9:00am MSA Day of Service and Volunteerism, Grand Staircase

9:00am Providers' Council Caring Force Rally, Great Hall

10:00am National Guard Association of Mass. Legislative Breakfast, Nurses Hall

10:30am House Session, Full Formal Session

11:00am Task Force on Integrity in State and Local Government, A-2

12:00pm Criminal Justice Reform Press Conference, Outside House Chamber

Birthdays: Rep. Paul Frost

DIEHL WOULD ASK TRUMP TO BACK HIM IN U.S. SENATE RACE » State House News Service

Dianne Wilkerson son charged in real estate scam » Boston Herald

House adds $20M to its budget on first budget debate day » State House News Service

Consideration of elder affairs, HHS to start House budget day two » State House News Service

At Yale, Psychiatrists Cite Their 'Duty to Warn' About an Unfit President » New York Magazine

Trump has enabled the Democratic Party to overlook its serious problems. » Politico

Obamacare 'not in death spiral'? The case near Trump's Palm Beach door » PalmBeachPost.com

Baker will commit $78 million to UMass Boston garage project » Boston Globe

Rep. Lombardo will not run for Senate » Lowell Sun

Hearing Set for Class Action Lawsuit Against DNC » Observer NEW JERSEY POLITICS

Framingham: Recount affirms historic vote to become city » The Metro West Daily News

Trump Adviser Gorka Walks Off Stage at a Discussion of Fake News » Bloomberg

With Shutdown Looming, Trump Is Tweeting Out Demands. Will He Stick By Them? » WBUR

Funding The NEA Ensures Art Is Not Just For 'Rich, Liberal Elites' » WBUR

Obama Returns To Public Stage, Encouraging Next Generation To 'Take Up The Baton' » WBUR

Mexico Worries That A New Border Wall Will Worsen Flooding » WBUR

The First 100 Days: Trump's Action Plan, Annotated » WBUR

Shadow Banks And Shady Regulations Spell Caution For Trump's Treasury » WBUR

Voices from around the world consider Trump's first 100 days » Eagle Tribune

Avoiding government shutdown possible as Trump backs off on wall at Mexican border » Eagle Tribune

A budget deficit challenge for Trump's tax plan » Sentinel & Enterprise

Trump seeks 15% corporate tax rate » telegram.com

Warren gives Trump's first 100 days an 'F' » Politico

Trump may be tapped to campaign versus Liz Warren in Mass. » Boston Herald

Moderate House Democrats open to working with President Donald Trump on transportation, taxes » The Republican

Ivanka Trump gets booed, hissed at during Berlin event » Politico

Harvard Business School's annual contest for entrepreneurs is a case study unto itself » Boston Globe

City leaders debate over proposed shadow-casting Boston skyscraper » WCVB

Shadow of doubt for Boston tower » Boston Herald

Fairhaven to recommend Phase V dredging in harbor » South Coast Today

Council leans toward easing of shadow law, despite critics » Boston Globe

?Biogen shares jump as launch of new drug beats expectations » Boston Business Journal

The inside story of No Boston Olympics » Commonwealth Magazine

Weed bill expected by July » Boston Herald

Pot panel looks to let ex-cons in » Commonwealth Magazine

Sheriffs say raise Mass. pot tax to pay for addiction treatment » telegram.com

Revenge porn, teen sexts targeted in Baker's bill » Boston Herald

Incomplete birth certificates create a bureaucratic morass » Boston Globe

Who's speaking at this year's local college commencements? » Boston Globe

Attorneys general: Restore guidance to aid student borrowers » The Recorder

Volunteers needed for annual state park cleanup day in Holyoke, Turners Falls and Goshen » The Republican

Massachusetts PipeLine Awareness Network seeks rehearing by FERC, asks for stay of construction in Otis State Forest » The Berkshire Eagle

Hinds heads to D.C. to stave off budget cuts » The Recorder

State Joins Town, Taxpayers in Appeal of Casino Ruling » Vineyard Gazette

This Is The Story About Robert Kraft's Casino Holdings That Rupert Murdoch's Paper Never Ran » Deadspin

