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Today on Beacon Hill

9:00am Mass. Women's Political Caucus Commonwealth Commentary Breakfast Series featuring Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins, Prudential Center, 101 Huntington Avenue, 12th Floor, Boston

9:00am METCO Advocacy Day 2019, Grand Staircase & Nurses Hall, State House, Boston

9:30am 2019 Annual BLIND Day Event, Great Hall, State House, Boston

10:00am State 911 Department Public Hearing, 151 Campanelli Drive, Suite A, Middleborough

11:00am Joint Committee on Ways & Means, Public Hearing

4:00pm Boards & Commissions Swearing-In, Grand Staircase, State House, Boston

6:00pm Rep. John Mahoney's Annual St. Patrick's Day Celebration

7:00pm A Conversation with Rachael Rollins, Suffolk County District Attorney with ACLU Racial Justice Program Director Rahsaan Hall, Temple Israel, 477 Longwood Avenue, Boston

7:00pm Women in Leadership: Massachusetts Trailblazers, Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the U.S. Senate, 210 Morrissey Boulevard, Boston

"My view is that every vote matters. And the way we can make that happen is that we can have national voting and that means get rid of the Electoral College," she said, to enthusiastic applause. "Presidential candidates don't come to places like Mississippi. ... They also don't come to places like California and Massachusetts, right? Because we're not the battleground states."

Senator Elizabeth Warren

Speaking to a crowd about how to make every vote matter at a CNN town hall in Jackson, Mississippi.

News By Category
Beltway Politics

Warren serves up her fiery populist agenda in Mississippi » Boston Globe

Beto O’Rourke will make first visit to N.H. on Tuesday » Boston Globe

Business

Storefronts go from empty to artistic » Boston Globe

Making mark at Seafood Expo » Gloucester Times

Civil Rights

The futility of santitizing the Web » Boston Globe

House passes bills banning conversion therapy for those under 18 » Wicked Local Weymouth

Our View: No need to lower voting age to 16 » Milford Daily News

Crimes

State police investigating after South Boston WWII memorial vandalized » Boston.com

Education

Why the mystique of elite college admissions really does matter » Boston Globe

Gov. Baker Files Legislation to Establish Innovation Partnership Zones Within School Districts » Framingham Source

Maura Healey’s dodge on Mt. Ida » Boston Globe

House Ways and Means committee meets in Fall River to talk education » The Herald News

Vo-tech schools seek to reduce wait lists » Gloucester Times

What’s the price of admission? The Five Colleges respond to scandal » Gazette Net

Polito Pitches New Bill To Help Struggling Schools » WGBH

Peyser: State funding aims to strengthen 'school cultures' » Taunton Gazette

METCO students missing out on afterschool programs » WCVB

Business gets behind stronger vocational training (Editorial) » The Republican

Environment

State announces $10 million pool of climate change mitigation money » Gazette Net

Sierra Club’s Massachusetts climate leadership summit focuses on push for change » Milford Daily News

How A New Policy In China Has Led To A Recycling Crisis In Mass. » WBUR

Gaming

Is Northeast’s casino market saturated? Catskills resort is a cautionary tale » Boston Globe

Health Care

Cambridge's Imara going up against pharma giants, gene editing with $63M round » Boston Business Journal

State Auditor Suzanne Bump to probe personal care attendant fraud » Boston Herald

Trump admin's Title X change ripped as 'disastrous' » The Herald News

US Sen. Ed Markey, reproductive health advocates slam Trump administration’s Title X changes » The Republican

Housing

Mortgage No More: Baby Boomers Who Rent Are On the Rise » Governing

Massachusetts Short 170K Low-Income Rental Units » Banker & Tradesman

Immigration

New ‘Dreamer’ bill extends a hand to other immigrants » Commonwealth Magazine

Bill Would Make It Easier For Massachusetts Churches To Provide Sanctuary » New England Public Radio

Judiciary

Superior Court Judge James Lang talks formative years, work on trial court » Wicked Local Swampscott

Taunton Superior Court building still undergoing emergency repairs » Taunton Gazette

Labor

Embattled unions growing in Massachusetts » The Herald News

General Electric’s CEO now makes 345 times the company’s median worker » Boston Business Journal

Legislative

Hannah Kane recognized as 2019 Public Official of the Year by Worcester County Bar Association » Shrewsbury Post

Hampshire County state delegation holding local forums » Gazette Net

Local Government

Marion Town clerk accused of stealing more than $600K from regional refuse disposal district » WHDH

Jasiel Correia Wins as Fall River Falls for the Oldest Trick [OPINION] » WBSM

Fall River Councilors push back against 'revenge politics' » The Herald News

UPDATE: Marion Town Clerk Ray Pickles indicted for larceny » South Coast Today

Savage serves as North Andover's acting town manager » The Eagle Tribune

Public Health

Vaping: The lucrative industry targeting teens » Wicked Local Topsfield

Public Safety

Were Mass. State Police troopers in OT scandal told to fill ticket quotas? Agency denies new allegation in federal court filing » The Republican

State Police had a quota system for issuing tickets, prosecutors allege » Boston Globe

Mass. should embrace 21st century gun control measures » Commonwealth Magazine

State Finance

This pie is too small » The Recorder

State Government

Cultural council could get steady flow of casino cash » Boston Herald

Senator Cyr Files Government Efficiency Legislation » Cape Cod Today

Hacker accessed employee tax forms at quasi-public Massachusetts agency » The Republican

Taxation

Attleboro area lawmakers don't like idea of raising gas tax » The Sun Chronicle

Mass. Lawmakers Zero In On Ways To Fund Transportation, Education » New England Public Radio

Transportation

Massachusetts Regional Transit Authorities need more money and need to improve service, report says » The Republican

T board trying to kickstart revenue debate » Commonwealth Magazine

Task force urges carrot-and-stick approach with RTAs » Commonwealth Magazine

T notes: Submerged Blue Line back online » Commonwealth Magazine

Is consensus emerging on what MBTA needs? » Commonwealth Magazine

SSA unveils new terminal designs » Martha's Vineyard Times

Uproar over GLX cuts to Union Square station accessibility » Wicked Local Cambridge

Utilities

Boston makes its move into electricity purchasing for its residents and businesses » Boston Globe

Viridian Energy pays more restitution under state settlement over costly electricity contracts » Worcester Telegram

Electricity supplier to provide restitution to 1,300 Worcester County residents » Worcester Business Journal

Plymouth County, Brockton residents receive Viridian restitution checks » The Enterprise

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