Must-Reads
Massachusetts
Massachusetts Initiative To Roll Back Marijuana Legalization Officially Qualifies For November Ballot
Marijuana Moment
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Healey signs $63.4 billion budget with no vetoes
WGBH
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Healey administration vows to appeal as Trump rejects Massachusetts blizzard aid request
Boston Globe
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Man charged for allegedly bringing homemade explosives onto Commuter Rail train in Massachusetts
CBS News
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Feds sending election monitors to Boston, New Bedford for September primary
Boston Herald
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Beacon Hill starting to embrace pilot program for psychedelic mental health treatments
Boston Globe
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Could Suffolk Downs go big on gambling again?
Boston Globe
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ARPA-H launches $160 million effort to develop custom gene editing drugs
Boston Globe
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Trump's immigration crackdown is leaving Mass. construction sites without workers
Boston Globe
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Bottoms up: Boston Mayor Wu, City Council want 3 a.m. last call, public drinking zones to stick around
Boston Herald
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New Mass. budget closes sex crime loopholes exposed by 5 Investigates
WCVB
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In the Suffolk DA's race, fund-raising and political jabbing play center role
Boston Globe
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Professional scab or essential backstop? Replacement nurses become a flashpoint in Brigham strike.
Boston Globe
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Ten communities in Massachusetts went ‘fossil fuel free.’ Then utilities spent $100M on natural gas infrastructure there.
Commonwealth Magazine
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The FTC Settlement With John Deere Is a Huge Win for the Right-to-Repair Movement
Wired
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Trump fires last members of election commission, inciting fears of midterm 'chaos'
The Guardian
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Israel shared intelligence with US of Iranian plot to assassinate Trump
CNN
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Man accused of killing Charlie Kirk wished ‘he hadn’t done it,’ roommate says
Washington Post
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Democrats fear chances of winning Senate may be slipping away
The Hill
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Work on Trump’s E. Jean Carroll Defamation Case Divides Sullivan & Cromwell
The Wall Street Journal
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‘The new animal at the zoo’: John Kennedy is suddenly everywhere
Politico
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Poll: Swing Voters Want Progressive Populism
The New Republic
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Beltway Politics
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The Price of Staying on Trump's Good Side
The Bulwark
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Trump fires election board Democrats
The Hill
Business
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What are the tall ships? Where can you watch them? Here are all your questions, answered.
Boston Globe
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Gazette parent company joins suit against copying of material for training AI systems
Gazette Net
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Mass. Senate passes social media bill with retro vision for online networks
WBUR
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Here's what Foxborough residents have to say about the World Cup and the Krafts
Boston Globe
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The World Cup gave Boston a major boost: 'It woke the city up'
Boston Herald
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Busch: How geopolitics hits fertilizer, groceries
Boston Herald
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Sail250 begins: Your Parade of Sail and tall ships cheat sheet
Axios
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Rep. Williams backs governor’s push to ban medical debt on credit reports
22WWLP.com
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America's Top States for Business: #15 Massachusetts
CNBC
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Berkshire Savings Bank Redevelopment Receives $4M From State
iBerkshires
Cannabis
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Pot advocate looks to boot marijuana question from ballot
Commonwealth Magazine
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Marijuana repeal measure hit with fresh signature challenge
State Affairs
Education
Gaming
Health Care
Housing
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Healey-Driscoll Administration Awards $18.6 Million to Create 662 New Homes in Gateway Cities
Mass.gov
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Healey-Driscoll administration awards $18.6 million to create 682 homes in Gateway Cities
the Berkshire edge
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Historic Amherst home to become affordable townhouses and Habitat for Humanity duplex
Gazette Net
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Allegrone lands $4 million for downtown Pittsfield housing project at former Berkshire County Savings Bank
The Berkshire Eagle
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Fall River, Taunton housing development projects awarded state funding
WPRI.com
Human Services
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WooServes brings teens out of the house and into the fields
Worcester Telegram
Immigration
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From Hateful Hoax to Presidential Policy
The Bulwark
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America's oldest habit: Fearing the stranger
Boston Globe
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Lawsuit: ICE detained East Boston father despite legal status
Boston.com
Labor
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Brigham nurses reported for their shifts after a 24-hour strike. The hospital didn't let them in.
Boston Globe
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Bill to protect health care workers from workplace violence set for Senate vote next week
WGBH
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Brigham and Women's Hospital nurses locked out after strike
Axios
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'Let us in' chants echo outside Brigham and Women's Hospital as nurses strike becomes lockout
Boston.com
Legislative
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Cataldo audit vote blocks public interest
The Concord Bridge
Local Government
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Boston City Councilor Julia Mejia says she's 'in high spirits' following medical episode during council meeting
Boston Globe
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Boston City Councilor Julia Mejia said dehydration, exhaustion likely led her to collapse at Council meeting
Boston Herald
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Alleged union-busting, P.I. snooping, and forced urine tests: What is going on at Medford City Hall?
Boston Globe
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Amherst native, former Capitol Hill intern selected as first appointed Shutesbury town clerk
Gazette Net
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Bicyclist killed in Boston crash identified as staff member for Mayor Wu
CBS News
Politics
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Democrats burned again as Graham Platner flames out
Boston Globe
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Heartbreak and anger: With Platner out, unmoored Democrats in Maine confront conflicting emotions and a messy future
Boston Globe
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Editorial: What Dems should learn from Platner debacle
Boston Herald
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Howie Carr: Ed Markey, 80 years old and nothing to show for it
Boston Herald
Public Health
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Massachusetts town races to secure clean water after E. coli detected: 'Coffee pickle'
Boston Herald
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Parasitic infection sparking 'explosive' diarrhea reported in Massachusetts
Boston Herald
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Butler: Safe needle disposal growing issue in Mass. homes
Boston Herald
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As EPA steps back, Mass. lawmakers push for stricter bans on 'forever chemicals'
WGBH
Public Safety
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Boston Police Blotter: Bicyclist killed on Tremont Street worked for city's transportation department to make 'our streets safer'
Boston Herald
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Boston man charged after allegedly bringing explosives and making threats on MBTA commuter rail
Boston Globe
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Trump denies Massachusetts’ disaster declaration request for February blizzard
MassLive
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Man inspired by Jan. 6 attacks charged with bringing explosives onto MBTA train
NBC Boston
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Fitchburg mourns death of firefighter, cancer awareness advocate PJ Roy
Worcester Telegram
State Finance
State Government
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The tricky calculus of designing a ballot with nine questions
Commonwealth Magazine
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Press Releases
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Massachusetts Passes First-in-the-Nation Protections for HIV Prevention
GLAD Law
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Drought Conditions Worsen in Western Region
Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs
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AG Campbell Announces $36.5 Million Multistate Settlement with CVS for Allegedly Over-Dispensing Insulin Pens
Office of Attorney General Andrea Joy Cambpell
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Governor Maura Healey Statement on Trump Administration’s Denial of Disaster Relief Request
Office of Governor Maura Healey and Lt. Governor Kim Driscoll