8:00am Golf Outing for Medford Mayoral Candidate Breanna Lungo-Koehn

9:00am Executive Office of Health & Human Services Public Hearing, First Floor Conference Room, 100 Hancock Street, Quincy

2:00pm Executive Office of Health & Human Services Public Hearing, First Floor Conference Room, 100 Hancock Street, Quincy

3:00pm Executive Office of Housing & Economic Development Public Hearing, Somerset Conference Room, 2nd Floor, One Ashburton Place, Boston

6:00pm Fall Campaign Kickoff for Cambridge School Committee Candidate Ayesha Wilson

As Republicans face impeachment dilemma, Senator Mitt Romney is a lonely voice of concern » Boston Globe

Juul’s local lobbying effort goes up in smoke » Boston Globe

Ed Markey and Joe Kennedy clash over corporate PACs » Boston.com

Cavell leaves job to assemble Congressional campaign » State House News Service

Western Mass worried about treatment bill implications » State House News Service

Bernie World Is Starting To Go After Elizabeth Warren » HUFFPOST

Just How Corrupt Is Bill Barr? » New York Times

On education bill, funding and taxes loom large » Commonwealth Magazine

Wall Street Democratic donors warn the party: We'll sit out, or back Trump, if you nominate Elizabeth Warren » CNBC

Yes, Trump Is Guilty, but Impeachment Is a Mistake » New York Times

Trump Didn’t Bribe Ukraine. It’s Actually Worse Than That. » Politico

Trump demands Schiff resign over account of Ukraine call » The Hill

Don’t like the facts? Just Schiff the narrative » Boston Herald

Trump is engaging in a ‘continuing conspiracy,’ says John Kerry » Boston Globe

Censure Trump, don’t impeach him » Boston Globe

Blowing the whistle on corruption » Boston Globe

The toughest lawyer in Massachusetts and Trump’s worst nightmare » Washington Post

Vape me out to the ballgame: New Hampshire will benefit from Baker’s ruling » Boston Globe

Officials celebrate groundbreaking for $70M sports complex in Amesbury » Newburyport News

Danvers Vape Shop Wants to Smoke Charlie Baker in Court » Boston Magazine

New look, new location for HubWeek as festival opens next week » Boston Globe

Two cheers for Walmart » Boston Globe

Millennials grow in number in Boston as they shun other big cities » Boston Business Journal

Developers see a 'perfect opportunity' in Boston's South End » Boston Business Journal

Boston's DraftKings Partners With NFL On Daily Fantasy Sports » WBUR

Area businesses to clear vape products off shelf » The Gardner News

How a debate in Cambridge over recreational marijuana turned ugly » Herald Publicist

Amid vape ban, CCC offers advice to med marijuana patients » Taunton Gazette

Cannabis Control Commission Chair Concerned Vaping Ban Could Impact Medical Patients » WGBH

Mass. Medical Pot Users No Longer Have To Pay Annual Fee » WBZ

Jews Prepare For High Holidays As White Supremacist Incidents Soar In Mass. » WGBH

Air quality improves at Easthampton’s White Brook Middle School » Gazette Net

Growing class sizes may force Granby to reconfigure schools » Gazette Net

State closes case into heating of Lowell Schools » Lowell Sun

The politics of MCAS 2.0 » Commonwealth Magazine

In her garage lab, a scientist looks for answers about skinny tuna » Boston Globe

Barrett criticizes "infatuation with planning" at climate change hearing » Wicked Local Bedford

Brookline Proposal Would Ban New Natural Gas Connections In Town » WBUR

Clean-air scientists fired by EPA to reconvene in snub to Trump » The Guardian

Little Movement On Massachusetts Proposal To Tell Folks When There's Sewage In The Water » New England Public Radio

California to Get Its “Own Damn Satellite” to Track Climate Change » Governing

Lawmakers back of moratorium on Blue Hills deer hunt » Patriot Ledger

MGM Springfield loses nearly 200 employees to Encore Boston Harbor » The Republican

Mass. Wants New Ruling In ACA Birth Control Coverage Suit » Law 360

VNA Care celebrates 100 years in Leominster » Sentinel & Enterprise

Lifespan leaders offered to resign to advance merger talks with Care New England, Brown » Boston Globe

Major apartment complex planned for next to South Bay » Boston Globe

Pine Street Inn Is Celebrating 50 Years with 200 More Housing Units » Boston Magazine

Lowell collaboration continues fight against youth homelessness » Lowell Sun

Boston Herald rides with ICE agents on an immigration sweep » Boston Herald

ICE agents: Sanctuary policies, Democratic slams make job ‘more difficult and dangerous’ » Boston Herald

