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The Kraft Group wants to build a $16 billion data center campus in a small Central Mass. town

Boston Globe

Healey names new state climate chief
State House News Service
Federal policy worsens Boston-area housing crisis, says report
WGBH
Health insurance premiums in Mass. climb 38% since 2019, outpacing the national average, report finds
Boston Globe
‘Make Politics Boring Again’
The Atlantic
A reluctant ‘yes,’ a firm ‘no’: Voters explain how the Mass. starter-home question went down
MassLive

Are you thinking of leaving Massachusetts for tax purposes? We want to hear from you.
Boston Globe
Law enforcement leaders urge lawmakers to reject Gov. Healey's ticket resale price cap bill
Boston Herald
Some still lament the demise of the underground pot market in Mass.
WGBH
Massachusetts families' healthcare costs top $34,000, more than housing in most of the state
New Bedford Guide
Shifting counts leave Second Plymouth race unresolved as recounts loom
Commonwealth Magazine

National

Jensen Huang’s crisis becomes Nvidia’s Washington problem

Politico

He Was a Prada Runway Model. Now He’s Going to Be Iowa’s Governor.
New York Times
The new darling of the Democratic left is … Chris Van Hollen?
Politico
The Mississippi Free Press is using journalism to "make democracy work a little better."
Columbia Journalism Review
State Democratic wins make Medicaid expansion a possibility for more than a million people
STAT News
MAHA stands by Russell Brand following rape sentence
MS NOW

Republicans bet everything on anti-trans messaging. It didn’t pay off.
Human Rights Campaign
Doctors on Kennedy's influential preventive care panel have major conflicts of interest, filings reveal
STAT News
This Trader Raised Alarm About Nvidia's China Entanglements Months Ago
New York Times
Bernie Sanders Opposes Schumer as Majority Leader
New York Times
How South Dakota Voted in the 2026 Election by Race, Gender, Age and Education
New York Times
Trifecta explained: from horse racing to state and federal government
Quartz

Today on Beacon Hill

11:00am

Veteran's Day Ceremony

Great Hall, State House, Boston

New Media

Instagram

Gov. Healey has forced Massachusetts's new abortion law into effect, bypassing an attempt to suspend the law by anti-abortion groups, and teeing up a fight at the ballot in 2028.

CommonWealth Beacon

Taking this transparency thing to a whole new level.

U.S. Representative-Elect Dan Koh

Workers at Encore Boston Harbor⁠ have ended a two-month strike, ratifying a new collective-bargaining agreement Thursday.

Boston Business Journal

A $16 billion data center campus could be coming to a small Central Mass. town.

Bottom Up | Boston

Podcasts

What Massachusetts' Fiscal Outlook Means for Cities and Towns

The 351

BPR Talks 11/10/26: Revenge Feels so Good

Boston Public Radio

Ep. 2544 - A Chinese Spy, the NVIDIA CEO, and Market-Crashing Scandal

Ep 2544 A Chinese Spy The Nvidia Ceo And

The Path to a Democratic Supermajority

The Ezra Klein Show

Substack

Memo to MAGA: Todd Blanche is not your lawyer

Public Notice

Hegseth Escapes Impeachment; Vets Deserve Better

Contrarian Boston

Trump wasn't on the ballot, but Trumpism was

Strength in Numbers

New in Contrarian Boston: New home construction in Greater Boston poised to tumble, even as prices and rents remain stuck at crazy high levels, report finds

Contrarian Boston

TikTok

Sen.-elect Abdul El-Sayed on why he would be willing to call it "Trumpcare-for-All" if it meant President Trump would sign it:

Kaitlan Collins

Dozens of newly elected members of Congress are descending upon Washington, D.C., as Democrats prepare to retake control of the House and Senate in January.

NPR

BREAKING NEWS: The Trump administration has proposed a rule that would cut food stamp benefits otherwise known as SNAP benefits.

Western Mass News

Amid a national backlash against data centers, New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft’s company is proposing to build one of the largest such facilities in the country in the central Massachusetts town of Sutton, about 10 miles south of Worcester.

The Boston Globe

YouTube

House Republicans Elect Jim Jordan and John Thune as Leaders

TODAY

Campbell distinguishes public records question from legislative audit fight

WWLP-22News

Sen. Schumer says he's confident Democrats will re-elect him as Senate leader

NBC News

Why can’t people afford to live in Massachusetts anymore? Experts reveal what could fix it

Boston 25 News

Quote of the Day

“Women made history because we showed up to vote, and then voted in more than 100 Democratic women to serve in the House...Women have borne the brunt of the Trump administration’s recklessness and Republicans’ extremist agenda, and on Tuesday they made it clear they have had enough.”

Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-NM)

Leger, Chair of the Democratic Women’s Caucus, told The 19th, an Austin, Texas, nonprofit news outlet named for the 19th Amendment, which granted women the right to vote.