11:00am Senate Session, Informal Session

11:00am House Session, Informal Session

Alan Dershowitz Predicts Mueller Report Will Be 'Politically Very Devastating' For Trump » The Huffington Post

Franken scandal haunts Gillibrand’s 2020 chances » Politico Magazine

Democrats’ Senate losses jeopardize national spotlight for possible 2020 hopeful » The Washington Post

Mass. is in the fiscal stability cellar » Commonwealth Magazine

Beacon Hill helped dig a hole for UMass Boston. Now they should help dig it out » Boston Globe

Another rebel Dem softens on opposing Pelosi for speaker » Politico Magazine

Anti-Pelosi effort raises questions for Moulton » Lowell Sun

Brianna Wu is coming back for 2020 » Boston Globe

15 Massachusetts Firms Honored as MassEcon “Impact” Award Winners » Boston Real Estate Times

Mass. businesses say new health care fee hurting bottom line » Boston Business Journal

Boston mayor on pot shops: Hope ‘taxation’s worth the human toll’ » Boston Herald

Marijuana stores are open in Mass. Now what? » Boston Globe

Marijuana in Massachusetts: Here's how much people spent on the first day of legal sales » The Republican

ACLU criticizes Boston police commissioner’s Facebook post » Boston Globe

What’s next for Harvard’s affirmative action case? It’s complicated » Boston Globe

Ed chief leaving has Boston Public Schools' plans up in air » Boston Herald

After years of lobbying, civics ed is law » Lowell Sun

Boston's First-Ever Education Chief Leaves His Position » WBUR

Disruptions at Fisher Hill School concerns parents, teachers » Athol Daily News

State funds programs to discourage teen sex » The Herald News

Contingent heads to DC with coastal erosion agenda » The Salem News

Proposed bag ban in Attleboro gets strong support » The Sun Chronicle

Senate Committee To Hold Hearing On Merrimack Valley Explosions » WBUR

Congress is taking new steps to stop robocall scammers » Boston Globe

Deb Goldberg’s all in for online lottery » Boston Herald

Massachusetts doctors going the startup route » Boston Globe

Steelworkers call counter-proposal fair, reasonable » Commonwealth Magazine

Report: Civilians not widely used as flaggers because wages tied to cops’ rates » Boston Herald

Boston, too, needs to do more on climate change » Commonwealth Magazine

We need a Green New Deal in Massachusetts » Commonwealth Magazine

New Bedford charter expansion ‘mind-boggling’ » Commonwealth Magazine

Compromise possible between Pelosi, Moulton » Commonwealth Magazine

White sharks aren’t the issue. Gray seals are » Boston Globe

Working together, we can end the opioid epidemic in Massachusetts » Boston Globe

Chartrand vs. Duggan: It's not over quite yet » Lowell Sun

Governor Baker Presents 29th Annual "Firefighter of the Year" Awards » Cape Cod Today

In Dorchester, Michelle Obama Encourages Young Women Of Color To Dream Big » WBUR

Final 2018 Massachusetts midterm voter turnout: 60.17 percent » The Republican

ACLU says Boston top cop's Facebook slam an 'attempt to divert attention' » Boston Herald

Boston top cop fires back at ACLU » Boston Herald

Dwindling state match saps Community Preservation Act » The Recorder

Mayors, city managers forming commuter rail coalition » Commonwealth Magazine

20 minutes for one bus, 2 minutes for the next: Why some MBTA trips run back-to-back » Boston Globe

MassDOT launches 6-month study of area’s worst traffic – and ways to help ease it » Boston Herald

Mass. is facing a question: Who will oversee the T? » Boston Globe

Senate Committee to Hold Hearing Monday on Natural Gas Explosions in Merrimack Valley » NECN

U.S. Senate Committee Will Hold Hearing In Massachusetts On Gas Disaster » WAMC

Columbia Gas set to feel senators' heat » Boston Herald

‘Sick and tired’ uprooted victims of gas explosions ready for their say » Boston Herald

Senate committee's gas disaster hearing is Monday » The Eagle Tribune

No end in sight for natural gas moratorium » Gazette Net

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11:00am Senate Session, Informal Session

11:00am House Session, Informal Session

6:00pm Birthday Celebration for Rep. Jack Patrick Lewis

6:00pm Birthday Celebration for Rep. Jack Patrick Lewis

11:00am Joint Committee on Consumer Protection & Professional Licensure, Public Hearing

11:00am Joint Committee on Revenue, Public Hearing

11:00am House Session, Informal Session

11:00am Senate Session, Informal Session

Birthdays: State Senator Michael Rush, State Senator Pavel Payano

No Hearings Scheduled

2024 ‘State of the Air’ Report Reveals Most ‘Hazardous’ Air Quality Days in 25 Years » American Lung Association

Environmentalists and Youth Group Sue Maine for Failure to Act on Climate Change » Conservation Law Foundation

Senate President Spilka Pledges "Comprehensive Climate Bill" In Senate » American Council of Engineering Companies of Mass.

NEW VIDEO: Maura Healey's Embattled Secretary of Transportation » MassFiscal Alliance