9:00am Division of Health Care Finance & Policy Public Hearing, First Floor Conference Room, 100 Hancock Street, Quincy

10:00am County Correctional Officer Parity Rally, State House Steps, Boston

10:00am Joint Committee on Transportation, Public Hearing

10:30am Joint Committee on State Administration & Regulatory Oversight, Public Hearing

11:00am Joint Committee on Municipalities & Regional Government, Public Hearing

11:00am Senate Session, Informal Session

11:00am House Session, Informal Session

12:00pm Mass. Commission Against Discrimination Public Hearing, Middlesex Community College, Bedford Campus Center, Cafe East, 591 Springs Road, Bedford

1:00pm Joint Committee on Veterans & Federal Affairs, Public Hearing

1:00pm Joint Committee on Environment & Natural Resources, Public Hearing

1:00pm Joint Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy, Public Hearing

2:00pm Restaurant Promotion Commission, State House, Room 437

5:30pm Fundraiser for Hampden County District Attorney Anthony Gulluni

5:30pm Cocktails with Quincy City Council Candidate Steve Christos

6:00pm 40th Birthday Party for Quincy School Committee Candidate Courtney Perdios

6:00pm A Night Out with Quincy School Committee Member Kathy Hubley

How Elizabeth Warren can win » Boston Globe

Miracle on the Mystic: Chelsea, Everett, and the New American Dream » Boston Globe

Steve Grossman endorses Markey for reelection » State House News Service

Giuliani ran a shadow foreign policy to personally benefit Trump, ex-adviser testifies » Washington Post

To Reduce Plastic Waste, Mass. Lawmakers Weigh A Ban On Balloons » WBUR

Governor Baker is working overtime to thwart SJC ruling » Boston Globe

Kennedy still struggling to frame Senate run » Commonwealth Magazine

Digital Campaign Advertising and 2020 » WNWC

Where the ‘Loony Libs’ Are Self-Destructing, Not Trump » New York Times

Mike Bloomberg keeps talking to allies about running for president as Joe Biden struggles against Elizabeth Warren » CNBC

Macabre Video of Fake Trump Shooting Media and Critics Is Shown at His Resort » New York Times

Battenfeld: Michelle Obama could own the Democratic primary in New Hampshire » Boston Herald

'The Kennedy Who Changed the World' » Cape Cod Times

For Koh, second time wouldn’t be a charm » Commonwealth Magazine

Hearing Set in Lawsuit Challenging State Ban on Vaping Products » WBSM

In Greenway dispute over cleaners with disabilities, there’s a failure to communicate » Boston Globe

Sanofi Opens Its First Digitally-Enabled, Continuous Manufacturing Facility in Framingham » Framingham Source

A North Shore bank seeks to raise $102M through stock offering » Boston Business Journal

Clean Energy Ventures raises $110M for its first fund » Boston Business Journal

Olympus to begin next phase of construction on Westborough facility » Worcester Business Journal

Our Opinion: Driving bill a must before pot cafe pilot » Berkshire Eagle

MIT and Harvard professors share Nobel Prize for tackling poverty with careful experiments » Boston Globe

Education funding: The House must repair the Senate’s damage » Boston Globe

Gov. Baker, Superintendent Tremblay Hosting Roundtable on School Safety » Framingham Source

The state takeover of Providence schools starts Nov. 1. It will last at least five years. » Boston Globe

Harvard And MIT Economists Win Nobel For Breakthrough Improving Lives Of Poor » WBUR

Beacon Hill Roll Call: Looking at local senators' votes on Student Opportunity Act » Taunton Gazette

Baker-Polito administration awards $7.2 million to 143 school districts to improve school safety » Wicked Local Truro

State announces $1.5 million in grants for region's schools to upgrade security » Worcester Telegram

Protect public forests from logging » The Recorder

Daniel Webster sanctuary gets $40,000 for restoration » Patriot Ledger

Ban on plastic straws weighed » The Salem News

Balloon ban doesn’t float as good idea » Boston Herald

Can't We All Just Get A-Log? More In Mass. Seek Coexistence With Beavers » WBUR

To Reduce Plastic Waste, Mass. Lawmakers Weigh A Ban On Balloons » WBUR

Crabtree meets with lieutenant governor, EEA secretary to discuss funding opportunities for climate change resiliency projects » Wicked Local Saugus

