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10:00am Senate Committee on Climate Change and Global Warming, Committee Hearing

10:00am National Multiple Sclerosis Society State Action Day, Great Hall, State House, Boston

12:00pm House Session, Joint Session

1:00pm Joint Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy, Committee Hearing

1:00pm Voting Access Campaign Launch, Nurses Hall, State House, Boston

6:00pm Mass Dems Chinatown Banquet Dinner

Deadline for reporting of the FY26 House Ways & Means budget

Last day for convening of the Constitutional Convention

Must-Reads
MASSACHUSETTS

Healey unveils plan to target billions in savings for Mass. energy bills » Boston Globe

Budget secretary gives "underlined and bold" caveats to revenue picture » State House News Service

Republican candidate for governor Brian Shortsleeve raises over $135K in first 24 hours, campaign says » Boston Herald

Critical mass forming behind tax hike on "megacorporations" » State House News Service

Amid threats to federal funding, seniors push Mass. lawmakers to support housing, in-home care » WGBH

Bourne Bridge reconstruction won't get $634M federal grant » WCAI

Eversource plans heft monthly charge for customers who opt out of smart meter » Boston 25 News

Trump's ICE Used a Woman's Kids and Grandchild as "Bait' to Arrest Her » Rolling Stone

As Mayor Wu seeks a second term, some fear her commitment to progressive causes has dimmed » Boston Globe

Another departure from the beleaguered cannabis commission » WBUR

NATIONAL

GOP senators raise red flags over House’s ambitious Trump legislative package » The Hill

The GOP Medicaid Cuts Are a Big F*cking Deal » The Bulwark

Trump’s Free Qatari Jet Is ‘The Worst Idea Among Bad Ideas’ » The Bulwark

Wisconsin Judge Indicted on Charges That She Helped Immigrant Evade Agents » New York Times

Inside Marco Rubio’s meteoric — and precarious — rise in Trumpworld » The Huffington Post

Buttigieg, eyeing a presidential run, says ‘maybe’ Biden hurt Democrats » The Huffington Post

As Library of Congress crisis deepens, lawmakers tread carefully » Roll Call

"The White House said it had secured $600 billion worth of investment commitments from Saudi Arabia. But the announced total so far is about $283 billion, and organizers of the investment forum said that 145 deals were signed for a total of a bit over $300 billion. And several of the deals have been in the works before Trump’s second term. The president has pressed Saudi officials to commit to more than $1 trillion (and bring down the price of oil, to boot). But that figure exceeds the assets held by the Saudi sovereign wealth fund, the Public Investment Fund — which has already said it wants to invest less abroad and instead focus on the domestic economy."

New York Times' Andrew Ross Sorkin

Despite Trump's push for over $1 trillion in Saudi investments, the actual deals total far less, revealing a gap between his ambitions and reality.

News By Category
Beltway Politics

Buttigieg on whether Biden hurt Democrats with reelection bid: ‘Maybe’ » The Hill

Business

Massachusetts 3D printing company says global trade tensions discourage "long-term planning" » CBS News

Boston Business Journal's 2025 Fast 50 companies unveiled » Boston Business Journal

Keller: Who is to blame for Massachusetts's flailing economy? » CBS News

‘Everybody’s just restless’: Maine’s iconic lobster fishery braces for trade wars, upheaval » Boston Globe

US inflation mild ahead of expected jump from tariffs » Boston Globe

Civil Rights

Pembroke Candidates Clash Over Pride Flags, Development at Forum » South Shore News

Education

Mass. lags behind other states on student cellphone use restrictions » WBUR

The Commonwealth has the money to protect the common wealth (Viewpoint) » MassLive

Cities seek new plan to replace aging schools » State House News Service

Trump Admin Slashes Additional $450 Million in Federal Funding to Harvard » The Harvard Crimson

Harvard ‘failed to respond’ to 450 discrimination complaints. Staff hand-delivered them again » MassLive

Harvard funding cuts approach $3 billion as more federal agencies join Trump’s pressure campaign » Boston Globe

Editorial: Endowment tax hike would cost Harvard, MIT hundreds of millions » Boston Globe

Environment

As white sharks return, Massachusetts researchers urge people to be ‘shark smart’ » Boston Herald

Federal

R.I., Mass., sue Trump administration over threatened funding cuts for states that don’t help ICE » Boston Globe

House works into the night as Republicans push ahead on Trump’s big bill » The Associated Press (AP)

Health Care

Primary care doctors, stressing staffing shortages & long waits, push for funding » NBC Boston

Medicaid cuts begin advancing in Washington » State House News Service

Housing

If so many people are leaving Massachusetts, why aren’t housing costs going down? » Boston Globe

Human Services

Trump officials pen NYT op-ed defending loss of welfare benefits as an 'opportunity' » The Raw Story

Amid threats to federal funding, seniors push Mass. lawmakers to support housing, in-home care » GBH News

Immigration

Resettlement providers want state to step up for refugees » State House News Service

Opinion: Trump loves immigrants — so long as they’re white » Boston Globe

Fabian Schmidt speaks out for the first time since his detention » GBH News

Protesters at City Hall demand ‘ICE out of Worcester’ as council meeting goes virtual » MassLive

Labor

State Awards More Than $22 Million to Connect More Than 6,500 Youth with Jobs » Business West

Fenway concession workers could walk off the job for the first time. Here’s why » MassLive

Legislative

Bowen wins special election for state rep » The Beverly Beat

Local Government

After T&G appeal, Worcester releases résumé of newly hired health director » Worcester Telegram & Gazette

Boston City Council set to vote on move to ranked-choice voting system for local elections » Boston Herald

The Pittsfield School Committee is poised to vote on an interim superintendent » The Berkshire Eagle

Politics

Voters in 3rd Bristol District to vote in special primary election » Turn to 10

Boston city staff attorney running for mayor placed on paid administrative leave by city officials » Boston Globe

Candidate Kraft offers unclear recusal plan when family’s involved in Boston business » WGBH

MA legislators promise greater transparency. This group of Cambridge voters is holding them to it. » GBH News

Wu administration puts City Hall attorney on leave amid his mayoral run » Commonwealth Magazine

Public Safety

Massachusetts sheriff’s deputy Tom Brady fired after allegedly having employees do free plumbing work at his home » Boston Herald

State Government

Healey Welcomes Chinese Communist Party Official to Massachusetts » WBSM

Scheduling underway for meeting with Canadian premiers in Boston » Boston Herald

Utilities

Speaking in Leominster, Healey sets stage for reintroducing nuclear power in Massachusetts » Worcester Telegram

Gov. Healey proposes measure to cut energy bills, audit utilities, explore nuclear » WCVB

Mass. Gov. Healey pitches energy plan to save $10B over 10 years » MassLive

Inside Mass. Gov. Maura Healey's push for cheaper energy » Axios

Electric change OK'd » South Coast Today

Healey goes nuclear with ‘all-of-the-above’ energy bill » Boston Herald

Healey energy bill sets stage for reintroduction of nuclear » State House News Service


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