10:00am Joint Committee on Ways & Means, Consensus Revenue Hearing

11:00am House Session, Informal Session

11:00am Senate Session, Informal Session

ExxonMobil fires back at AG Maura Healey with own suit » Boston Globe

State Police accused of bias in promotions » Boston Globe

Climate, government trust on legislators' minds at WMass summit » Gazette Net

Energy landscape undergoes major changes » Wicked Local Framingham

House speaker earns big praise during Plainridge visit » The Sun Chronicle

Should convicted former House speaker get his pension back? » The Washington Post

Boston Fed chief: Independent Fed important to economic health » Boston Globe

Reinventing The Suburbs » Banker & Tradesman

Biotech grows in the Berkshires » Berkshire Eagle

Burns joins UMass trustees » Lowell Sun

Boston Superintendent Has Message For Students Planning Walkout Over Trump » CBS Boston

Report: BU's Brown Receives Highest Pay Of Mass. College Presidents » WBUR

BU's Robert Brown tops college leader pay in region » Boston Globe

UMass Medical School opening Springfield location » Worcester Business Journal

Questions Of Race And Redistricting Return To The Supreme Court » WBUR

Demolition begins at Prouty Garden » Boston Globe

In $3B deal, Liberty Mutual buys global insurer with Boston office » Boston Business Journal

How area lawmakers voted on some of the key laws enacted this year » The Sun Chronicle

Towns may follow Ashland's lead on pot regulations, moratorium » Wicked Local Tewksbury

Salem defers action on sanctuary city ordinance » The Salem News

Bolling: The need to move along to get ahead » Boston Herald

Restoring civic virtue in America » Boston Globe

Robichaud: Time for a Law & Order rerun » Boston Herald

A matter of virtual life and death » Boston Globe

Inmates' care provides essential lessons for all » Boston Globe

With hope comes action » Boston Globe

Peter S. Cohan: How well is Massachusetts fighting hate? » Worcester Telegram

More guns, more risk for people of color » Boston Globe

Roof trial cannot become racist spectacle » Boston Globe

Investment in vocational education is well worth it » Boston Globe

Editorial: Don't mess with min wage » Boston Herald

Chabot: Dems lost the thread, need to weave jobs into message » Boston Herald

Anti-Trump activists “won't go back” on progress made » South Coast Today

High schoolers in Boston plan mass walkout to protest Trump » My Fox Boston

Mayor Marty Walsh to protesters: Stay in school » Boston Herald

Moulton warns Dems against using "dead wrong" strategy » State House News Service

Six years after 'housecleaning' of Parole Board, Salem woman's suit lingers » The Salem News

Tell Us What You'd Like To Know About Marijuana Legalization » WBUR

Pot smoking police officers could lose job » Worcester Telegram

Suit: Massachusetts state police overlook women, minorities » Lowell Sun

Massachusetts lawmakers to weigh next year's tax projection » Boston Herald

MTF ESTIMATES TAX REVENUE GROWTH OF 2.65 PERCENT IN FISCAL 2018 » State House News Service

Peisch, Spilka see education funding as 2017 priority » State House News Service

Goldberg flags issues with lottery, state finances, marijuana » State House News Service

'Extreme caution' urged as state begins budget planning » Boston.com

Baker budget chief mum after revenue hearing » State House News Service

Massachusetts Gov. Baker to lead trade delegation to Israel » WCVB

Pols & Politics: Charlie Baker, Stanley C. Rosenberg gearing up for travel » Boston Herald

Massachusetts, Quebec officials hoping to strengthen ties » Cape Cod Times

Massachusetts, Quebec solidifying ties with new research council » WWLP 22

Goldberg flags issues with lottery, state finances, pot » Sentinel & Enterprise

Airbnb says state, cities lost out on $15m in missed tax revenue » Boston Globe

Probe continues in transit boss double-dip » Nashoba Publishing

Congressman draws from commute in remarks at forum » State House News Service

Pilgrim's plight » Cape Cod Times

Fallout » Cape Cod Times

Gas pipeline constraints create winter challenges » State House News Service

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10:00am Joint Committee on Ways & Means, Consensus Revenue Hearing

11:00am House Session, Informal Session

11:00am Senate Session, Informal Session

Birthdays: State Senator Cindy Friedman

12:00pm Mass. Book Awards, Great Hall & Nurses Hall

4:00pm Mass. Dept. of Elementary and Secondary Education Hearing on Proposed Charter Schools, Sturbridge Town Hall Veterans Memorial Hall 308 Main St. Sturbridge

5:30pm Reception for Sen. James Timilty with Senate President Stan Rosenberg

5:30pm Winter Fundraiser for Rep. James O'Day

5:30pm Reception for Sen. James Timilty with Senate President Stan Rosenberg

5:30pm Winter Fundraiser for Rep. James O'Day

4:00pm Mass. Dept. of Elementary and Secondary Education Hearing on Proposed Charter Schools, Lynn Community Room 10 Church St.

Birthdays: Rep. Steven Xiarhos

9:30am Leading by Example Awards, Great Hall

11:00am Senate Session, Informal Session

11:00am House Session, Informal Session

3:30pm Senator Ryan Fattman's Christmas Party, Grand Staircase

No Hearings Scheduled

MassHousing Announces New Round of Neighborhood Stabilization Program Capital Grants » MassHousing

Fossil Fuel Companies Make Billions in Profit as We Suffer Billions in Losses: 2024 Edition » Union of Concerned Scientists

City of Boston and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Announce BlueBikes Support During 2024 MBTA Closures » Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts

Time to Speed Up the Pace of the Legislature » Progressive Mass

MBTA Commuter Rail and Keolis to Run Special Event Train Service for April 27 Match Between New England Revolution and Inter Miami CF » Keolis

Neal Opening Statement at Hearing on Biden Administration’s 2024 Trade Policy Agenda » Office of Congressman Richard Neal

Antisemitic Incidents in New England Soared 205 percent in 2023 » Anti-Defamation League

House Budget amendments need your voice! » National Association of Social Workers - Mass Chapter