10:00am Joint Committee on Revenue, Committee Hearing

10:00am Joint Committee on Health Care Financing, Committee Hearing

10:00am Joint Committee on Financial Services, Committee Hearing

10:00am Joint Committee on Community Development and Small Business, Committee Hearing

10:00am Division of Banks & Loan Agencies Public Hearing, One Federal Street, Room 6017, Boston

10:00am Mass. Gaming Commission Public Meeting, Via conference call

10:30am Joint Committee on Labor & Workforce Development, Committee Hearing

1:00pm Joint Committee on Environment & Natural Resources, Committee Hearing

1:00pm House Committee on Federal Funding, Policy and Accountability, Informational Hearing

1:00pm Joint Committee on State Administration & Regulatory Oversight, Committee Hearing

1:00pm Joint Committee on Judiciary, Committee Hearing

6:00pm Nuestro Massachusetts: How Latinos are revitalizing Massachusetts hosted by the Boston Globe & We Are ALX, Roxbury Community College Media Arts Center Auditorium, 1234 Columbus Avenue, Boston

Lobbyist disclosure reporting deadline

2025 mid-year campaign finance reports due

Birthdays: Rep. Thomas Walsh

Amid uncertainty from Trump’s Washington, Mass. Democrats trimmed the budget. They left their earmarks intact. » Boston Globe

GOP senators want nothing to do with Trump-Epstein-MAGA controversy » The Hill

The Five MAGA Factions Waging an Epstein Civil War » The Bulwa

Ready or not, here comes the 2028 presidential campaign » Boston Globe

Boston lab leases double in second quarter with expansion outside urban centers » Boston Business Journal

Chorus for Boston WNBA team grows louder » State House News Service

Boston’s NWSL team set to build training facility in Brockton amid White Stadium pushback » Boston Herald

Will SBA reopen office in WMass? Lawmakers have questions » MassLive

Waters inks $17.5B merger with division of NJ company » Boston Business Journal

No Place for Hate: Plymouth MA students honored for committing to social justice » Wicked Local

Editorial: Keep state’s voting ban for convicted felons » Lowell Sun

Wayfair exec Adam Katz joins Robert Kraft’s foundation to step up efforts to combat antisemitism » Boston Globe

Public school enrollment continues to fall » Stateline.org

Most teens — girls especially — see college as key to jobs and life skills, new poll says » Boston Globe

23 states, including Mass. and R.I., sue over Trump’s freeze on education funding » Boston Globe

Pembroke School Committee Opposes State-Wide Cell Phone Ban » South Shore News

‘Unconscionable’: Mass.’s Campbell, state AGs sue Trump over $6.8B in frozen school funds » MassLive

Massachusetts among 20 states suing Trump administration over frozen funding for after-school, summer programs » WCVB

Mass joins suit against school funding freeze » Boston Herald

'We're going to win:' MA AG Andrea Campbell sues Trump over withheld education funds » The Herald News

More than 20 states sue Trump administration over frozen after-school and summer funding » WGBH

AGs sue Trump for freezing federal education grants » The Eagle Tribune

Drought management not included in Healey’s $3 billion environmental bond bill » Commonwealth Magazine

Tiny piping plovers make a big comeback in Mass. Elsewhere? Not so much » WBUR

Shark devours hooked striper off Cape Cod, seal with shark bite spotted off Boston Harbor Islands » Boston Herald

Boston is on pace for one of its most humid summers on record. Here’s why that alarms our meteorologist. » Boston Globe

Justices allow mass layoffs at Education Department » Roll Call

Supreme Court allows Trump to lay off nearly 1,400 Education Department employees » WGBH

‘Terrible tragedy’: Gov. Healey visits Fall River senior living facility after devastating fire » MassLive

Fall River facility where fatal fire broke out was understaffed and poorly maintained, current and former employees allege » Boston Globe

Multistate licensure bills dredge up dental duel » State Affairs

Why the ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ hits home hard in rural Mass. » MassLive

Historic first: Pelham gets first affordable rental housing complex » Gazette Net

After MBTA zoning repeal, Marblehead Select Board to weigh strategy in closed session » Marblehead Current

Cape, Islands awarded tax credits by state. 'Increase private sector support' » Cape Cod Times

