Must-Reads
Massachusetts
As the race for Suffolk district attorney heats up, so does the focus on incumbent Kevin Hayden
Boston Globe
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How do all-party primaries change politics? Just look to California
Commonwealth Magazine
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Opinion: Reelect state Senator Will Brownsberger
Boston Globe
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Money behind the Sept. 1 primary campaigns
Fig City News
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Editorial: Patrick Roath for Congress
Boston Globe
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Why Can't Massachusetts
Boston Magazine
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Griffin: 6 predictions for Massachusetts Primary Day
Boston Herald
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Senator Nick Collins accuses Boston Mayor Wu of stalling contentious tax hearing until after election
Boston Herald
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Carlozzi: How does Beacon Hill define affordability?
Boston Herald
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DiZoglio seeks to expand oversight in second term as state auditor
Waltham Times
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She’s a Trump acolyte. He’s a ‘gringo Sandinista.’ Meet the Harps.
Washington Post
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Rare-Book Sales Are Booming. They’re Getting Sliced Up and Fed to AI.
The Wall Street Journal
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Radical Chic: How the MAGA Movement Is Hijacking Style
Vanity Fair
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Carney Slams U.S.-Canada Trade Proposal and Vows Retaliation
New York Times
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We Went to Wall Street’s Exclusive Wilderness Camp. Everyone Was Spooked by AI.
The Wall Street Journal
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He was waiting for his son to return from the USS Lincoln. Then Border Patrol arrested him
The Associated Press (AP)
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Manufactured housing’s affordability problem
Politico
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Trump’s Online Brawler Is Trying to Keep MAGA Cool
Politico
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Bill Barr: Democrats Are in Denial About Campus Antisemitism
The Free Press
Sponsored
Today on Beacon Hill
11:00am
House Informal Session
House Chamber
11:00am
Senate Informal Session
Senate Chamber
Sponsored
New Media
Instagram
Massachusetts has some of the lowest rates of gun violence in the country - and it’s because of our commonsense laws.
Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell
Trump’s personal opposition to wind energy shouldn’t determine America’s energy future.
Conservation Law Foundation
Podcasts
Clayton Morris: Blackouts & Water Shortages, Tech Overlords Build AI Dystopia & Crush Resistance
The Tucker Carlson Show
Substack
TikTok
YouTube
Quote of the Day
“Donald Trump had little—if anything—to do with the genesis of this movement, but he was extraordinarily successful in riding it to the presidency.”
From an opinion piece in the Boston Globe saying that Trump capitalized on an organized right-wing movement that preceded him and is positioned to outlast him.
News by Category
2026 Midterm Elections
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Sen. Markey finds Common ground in Lynn
Lynn Daily News Item
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Opinion: The hubris of the democratic socialists
Boston Globe
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Progressives and democratic socialists in Massachusetts want to replicate Mamdani's playbook
Boston Globe
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Early voting starts in Massachusetts. Here's how to find out where you can cast your ballot.
CBS News
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Why the federal government is sending election monitors to Mass. — and what it means for voters
MassLive
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Primary foes Keefe, Waddell clash over experience, criminal justice issues
Worcester Telegram
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Suffolk DA Hayden's taxpayer-funded staff submitted signatures to get him on Democratic primary ballot
Boston Globe
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MA cop union blasts DA Marian Ryan for pledge to deny police endorsements, donations
Boston Herald
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Sheriff's trial could be a headache for leading Boston Dems
Axios
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Keller on Trump, tariffs and political epitaphs
MASSterList
2028 Presidential Election
Artificial Intelligence
Beltway Politics
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Editorial: A deficit of answers about debt
Boston Herald
Business
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Bill Chisholm says Celtics don't need to own arena but would build one under one condition
Boston Business Journal
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Sacred and profane: the increasingly disrupted audience experience
Boston Globe
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Massachusetts small farms fight to stay afloat amid skyrocketing fuel prices
Boston Globe
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BofA's Chamberlain takes over as chair of Greater Boston Chamber, with eye on competitiveness
Boston Globe
Cannabis
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O'Brien revives Goldberg feud with whistleblower claim
State House News Service
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Mass. voters like most ballot questions. Marijuana repeal? Not so much
MassLive
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Former cannabis head sues state treasurer over the way she was forced out
Universal Hub
Education
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State says Saugus schools mishandled bullying complaint, student suspension
WCVB
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Three-year college degrees grow more popular in the US, saving time and cash. But critics aren't sold.