Viewpoint: The 2011 pension reform was a home run » Boston Business Journal

Randolph teen battling cancer sings on state Senate floor » Wicked Local Randolph

Word on the street: Soofa Signs hit Brookline » Wicked Local Brookline

A Member of the ZBA Voted in Favor of Properties He Later Helped Sell » Boston Magazine

City Councilor Steven Camara changes 'principal residence' to Fall River following criticism » The Herald News

Boston Calling convict’s legal fund gets donations from Boston bigwigs » Boston Herald

New rules proposed for political signs in Salem » The Salem News

Joe Kennedy III, Edward Markey already taking shots in U.S. Senate race » Boston Herald

‘Kennedy is not being straight with the people of Massachusetts,’ Markey campaign alleges » Boston Globe

Several Brookline Residents Eye Kennedy's Seat In Congress » Brookline Patch

Sen. Eric Lesser invites US Senate candidates to Springfield for debate on east-west rail » The Republican

Alex Jones Says Brianna Wu Defamed Him in a Tweet » Boston Magazine

As rumors mount, indicted Fall River mayor denies he's resigning » The Herald News

Pittsfield leaders past and present endorse Mayor Tyer's reelection bid » Berkshire Eagle

Former governor Dukakis talks political involvement, campaign strategy at Clark » Worcester Telegram

Ward 3 race in Fitchburg sets new precedent for November election » Sentinel & Enterprise

Doctors May Not Be Doing Enough To Help Young Smokers, New Research Finds » WGBH

Charlie Baker, normally cautious, takes criticism over his ban of vaping products » Boston Globe

Baker: More widespread attack on mosquitoes needed next spring » Worcester Telegram

Other states eye vape bans after Gov. Charlie Baker declares public health emergency » Boston Herald

Baker firm on vape ban in face of lawsuit » Boston Herald

MA records 12th EEE case in humans; DPH revises death count » South Coast Today

Lynn gets $9.3 million to get the lead out » Lynn Daily News Item

State vaping bans spur a backlash from anti-tobacco advocates » Politico

'I’d be dead’: Bills would end Sheriff Nick Cocchi’s prison-based treatment for non-criminals battling addiction » The Republican

With vaping sale ban, pharmacies ordered to provide free or low-cost nicotine patches and gum » The Republican

Mass. retracts number of EEE deaths; confirms 12th human case of virus » Boston Globe

For two of EEE’s youngest victims, ages 5 and 6, the battle against the devastating virus goes on » Boston Globe

Sheriff responds to state audit » The Recorder

Herald database of 1,300-plus unsolved murders in Boston, Chelsea, Revere and Winthrop » Boston Herald

Medford Police officers suspended for detail pay scandal » Boston Herald

20 Medford police officers suspended without pay in probe of details at construction site » Boston Globe

Sheriffs announce launch of MAT pilot program » Wicked Local Sharon

Haverhill Fire Department Celebrates Retirements of Butt, Ferguson, Yacabacci » WHAV

Cyber insecurity: officials say state's computer system is constant target » South Coast Today

IG says he’ll help oversight board with probe » Lowell Sun

Campaign finance chief to step down » Commonwealth Magazine

House approves campaign finance reporting changes » Sentinel & Enterprise

For commuters: a good plan, as we await a perfect plan » Lynn Daily News Item

Poll: Voters back subway-like commuter rail » Commonwealth Magazine

Attleboro committee urges immediate repairs of MBTA pedestrian overpass » The Sun Chronicle

#FreeTheRamp all day long » Commonwealth Magazine

Poll Tests Mass. Residents' Appetite For Transpo Projects And Funding » New England Public Radio

MassDOT has paid $1.1 million so far to private firm Grant Thornton to audit RMV in wake of the crash that killed 7 motorcyclists » The Republican

Commuters pleased as Red Line service gets back on track » Patriot Ledger

‘Major’ gas leak in Lawrence leads to school closures and evacuation of at least 100 people » Boston Globe

AG seeks overturn of Pilgrim license transfer » Cape Cod Times

Plymouth officials praise AG lawsuit over Pilgrim decision » Wicked Local Plymouth

Gas Leak Causes Early Morning Evacuations In Lawrence » WBUR

'People Must Evacuate': At Least 100 Displaced in Lawrence, Mass. Gas Leak » NBC Boston

Gov. Charlie Baker Discusses Lawrence Gas Leak » NBC Boston

Mass. AG Maura Healey Sues NRC Over Pilgrim Nuclear Power License Transfer » WBUR

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MMA webinar reviews digital equity planning and programs » Mass. Municipal Association

Pressley, Warren Celebrate $1M Secured for Black Economic Council of Massachusetts » Office of Congressman Ayanna Pressley

Southcoast Health Recognized by the White House for Sustainability Efforts » Southcoast Health

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