Boston’s homeless doc Jim O’Connell says recent crisis among ‘the toughest’ he faced » MassLive

Editorial: Warren’s HHS dig an insult » Boston Herald

Organizer: Fear of ICE was factor in decision to cancel Worcester Latin American Festival » Worcester Telegram

Immigration agents demand tenant information from landlords, stirring questions and confusion » Boston Globe

Howie Carr: Karen Read prosecutor Hank Brennan’s mangled vocabulary » Boston Herald

After US Department of Labor inquiry, Hampden Sheriff’s Dept. paid $2M in back wages » MassLive

California and Massachusetts Propose Bills to Prohibit Masks for Law Enforcement » fairus

Fall River mayor on fatal fire at assisted living facility » WBUR

Calvin Theatre deal in Northampton falls through, commission to hold lottery for liquor license » Gazette Net

Newton mayor defends yellow line decision ahead of Italian festival: ‘We missed the mark in communicating’ » Boston Herald

Pittsfield expands list of city-run public restrooms, including the only 24/7 option » The Berkshire Eagle

Longtime City Councilor Linda Morad to retire » The New Bedford Light

A city-owned grocery store in Worcester? Councilor wants to look into it » Worcester Telegram

Eagle Reels: Former governor Deval Patrick on W.E.B. Du Bois, our divided political climate and if there's hope for the future » The Ber

Healey talks France trip in State House return » State House News Service

Who is behind The Washington Free Beacon’s combat journalism? » Boston Globe

Moulton calls on Democrats to reboot ahead of midterms » Salem News

Candidates emerge for town election in Amherst » Gazette Net

WNBA star Aliyah Boston gets her flowers at State House ceremony » WGBH

West Nile virus detected in two Boston mosquito samples » Boston.com

Limited firefighter staffing may have cost lives in Fall River fire, union says » NBC Boston

‘I really thought I was going to die’: Heroism and heartbreak in Fall River » Boston Herald

Residents recount harrowing escape from deadly Fall River fire: ‘It was just a disaster’ » Boston Globe

‘He was a tough cookie’: Vietnam veteran among those lost in fire » Boston Globe

‘Unfathomable tragedy’: At least 9 people died and dozens injured in fire at an assisted living home in Fall River » Boston Herald

Full Gov. Healey press conference on Fall River assisted living home fire: "Terrible tragedy" » CBS News

Essex DA requests public’s videos to aid investigation into police custody death » MassLive

In wake of deadly Fall River fire, firefighters decry lack of resources » WCVB

9 people killed in fire at Fall River assisted living facility » WGBH

State Budget Expands Access to Retirement Savings for Nonprofit Workers through the CORE Plan » HCAM

Your turn: Money for migrants and Karen Read prosecutor’s $566K bill » Boston Herald

Gov. Maura Healey traveled to France last week on vacation with family » Boston Herald

One fix for Boston traffic jams? More efficient street lights, officials say » Axios

Bridge of Flowers reopens in Shelburne Falls after $3.2M yearlong renovation » MassLive

Pioneer Institute Joins Coalition of Business and Taxpayers to Support Affordability, Job and Economic Growth » Pioneer Institute

Why We Should Axe the Alternative Energy Portolio Standard » Green Energy Consumers Alliance

Warren Warns Dick’s Sporting Goods’ Acquisition of Foot Locker Could Raise Back-To-School Prices for Families, Threaten Workers and Small Businesses » Office of Sen. Elizabeth Warren

Nonprofits Get It Done » Third Sector New England

Scale Program Participants to Support Small Businesses' Ability to Access City Contracting Opportunities » City of Boston

Just Say NO to New Pipelines and New Prisons » Progressive Mass

Healey-Driscoll Administration Awards $3.3 Million in Literacy Grants » Mass. Executive Office of Education

DCR Announces 2025 Deer Management Plan for Blue Hills Reservation » Mass. Department of Conservation & Recreation

AG Campbell’s Office Receives 47 Ballot Initiative Petitions Proposing 42 Laws And 5 Constitutional Amendments » Office of Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell

Massachusetts Clean Water Trust Board of Trustees approves $61.9 million in new loans and grants at its August meeting » Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection

One Year After Signing Affordable Homes Act, Nearly 100,000 New Housing Units Under Development to Lower Costs in Massachusetts » Mass. Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities