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Today on Beacon Hill

10:00am Executive Office of Health & Human Services Public Hearing, First Floor Conference Room, 100 Hancock Street, Quincy

12:00pm Office of Medicaid (MassHealth) Public Hearing, First Floor Conference Room, 100 Hancock Street, Quincy

12:00pm "Ask the Mayor" with Mayor Marty Walsh on 89.7 FM Boston Public Radio, WGBH's Boston Public Library Studio

“I’m staying right here in the state Senate, where I will continue to be an effective agent of positive change for the residents of the district and the Commonwealth at large,”

State Sen. Becca Rausch

Responding to the speculation she may run for Congress next year.

News By Category
Beltway Politics

Reality catches up with bumblers Trump, Johnson » Boston Globe

Scorecard: Grading the debate performance of the Democratic candidates » Boston Globe

Donald Trump’s primary objections » Boston Globe

Warren may have benefited by allowing others to attack Biden » Boston Globe

How Warren Won Without Having a Big Moment » Politico

Business

Business recovery efforts continue, one year after the Merrimack Valley explosions » Boston Globe

Lawmakers to hear testimony on lobster tariffs » Wicked Local

Doyle’s is the latest victim of Boston’s archaic liquor licensing system » Boston Globe

Pizza shop owner says customers never came back after Merrimack Valley gas blasts » Boston Herald

North Quabbin Chamber of Commerce names new executive director » The Recorder

Cannabis & Psychedelics

Press pause on Fall River pot applications, lawmakers say » News 22 WWLP.com

Markey files bill to stop Fall River marijuana dispensaries from opening » The Herald News

Customers, dispensaries concerned over vaping illnesses » Gazette Net

After outcry, cannabis regulators seek to prioritize small business » Boston Business Journal

Vaping illnesses spur CCC to require broader disclosure » State House News Service

Civil Rights

Should Boston Ban Masked Protesters? » Boston Magazine

Crimes

Huffman, with celebrity backers, seeking leniency today » Boston Herald

Education

Harvard says it received $9 million from Jeffrey Epstein » Boston Globe

Former New Jersey official named to Mass. Board of Ed » WCVB

Gov. Baker Appoints Joanne Marqusee to GCC Board of Trustees » Business West

Harvard Reviewing Nearly $9 Million In Donations From Epstein » WBUR

Gaming

Gaming Commission declines to reconsider Brockton casino proposal » Boston Globe

Health Care

State Auditor calling on DPH to enhance oversight of nursing home neglect » News 22 WWLP.com

Auditor: State Failed To Properly Investigate Nursing Home Complaints » New England Public Radio

Housing

Governor's plan may loosen Plymouth's accessory apartment restrictions » The Enterprise

Insurance

Premiums for Mass. Health Connector to rise 4 percent in 2020 » Boston Globe

Judiciary

Baker chooses GOP councilor Caissie for clerk-magistrate post » News 22 WWLP.com

Howie Carr: You be the judge » Boston Herald

Clinton Probation facility celebrates opening » Worcester Telegram

Labor

Unions press to extend wage law to off-site work » State House News Service

Local Government

Saugus awarded Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness Grant » Wicked Local Saugus

North Adams Recognizes 'Hello Week,' Childhood Cancer Month » iBerkshires

Ex-Boston City Hall official Lynch pleads guilty to federal bribery charge » Boston Herald

Lynnfield committees on opposite sides of rail trail funding » Lynn Daily News Item

Fall River mayor headed back to court for bail review hearing » The Herald News

Politics

What happens when politics is pushed into a pop culture box » Boston Globe

Maura Healey Endorses Elizabeth Warren Ahead Of Democratic Debate » WBUR

No debate: Northampton’s Ward 7 candidates decry climate change » Gazette Net

Guest column Mark Riffenburg: Morse supporter urges voters not to ‘hedge their bets’ » Gazette Net

Kennedy makes key hire for Senate campaign-in-waiting » Politico

Maura Healey Will Help Warren [OPINION] » WBSM

Public Health

Polito brings 'RESPECTfully' campaign to Natick High School » Milford Daily News

Healey praised for hard line on opioid settlement » Gloucester Times

‘Forever chemicals’ now found in state schools » Boston Globe

Gov. Baker, DPH Commissioner talk EEE in Lakeville » Fox 25 News

Mosquito-borne EEE threat not over come fall, state officials say » The Enterprise

Gov. Charlie Baker warns of EEE threat » Boston Herald

Gov. Baker Stands With AG Healey In Rejecting Purdue Pharma Settlement » WGBH

Public Safety

Heartbroken New Hampshire police chief ‘lifts the cloak’ off captain’s suicide » Boston Herald

Group calls on R.I. to ban private prisons as protests over Wyatt emerge » Boston Globe

State Government

Lt. Governor Discusses Education, Coastal Resiliency During Cape Visit » Cape Cod Online

Mass. Secretary Of State Outlines Support For Primary Election System Overhaul » WBUR

Transportation

Independent report on RMV records scandal delayed; auditor gets extension » Boston Herald

Crighton wheels out a common-sense idea » Lynn Daily News Item

TransitMatters: South Station expansion unnecessary » Commonwealth Magazine

A statistic about car-pool lane scofflaws raised eyebrows — but it might not be true » Boston Globe

Rep faults T for holding info session far from transit » Commonwealth Magazine

Utilities

Pilgrim advisory panel laments lack of power » Cape Cod Times

Healey seeks extension after missing NRC deadline » Cape Cod Times

Critics Say Pilgrim License Transfer Process Was Insufficient, Lacked Public Involvement » WBUR

Most states don't require engineers to review gas projects » The Eagle Tribune

Columbia Gas Must Inspect 700 Lines Abandoned After Last Year's Merrimack Valley Explosions » WBUR

Columbia Gas inspecting abandoned gas lines in Merrimack Valley » WCVB

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The Week In Review

Most read bills of the week:

HB4067 - An Act making appropriations for fiscal year 2019 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities and projects

HB4039 - An Act financing the general governmental infrastructure of the Commonwealth

HB2145 - An Act relative to the Board of Building Regulations and Standards

HB2123 - An Act establishing the building code coordinating council

HB1769 - An Act supporting affordable housing with a local option for a fee to be applied to certain real estate transactions

HB2042 - An Act relative to public safety in hoisting regulations

HB2471 - An Act relative to tax exempt property

HB2078 - An Act relative to hoisting license renewal

SB2481 - An Act to create a deposit for glass wine and liquor bottles

SB2332 - An Act to provide certain retirement benefits and medical benefits to the widow and children of Everett firefighter Thaddeus M Baxter, Jr

House Actions This Week: 276

Senate Actions This Week: 44


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