Mohegan’s challenge to Wynn casino license is revived in Suffolk court » Boston Globe

Suffolk Downs might not race in 2020, but still pursues Great Barrington Fairgrounds » Berkshire Eagle

MGH doctors perform first-ever live-cell pig skin graft to burn patient » Boston Herald

One of state's last life science unicorns gets 2nd shot from FDA » Boston Business Journal

Wareham Hospital Embarks on Emergency Department Expansion » State House News Service

The challenge of aging with autism » Commonwealth Magazine

Sherrill House CEO Named to State's Nursing Facility Task Force » Brookline Patch

VOC group helps grandparents cope with youngest victims of fractured families » Athol Daily News

US attorney targets illegal immigrants' ID theft » The Eagle Tribune

Don’t let Baker legalize wage theft » Commonwealth Magazine

Letter: City should be more responsive » Berkshire Eagle

Rockport selectmen mulling tax for short-term rentals » Gloucester Times

Dracut appoints interim town manager » Lowell Sun

Hadley officials air concerns about surprise costs for senior center » Gazette Net

Hadley special meeting pushed back two weeks » Gazette Net

Embattled Fall River Mayor Jasiel Correia takes leave of absence » Boston Herald

Councilor: Heed Seaport Lessons at Suffolk Downs » State House News Service

Courting 36 Court: Chris Pohner’s Online Commentariat » Western Mass Politics and Insight

Indicted Fall River Mayor Announces Leave Of Absence, Suspension Of Campaign » WBUR

Fall River Mayor Jasiel Correia May Do The Right Thing [OPINION] » WBSM

Markey Challenger Pemberton Ends Senate Campaign, Citing 'Impenetrable Wall Of Legacy' » WBUR

Fall River mayor plans to take a leave of absence and suspend campaign » Boston Globe

Mayor Correia to announce he is taking leave, suspending campaign » The Herald News

Senate Candidate Drops Out, Blasts Democratic Party for “Blacklisting” Challengers » Boston Magazine

How Elizabeth Warren can win » Boston Globe

Mike Bloomberg keeps talking to allies about running for president as Joe Biden struggles against Elizabeth Warren » CNBC

Liberals And Conservatives From North And South Reunite In Western Mass. » New England Public Radio

Taunton man dies of EEE, as the dangerous illness strikes again » Boston Globe

Taunton man becomes state's fourth to die of EEE » South Coast Today

‘I had a way out of this.’ Battling addiction in a county jail » Boston Globe

Times Change. It's Time To Try Safe Injection Sites » WGBH

Mass. Is Now Collecting Data To Measure Quality Of Opioid Abuse Treatments » WBUR

Telling People 'Just Don't Vape' Not Effective, Public Health Researcher Says » New England Public Radio

House Weighs $715 Million Spending Bill » State House News Service

Harvard ethicist and author Danielle Allen to be honored with Governor’s Award » Wicked Local Cambridge

State Rep. Lewis Files Bill To Eliminate Columbus Day in Massachusetts; Rename It Indigenous Peoples Day » Framingham Source

House Bill Sets Pre-Labor Day Primary on Sept. 1 » State House News Service

Don’t be Fooled: TCI is a T-A-X » Lowell Sun

House Dems Dump Baker's "Working Families" Tax Relief » State House News Service

Workers shouldn’t be penalized for commutes » Boston Herald

As Beacon Hill Investigates RMV After Fatal Crash, Top Transportation Lawmaker Charges Email Coverup » WGBH

MetroWest RTA official spent $5,000 on lunches » Commonwealth Magazine

No more incrementalism, it’s time for Big Rail » Commonwealth Magazine

Lawmakers Urged to Try Congestion Pricing [+Media] » State House News Service

Weymouth compressor foes sift through soil removal plan » Wicked Local Weymouth

Union chief pushes natural gas safety bills » Commonwealth Magazine

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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

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