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Bar advocates’ defiance leaves no clear end in sight for court crisis » Boston Globe

Taxes, but not jobs, pouring in from sports betting » State House News Service

Cell phone ban passes among other top priorities » WWLP 22

Opinion: ‘Babies over billionaires’: Why dads are turning on Trump » Boston Globe

Trump administration's DOJ seeks state voter records » The Eagle Tribune

McCloskey: Republicans just got families more money » Boston Herald

Former Biden adviser told House panel he was set to receive $8 million if president won reelection » CNN

Scallopers still have eyes on northern edge of Georges Bank » State House News Service

Developers to buy Registry property in Northampton » Gazette Net

Healey unveils $400 million plan to bolster research under fire from Trump » Boston Globe

Wu has boosted Boston neighborhoods. But downtown still struggles with post-COVID blues. » Boston Globe

More than half of New England farmers are bringing in under $10,000 a year in sales. Many are getting second jobs. » Boston Globe

Market Basket meeting minutes offer inside look at boardroom fight over succession plan » Boston Globe

Food prices are rising, the economy is slowing, and the Fed is standing pat. What’s next? » Boston Globe

Mass. breweries crack down on troublesome kids » Axios

Vaccine maker Moderna cuts hundreds of jobs; CEO says 'every effort' made to avoid layoffs » Boston Business Journal

Mass. launches $400M initiative to fund research amid 'federal uncertainty' » Boston Business Journal

Alan Dershowitz decries ‘bigoted vendor’ who denied him pierogi at Martha’s Vineyard farmers’ market » Boston.com

State Senate approves legislation banning cell phones in public schools » Boston Globe

Pilot Program Expands Access to AI Opportunities in Classrooms » Business West

Students, alumni alarmed at part of Brown’s deal with Trump that adopts the administration’s definitions for gender » Boston Globe

‘A civil rights issue’: Why Massachusetts needs a new literacy law » Boston Globe

Proposed ‘bell-to-bell' school cellphone ban clears Mass. Senate » NBC Boston

East Bridgewater Select Board Authorizes Construction Manager at Risk for Central Elementary School Project » South Shore News

How Trump is reshaping elite universities » The Ink

Massachusetts Senate votes to ban cellphones in public schools » WGBH

A new era for college borrowing: loan forgiveness is out, private loans are in » WGBH

Mass. environmentalists condemn EPA move to undo landmark climate regulation » WBUR

Boston struggles to find takers for green roof grants » Commonwealth Magazine

Amid environmental rollbacks, some in Boston’s EPA office aren’t happy to see their agency chief » WGBH

The federal government could soon sell these three big downtown Boston buildings » Boston Globe

Trump administration's DOJ seeks state voter records » The Eagle Tribune

New reports show little positive impact from sports betting legalization » Boston Herald

Deborah Goldberg: This is not just a health care crisis, it is a moral and economic one » Athol Daily News

The state’s bill to wrest Brighton hospital from private equity firm is far higher than first expected » Boston Globe

Housing Crisis Hits Middle Income Earners » Vineyard Gazette

A Roslindale family was priced out of Boston. So they bought in Fall River. They’re not the only ones. » Boston Globe

Healey offers more tax credits to expand housing options » Gloucester Times

Why the broker fee ban kicking in today matters for renters – and what comes next » Cambridge Day

Two sisters in DCF custody since mother was detained by ICE in May in Worcester are missing, officials say » Boston Globe

ICE stops sending detainees out of Mass. airport, starts flights out of N.H. » WBUR

Worcester city officials, Caribbean American Carnival organizers address ICE concerns » Worcester Telegram

Massachusetts lawmakers pass raise for bar advocates, but some say they won't budge » CBS News

Bar advocates stand firm against Massachusetts bill that boosts pay by $20 per hour » Boston Herald

A Berkshire courthouse is feeling the pinch of a job action by bar advocates. A pay raise is on the table, but is it enough? » The Berkshire Eagle

Judge orders $100 pay for select indigent defense counsel as Beacon Hill passes raise » Lowell Sun

Massachusetts Parole Board grants release to man who raped woman, slashed her throat » Boston Herald

Massachusetts lawmakers send Gov. Healey a spending bill that boosts road funding and bans cellphones in classrooms » The Berkshire Eagle

Springfield Marches into Court to Join the Legal Fight against Trump » Western Mass. Politics and Insight

Hadley officials plan $2.5M in override votes to cover insurance, fire needs » Gazette Net

8.1.25 » Boston Focus

Weekly Transcript Round-Up for 8/01/25 » Boston Policy Institute

‘You owe me an apology, you racially profiled me.’ New details emerge in allegation against Milton official. » Boston Globe

Springfield Marches into Court to Join the Legal Fight against Trump… » Western Mass. Politics and Insight

Moore: Desperately seeking a pro-growth Democrat » Boston Herald

Code Pink founder says at Northampton forum that US support for Israel no longer reflects public opinion » Gazette Net

Boston's Election: Early voting locations approved, more poll workers sought » Dorchester Reporter

A recent surge of candidates awakens ‘sleepy’ City Council races » The New Bedford Light

Boston's Election: Early voting locations approved, more poll workers sought » Dorchester Reporter

Boston’s mayoral candidates try to win over artists worried about displacement and funding » WBUR

Mass. Democrats reach deal on bill that strengthens transgender, reproductive health care protections » Boston Herald

Dems. push forward on new protections for reproductive & transgender care in Mass. » NBC Boston

Mass. Legislature sends $259M funding bill, with raises for bar advocates, to Gov. Healey » MassLive

Mahaniah steps into the state's top health care role » Worcester Business Journal

Gov. Healey offers plan to offset federal research grant cuts » Boston Herald

Mass. launches $400M initiative to fund research amid 'federal uncertainty' » Boston Business Journal

Teachers' union will explore new tax on "the richest 1%" » State House News Service

Are 17 turbines really running at Vineyard Wind? Here's what we saw by boat » WCAI

Additional Chapter 90 Resources Support Infrastructure Improvements in Chelsea » Chelsea Record

Trash strike: Judge denies towns’ injunction request, still no negotiations planned » Boston.com

HB4104 - An Act establishing a sick leave bank for Daniel Yender, an employee of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation

HB4161 - An Act relative to a sick leave bank for Mark Kratman, an employee of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation

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