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Today on Beacon Hill

9:00am Mass. NAHRO Legislative Information Day, Grand Staircase & Great Hall

10:00am Joint Committee on Higher Education, Public Hearing

10:00am Joint Committee on Education, Public Hearing

11:00am House Session, Informal Session

11:00am Senate Session, Informal Session

6:00pm Boston Marathon Wreath Ceremony, Great Hall

Today's Graphic

“She actively protected racists who work at the Trial Court at the expense of those like myself who are the object of their hatred,” said Arroyo, who read from a prepared statement and would not take questions. “For the very same reasons that she is not fit to be a judge and to sit on the bench here in Massachusetts, she is also not fit to continue to serve as a deputy court administrator for the Trial Court.”

Felix D. Arroyo - Suffolk Register

Speaking about Judicial nominee Linda M. Medonis after she withdrew her nomination on Wednesday.

News By Category
Beltway Politics

George W. Bush Calls Foreign Aid A Moral And Security Imperative » WBUR

Trump Signals Steve Bannon Could Be On His Way Out » WBUR

Business

Rejected ride-hailing drivers have little recourse in Mass. » Boston Globe

Boston Grand Prix chief accepts $50k fine, ban on events in settlement » Boston Herald

Battenfeld: John Casey hits the skids on Bay State promotions » Boston Herald

Car companies weigh in on self-driving vehicle regulations in Mass. » Boston Business Journal

Boston's WBUR to launch investigative unit » Current

MassDevelopment chief departing after 8-3 board vote » State House News Service

Massport picks Omni to build Boston's fourth-largest hotel » Boston Business Journal

State, GE funding new digital health research center in Worcester » Boston Business Journal

Cannabis & Psychedelics

Marijuana dispensary may open in Milford plaza » The Metro West Daily News

Planning Board supports temporary marijuana business ban » Wareham Week

State senator: Massachusetts pot regulations may tap gaming standards » Eagle Tribune

Education

Local educators named to state advisory council » Lowell Sun

Sannicandro chosen to head UMass Institute of Community Inclusion » Wicked Local Ashland

Sex Ed Bill Encourages Frank Discussions of Non-Reproductive Acts » State House News Service

Why Thousands Of American Parents Are Sending Their Kids To 'Russian Math' » WBUR

Students, faculty protest UMass Boston cuts » Boston Herald

UMass Boston, Stuck In Transition, Seeks A Way Forward » WBUR

Senator Jason Lewis Named by Governor Baker to STEM Advisory Board » Reading Patch

Health Care

UMass Med School honors memory of Gov. Cellucci » Worcester Telegram & Gazette

Was Baker's $2,000-Per-Business Health Care Penalty A Red Herring? » New Boston Post

Clark leads health care rally outside State House » WWLP 22

Human Services

Baker-Polito Administration Establishes Council to Address Aging in Massachusetts » Sampan

Immigration

In Chelsea, Suing Trump Is About More Than Protecting Federal Dollars » WBUR

Insurance

Get Set For Trump Revisions To Your Affordable Care Act Insurance » WBUR

Neighborhood Health to offer unprecedented money back guarantee » Boston Business Journal

Legislative

Black and Latino caucus hears pleas for funding » Worcester Telegram & Gazette

NILP hosts legislative forum » Wicked Local

Local Government

Another city councilor to retire » Boston Globe

ConCom signs letter opposing new gas pipelines » The Harvard Press

State budget figures give Shrewsbury school budget a boost » Worcester Telegram & Gazette

Downtown Crossing's renaissance » Commonwealth Magazine

Easton official's Facebook, Twitter posts spur social media storm » The Enterprise

Surprise: three write-in votes propel Hadley resident to School Committee » Gazette Net

The push for Ranked Choice Voting » Worcester Mag

Opinion

The generals come to Trump's rescue » Boston Globe

Trump and the rally culture » Boston Globe

Why the Kansas election matters » Boston Globe

Does Massachusetts live up to the hype? » Boston Globe

The backstory on Mitt Romney's 'binders full of women' » Boston Globe

Our Opinion: Encouraging signs on state funding of education » Berkshire Eagle

Why Mass. must not let up on testing students » Boston Globe

Politics

Southwick May Be The Reddest Town In Blue Mass. » WBUR

Special election set in 4th Middlesex Senate District to fill Donnelly's seat » Wicked Local Burlington

Special election in the 4th Middlesex Senate district scheduled » Lowell Sun

4th Middlesex District Special Election Date Set » Peabody Patch

Public Health

Where the food deserts are » Commonwealth Magazine

Data shows Gateway Cities, rural areas, trapped in "grocery gap" » Lowell Sun

Colleges can get free Narcan » Lowell Sun

Public Safety

Road Closures On Marathon Days Increase The Risk Of Death From Heart Attack, Research Finds » WBUR

No space, no place for female inmates in Essex County » Boston Globe

State Finance

Proposed MA State Budget Targets Medicaid Program Funding » Health Payer Intelligence

Baker 'working the edges' of budget to address revenue shortfall » Herald News

Senators to lobby feds before state budget rollout » State House News Service

State Government

State seal may be up for makeover » Worcester Telegram & Gazette

Transportation

T union president indicted for fraud, kickbacks » Commonwealth Magazine

State Inspector General looking into MBTA deals » Boston Herald

Advocates push anew for driver ban on handheld devices » Wicked Local Cambridge

Utilities

Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co. given green light to begin tree cutting in Otis State Forest » Berkshire Eagle

Amid Axia uncertainty, state moves to ensures MassBroadband 123 doesn't go dark » Berkshire Eagle

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