1:00pm MassHealth Public Hearing, Via Zoom

1:00pm Executive Office of Energy & Environmental Affairs Public Hearing, Via Zoom

1:00pm Department of Energy Resources Public Hearing, Stinchfield Lecture Hall at Greenfield Community College, One College Drive, Greenfield

5:00pm Close of Comment Period for MassHealth Proposed Regulatory Changes, Submission via mail or email

Birthdays: Rep. Hannah Kane

Nantucket’s Workers Are Living on the Margins » New York Times

Eng confident ‘challenges’ to delivery of new MBTA trains will be resolved » Commonwealth Magazine

Fire departments across Mass. fail to meet staffing standards, union survey shows » WBUR

‘They should have taken it more seriously’: Pressure mounts on Beacon Hill to solve bar advocate work stoppage » Boston Globe

Program to support drivers with autism would become permanent under state Senate vote » WGBH

Moore: The end of funding immortality in Washington » Boston Herald

Editorial: Overreaching D.C. bureaucrats defy Supreme Court » Boston Herald

In 2014 parallel, a mayor publicly sides with Market Basket CEO » Boston Business Journal

Opinion: On Nantucket, the have-too-much and the have-nots » Boston Globe

WBZ offers buyouts to photographers, engineers, as longtime reporter Beth Germano announces retirement » Boston Globe

Thermo Fisher CFO to retire after decade, internal successor named » Boston Business Journal

Boston attorney charged with defrauding clients out of $2M+ » Boston Herald

Methuen mayor calls for end to ‘power struggle’ at Market Basket, return of CEO » Boston Herald

Kaiser Permanente to stop gender-affirming surgeries for patients under 19 » The Mercury News

Mass. bills aimed at protecting librarians, preventing book bans get hearing » WAMC

4 rich Mass. colleges dodged a big Trump tax, and may have an unlikely ally to thank » MassLive

How rumored and real ICE activity has impacted local schools » WBUR

Will cellphones be banned in Massachusetts classrooms? » NBC Boston

Columbia made a deal with the Trump administration to restore federal funding. Is Harvard next? » Boston Globe

How will changes in federal student loans impact you? » Boston Globe

4 Massachusetts schools got a 5-star rating on Money.com’s ‘Best Colleges’ list » Boston.com

Brandeis gets tax-free $135 million bond for new residence hall » MassLive

AI is fracturing the student-teacher relationship » Boston Globe

Boston Focus, 7.25.25 » Boston Focus

Harvard reassigning diversity center staff amid Trump admin squeeze » Axios

Opinion: Massachusetts’ sinking reading scores should be a five-alarm fire on Beacon Hill » Boston Globe

Howie Carr: Boston judge the rubber stamp Dems, and Harvard, covet » Boston Herald

How $108 million in withheld federal funds would impact Marlborough schools » Community Advocate

Researchers at WPI unveil more efficient process for recycling batteries » WGBH

For first time, fires are biggest threat to forests’ climate-fighting superpower » Boston Globe

Editorial: So you want the state to save your property from rising seas? There should be a price attached. » Boston Globe

How ‘corn sweat’ is driving up humidity across the US — and yes, even New England » Boston Globe

‘We are terrified’: Gateway City leaders prepare for federal cuts, changes to Medicaid » Commonwealth Magazine

Withdrawing from Europe Would Be a Strategic Blunder » The Bulwark

N.H. becomes first state to require doctors follow patients' wishes on sterilization » WBUR

Fall River fire survivors are scattered, don’t know where they’ll live next, and don’t even have their belongings back » Boston Globe

In Fall River, our promise to the elderly went up in smoke » Rhode Island Current

Healey names new members to Health Policy Commission » Boston Globe

Amid criticism, Healey names hospitals' top lobbyist to state health policy board » WBUR

"Homesharing" Touted as Housing Solution by Legislators, Advocates » The Franklin Observer

Marblehead board maps strategy after housing law referendum defeat » Marblehead Current

Advocates aim to cement homelessness prevention programs » State House News Service

As attorney work stoppage boils over, some defendants in Brookline’s court are not being given a lawyer » Brookline News

Bar advocate work stoppage yet to affect Hampshire County, but local senator worries it could » Gazette Net

Violent criminal cases keep getting tossed in Mass. Crisis over $35 pay dispute continues » MassLive

First degree murder conviction thrown out over deaf interpretation, SJC rules » Boston.com

Neal, Baker aides among latest judicial nominees » WWLP 22

It’s past time to resolve dispute on pay for bar advocates (The Republican Editorials) » MassLive

Lawyers, former JNC head nominated for judgeships » Mass Lawyers Weekly

Our View: Bar advocates deserve better pay » The Eagle Tribune

State Legislature Passes FY2026 Budget to Safeguard Financial Health and Protect the State’s most Vulnerable » Winthrop Transcript

Brockton lawmaker wants to make South Shore bar pizza the state's official slice » Axios

Town ‘VIPs’ are going to Japan. Not everyone thinks it’s a good idea » Plymouth Independent

Six weeks later, downtown Northampton sidewalk still at risk of collapse » Gazette Net

Amherst sets sights on new DPW headquarters » Gazette Net

Hanover Select Board Approves Sale of 188 King Street Property » South Shore News

Amherst recruiting members to serve on Black Reparations Committee » Gazette Net

Plymouth Select Board Hears Water Quality Concerns and Economic Development at South Elementary Meeting » South Shore News

Sen. Lewis and Rep. Lipper-Garabedian Secure $170,000 for Local Wakefield Priorities in State Budget » Wakefield Patch

NC: RNC Chair Whatley to run for North Carolina Senate seat with Trump’s support » The Hill

Briefings: Markey and McGovern Meet Khalil Again, This Time, Far from a Prison » Western Mass. Politics and Insight

Mosquito carrying West Nile virus identified in Worcester » Worcester Telegram

Xylazine Detected In Cape Cod's Illegal Drug Supply » The Bourne News

Q&A: SHNS Talks with firefighters union chief Richard MacKinnon » State House News Service

These public safety bills could impact western Massachusetts » WWLP 22

Squatter treats South End family’s empty home as hotel as Boston’s Mass and Cass spillover escalates » Boston Herald

Public safety at risk: MA cases dismissed over pay dispute » WWLP 22

Senate targets police interactions with blue envelope bill » State House News Service

Planned Parenthoods in Worcester, Marlborough get state money amid Trump defunding efforts » Worcester Business Journal

Here's why 8 new MBTA subway cars from China are stuck in Philadelphia » WBUR

Forum Highlights Cape Residents' Fears For Potential Bridge Closure » The Bourne News

MBTA board gets an earful over White Stadium transportation proposal » Boston Herald

A union town built on cow paths is no place for robotaxis, some Boston councilors say » Universal Hub

House passes bill to funnel millions into local road infrastructures » Worcester Business Journal

‘Drivers are people’: Boston City councilors want to delay the arrival of self-driving cars » Boston Globe

Driverless cars run into resistance at Boston City Council » WGBH

On massive bridge project for North Station trains, T chief ‘confident’ federal cash will come through » Boston Globe

Protest held against Waymo in Boston as city council holds hearing on self-driving cars » CBS News

Bourne Bridge replacement money raised as a concern at community forum in Sandwich » Cape Cod Times

Discounted T fare enrollment exceeding estimates » State House News Service

‘Recycling is piling up’: Residents, officials frustrated as trash strike enters fourth week » Boston Globe

Boston kicks Republic to the curb; will start imposing fines over trash strike » MassLive

Vineyard Wind adding turbines, boosting power to grid » State House News Service

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