11:00am House Session, Informal Session

11:00am Senate Session, Informal Session

2:00pm I'm Not Just Anybody: Fighting Back Against Chronic Pain, Great Hall

5:30pm Rep. Aaron Michlewitz's 8th Annual South End/Bay Village Holiday Party

5:30pm Rep. Aaron Michlewitz's 8th Annual South End/Bay Village Holiday Party

Birthdays: State Senator Peter Durant

Feds call for 6 months house arrest for Teamster » Boston Herald

Pols & Politics: Beacon Hill salaries on tap as Baker wrings in new year » Boston Herald

Baker bites into earmarks with budget solve » State House News Service

Mount Washington is big, but it may not be big enough for this hotel » Boston Globe

What Airbnb regulations could mean for entrepreneurs » Boston Globe

Officials hope to make it easier for storefronts to host live acts » Boston Herald

Randolph officials adjust to legal marijuana » Wicked Local Randolph

Mass Tech Collaborative signs cybersecurity agreement with Israeli nonprofit » MassLive

Elizabeth Warren, Marty Walsh speak at mosque's interfaith event » Boston Globe

Dispute Over Proposed Muslim Cemetery in Massachusetts Town Deepens » The Wall Street Journal

Guidance revision spurs churches to drop court challenge to transgender law » State House News Service

College enrollment declining in Massachusetts » Worcester Telegram

Ipswich River gets priority status in new program » Salem News

State's largest landfill accused of fouling neighbors' wells » Boston Herald

Overfished halibut under scrutiny as catch increases » South Coast Today

Mass. = primary care doctor desert » Commonwealth Magazine

Central Mass VA receives highest government rating » Worcester Telegram

How many evictions are there in Boston? No one really knows. » Boston Globe

San Antonio became a national leader in mental health care by working together as a community » Boston Globe

Mass. high court affirms mental health care privatization » Worcester Telegram

Trump's insurance idea may have unhealthy side effects » Boston Globe

Recreational Marijuana In Mass. — The Legal Do's And Don'ts To Know » WBUR

Wrongly convicted in Mass.? Good luck getting compensation » Boston Globe

Mass. has fifth-smallest gender pay gap nationally, report finds » The Daily Free Press

As Trump takes aim at unions, labor's clout sags in Mass. » Boston Business Journal

Legislative leaders say pot legalization will not be delayed » State House News Service

THE SUNDAY NOTEBOOK: Lancaster's Grasso is ready to move on from OUI charge » Sentinel & Enterprise

Interfaith Gathering At Boston's Largest Mosque Seeks To 'Build Bridges' After Election » WBUR

City councilor clashes with ministers group » Boston Globe

City council makes pitch for 2 percent alcohol tax » Boston Globe

Longmeadow School Committee member proposes resolution to scrutinize prospective education secretary Betsy DeVos » MassLive

Marijuana is the talk of many towns this week » Boston Globe

When a needle is more deadly than a gun » Boston Globe

Who needs to flee to Canada when they can move to Mass.? » Boston Globe

Case of horrific abuse in China calls for a wide audience » Boston Globe

Mehegan: More to the story on Charlie Baker's cuts » Boston Herald

Consider this antidote to post-election despair » Boston Globe

Robichaud: Light at end of tunnel as Obama is nearly gone » Boston Herald

Debunking the Track 61 plan » Commonwealth Magazine

Boston should celebrate federal housing aid while it can » Boston Globe

State can't shield Brookline from housing law » Boston Globe

Don't blame climate change for extreme weather » Boston Globe

The trouble with Winthrop Square » Boston Globe

HAND: The difficulty with Trump » The Sun Chronicle

AG Healey's blowing smoke on transparency » Sentinel & Enterprise

Adriana Cohen: Mitt Romney played himself out of job as Maura Healey overplays her hand » Boston Herald

Guest column: Use budget to address achievement gap in Cambridge schools » Wicked Local Cambridge

Five things to know about Super PACs in Massachusetts » Wicked Local Westborough

Lantigua plotting his political comeback » The Eagle Tribune

The antiquated Electoral College » Commonwealth Magazine

GOP hardliners back Gov. Charlie Baker » Boston Herald

Does Massachusetts need to take a harder line with chronic drunken driving offenders? » MassLive

Joint effort as weed goes legal » Boston Herald

Sununu: Mass., NH cops must cooperate » The Eagle Tribune

Advocates fear rekindling of 'war on drugs' under Trump » The Eagle Tribune

Central Mass. gun buyback nets 260 weapons in single day » Worcester Telegram

Baker bites into earmarks » Sentinel & Enterprise

State panel will recommend $70 mil increase in capital spending » State House News Service

Charlie Baker's Team Is Open to a Tax for Drivers 'Down the Road' » Boston Magazine

State budget spat signals partisan shift » Berkshire Eagle

AG Healey awaits ruling on skipping trip to Texas » Boston Herald

Sawyer added to state Fisheries Advisory Commission » Gloucester Times

New England Patriots' nemesis Ted Wells returns to Massachusetts to face off against AG Healey » New Boston Post

Budget spat points to greater partisan shift at Statehouse » Boston Herald

Judge cancels deposition of AG Healey in Exxon climate change case » Boston Herald

Trouble-plagued commuter rail network sees cancellation spike » Boston Globe

Zero-emission buses in store for Western Mass. riders » State House News Service

MBTA ordering up more Red Line cars from CRRC's Springfield plant » MassLive

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Birthdays: State Senator Peter Durant

11:00am House Session, Informal Session

11:00am Senate Session, Informal Session

2:00pm I'm Not Just Anybody: Fighting Back Against Chronic Pain, Great Hall

5:30pm Rep. Aaron Michlewitz's 8th Annual South End/Bay Village Holiday Party

5:30pm Rep. Aaron Michlewitz's 8th Annual South End/Bay Village Holiday Party

Birthdays: State Senator Lydia Edwards

12:00pm State Library Author Talk with James C. O'Connell, State Library, Room 341

1:00pm House Committee on Bonding, Capital Expenditures and State Assets, House Bonding Committee Oversight Hearing: Capital Needs & Level of Capital Investment

5:30pm Annual Winter Fundraiser for Sen. Sal DiDomenico

5:30pm Annual Winter Fundraiser for Sen. Sal DiDomenico

11:00am JVS Bridges to College Graduation, Great Hall

11:00am House Session, Informal Session

11:00am Senate Session, Informal Session

12:00pm Joint Committee on Public Service, Public Hearing

3:00pm Swearing-in Ceremony for Register of Deeds Stephen Murphy, Grand Staircase

5:30pm 2016 Year-End Celebration with Attorney General Maura Healey

5:30pm 2016 Year-End Celebration with Attorney General Maura Healey

2017 lobbyist registration statement due

9:00am Generation Citizens Civics Day, Second Floor

Alzheimer's Association Part the Cloud Grants $3 Million to Develop Innovative Treatments, Bringing Total Investment to $68 Million » Alzheimer's Association

ICYMI: At Hearing, Warren Presses Army Leadership on Military Housing Crisis, Need for Quality, Safe Accommodations » Office of Sen. Elizabeth Warren

New England Aquarium and retail partner Event Network take significant step to remove plastic from gift shop » New England Aquarium

Gov. Healey's Secretary's Tirade Caught on Camera » MassFiscal Alliance