative AI » Boston Globe

Beware of identity fraud empowered by generative AI » Boston Globe

Reproductive Rights

Lowry: The war on contraception that wasn’t » Boston Herald

State Finance

More Work May Be Required To Balance State Budget » State House News Service

State Government

PHOTOS: 40th Heritage Day of Portugal at the Massachusetts State House » The Herald News

Transportation

'Extraordinary grants'. Keating, Markey meet with Bourne leaders about Cape bridges » Cape Cod Times

MBTA is ‘barely treading water’ » Commonwealth Beacon

MBTA budgets ‘totally incapable of getting us where we need to be,’ board member says » Boston Globe

MBTA Removes Ten More Speed Restrictions On Orange Line » WBZ News Radio

Utilities

Massachusetts Gov. Healey tours Vineyard Wind facilities » Daily Energy Insider

Wendell group gives Comerford petition seeking pause on large-scale battery storage systems » The Recorder

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