Wisconsin seeks to mandate drug tests for Medicaid recipients » Boston Globe

Republicans push to cap MassHealth costs » Eagle Tribune

Nearly 65 to be laid off at UMass Medical School » The Republican

Tackling addiction a team effort, officials say » The Sun Chronicle

Massachusetts AG creates task force to scrutinize nonprofit hospitals' community benefit » Becker's Hospital Review

Baker announces bill at Quincy affordable-housing project » Patriot Ledger

Rep. Dooley to host Norfolk forum on 40B law, affordable housing » Wicked Local Quincy

Clergy start sanctuary network » Lowell Sun

Cloudy future for employees, Somerset as Brayton Point remains on track for closure » The Herald News

In Sen. Hinds forum, Cheshire poses tough questions, with few bright answers » The Berkshire Eagle

MA Senators Host Town Hall Style Forum: Commonwealth Conversations Tour » Worcester Patch

Rep. Paul Mark leads House panel looking ahead to redistricting plan » The Recorder

Legislature looking to help improve export industry » Sentinel & Enterprise

House GOP still waiting for Healey response on guns » State House News Service

Holyoke Mayor Alex Morse in Ireland to form sister-city tie with Tralee » The Republican

After 60 Years, Chinatown May Finally Get Its Neighborhood Library Back » WBUR

Making dollars count in Haiti » Boston Globe

Renew protected status for Haitians » Boston Globe

Impure thoughts about the Democrats' 'purity' test » Boston Globe

Editorial: An art to spending » Boston Herald

Chieppo: Hotel project a sign of BCEC success » Boston Herald

EDITORIAL: Time for Legislature to show fiscal restraint » Sentinel & Enterprise

House should hold budget discussions in public » Newburyport News

Cornell Mills, former Boston City Council candidate and son of ex-senator, charged with embezzlement, acting as real estate broker » The Republican

Mass. Democrats move to kill Israel resolution » Boston Globe

Sex trade feared to be even 'worse than it once was' » Boston Herald

Possible Senate candidate Geoff Diehl assails Elizabeth Warren for writing books while in office » The Republican

Political Happy Hour: April 24, 2017 » Boston Globe

Massachusetts receives nearly $12 Million in federal funding to fight opioid epidemic » Wicked Local Newton

Reps working out state budget privately » State House News Service

House advances $40.3 billion state budget » State House News Service

House Democrats block effort to set annual sales, meals tax holidays » Boston Business Journal

GOP reps push health-care spending curbs » Lowell Sun

Baker preparing for potential tax revenue shortfall » Lowell Sun

Oil giant tried to throw Mass. AG off climate case » Greenwire

House Dems kill tax holiday proposals » Sentinel & Enterprise

Governor's office should be subject to records laws » Eagle Tribune

Our view: Governor's office should be subject to records law » The Salem News

Political Notes: Healey to hold town hall meeting on Cape » Cape Cod Times

House Democrats kill tax holiday proposals » The Republican

Tax on Sugary Drinks Goes Flat in Massachusetts » Bloomberg BNA

Mysterious malady plagues commuter rail wheels » Commonwealth Magazine

Uber ego » Commonwealth Magazine

T trying to speed up Green Line trains » Commonwealth Magazine

MBTA to skip out of shutdown meeting; Tarr, other officials to listen to concerns about summer rail closures » Gloucester Times

Steamship Authority gets license for $60M Woods Hole project » Cape Cod Times

Here's why your MBTA train is so crowded » WCVB

Gasoline prices at highest level in two years » The Sun Chronicle

Proposed Massachusetts efficiency, clean energy programs shoot for low-income access » Utility Dive

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MBTA Celebrates Autism Acceptance Month with Inaugural Participation in the Autism Transit Project » MBTA

MMA’s 2nd ‘Climate Action’ webinar focuses on planning » Mass. Municipal Association

Massachusetts Gaming Commission Grants $1.5M in Workforce Development Initiatives to Boost Career Training across Commonwealth Grants Funded by Community Mitigation Fund » Mass. Gaming Commission

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