Boston Globe
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Editorial: Colleges shouldn't give up on letter grades
Boston Herald
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Folan: What children bring back to school
Boston Herald
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How Harvard's epic fight with Trump is costing the university
Boston Globe
Environment
Health Care
Housing
Human Services
Immigration
Judiciary
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Trial of former Suffolk County sheriff charged with extortion slated to start Monday
WGBH
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On eve of trial, Middlesex DA drops charges against ICE protesters
WBUR
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Hardened criminals got off with lighter sentences thanks to Middlesex DA's woke justice, rival candidate says
Contrarian Boston
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What will jurors in the Lindsay Clancy case have to consider?
Boston Herald
Labor
Legislative
Local Government
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Hampden Register of Probate joins voices protesting pick for courthouse site
MassLive
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Councilor Ed Flynn decries 'petty Boston City Hall politics' amid veterans leadership snafu
Boston Herald
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Williamstown Board of Health Gets Update on 330 Cole Ave.
iBerkshires
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Williamstown Homeowners Facing 7 Percent Hike in Tax Rate
iBerkshires
Politics
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WMass voters to decide on Governor's Council seat in upcoming primary
NEPM
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Markey, Moulton matchup not expected to drive early primary voting, state's chief election official says
Boston Globe
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Candidates make their pitches at Cambridge mega-forum
Cambridge Day
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Pressley speaks on murder at Boston home, defends $2B state contract awarded to husband's firm
Boston Herald
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Norfolk County DA Candidate Jim Barakat Says He Would Not Have Prosecuted Lindsay Clancy
New Boston Post
Public Health
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Clancy case highlights postpartum psychosis
Boston Herald
Public Safety
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Medford offers a window into the unusual business of ambulance service in Massachusetts
Boston Globe
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Healey says her recent actions on public safety have no connection to her reelection efforts
Boston Globe
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Suffolk County sheriff Steven Thompkins' extortion trial set to begin Monday
NBC Boston
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How did a respected first responder champion become the target of a manhunt in her husband's death?
Boston Globe
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The Scrum: There's not a new sheriff in town
Boston Globe
State Government
Transportation
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Lucas: Eng's half-million dollar mistake
Boston Herald
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Grafton deactivating Flock cameras, a month after installing them
Worcester Telegram
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Full steam ahead for CRRC making T cars at sprawling Springfield plant
Mass Transit
Utilities
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Spike in N.H. power rates is a lesson as Mass. tries to hold down costs
Boston Globe
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Somerville organizations awarded funding from MassCEC
The Somerville Times
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Governor Healey proclaims August 2026 as Hydropower Month in Massachusetts
22WWLP.com
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Study: Fossil fuels continue to dominate New England's energy grid, despite green push
Boston Herald
Press Releases
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Wealth Tax Would Slash MA Startups
Mass Opportunity Alliance
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Delta Dental poll: More kids are heading to bed early for the Tooth Fairy
Delta Dental of Massachusetts
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The Boston Foundation distributes $376,000 in grants from Meeting the Moment: Supporting Our Immigrant Neighbors to organizations helping immigrants impacted by TPS revocations
The Boston Foundation
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Moulton Conducts Unannounced Visit to Burlington ICE Facility, Shares Observations
Office of Congressman Seth Moulton
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Chinese Alien Charged with Voter Fraud in Massachusetts
U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services
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Gov. announces kratom sale restrictions, public education efforts
Mass. Municipal Association
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Massachusetts Woman Sentenced for Bank Fraud
U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Massachusetts
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Massachusetts Department of Correction Launches New Digital Patient Portal to Enhance Access to Clinical Services and Health Information
Mass. Executive Office of Public Safety and Security
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Massachusetts’ Unemployment Rate Unchanged at 4.4%; Labor Force Participation Remains Steady in July
Mass. Department of Economic Research
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Healey-Driscoll Administration Awards $6.6 Million to Strengthen Early Education and Out-of-School Time Facilities Across Massachusetts
Mass. Executive Office of Education