8:00am Social & Family Justice Institute: Transforming Our Communities Through Civic Engagement, The UMass Club, 1 Beacon Street, Boston

9:00am Audiology Awareness Day, Nurses Hall, State House, Boston

10:00am Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security, Public Hearing

10:30am Manufacturing Awards Ceremony, Great Hall, State House, Boston

10:30am Joint Committee on Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities, Public Hearing

11:00am Joint Committee on Tourism, Arts & Cultural Development, Public Hearing

11:00am Joint Committee on Cannabis Policy, Public Hearing

1:00pm Joint Committee on Public Health, Public Hearing

1:00pm Joint Committee on Judiciary, Public Hearing

1:00pm Joint Committee on Economic Development & Emerging Technologies, Public Hearing

1:00pm Joint Committee on Revenue, Public Hearing

5:30pm Mass. Transportation Spending: Why can't we fill a pothole?, Hampshire House, 84 Beacon Street, Boston

6:00pm Fall Reception for Rep. Joan Meschino

7:00pm Division of Fisheries & Wildlife Public Hearing, Lenox Town Hall, 6 Walker Street, Lenox

Birthdays: Rep. John Rogers

Judge allows vaping ban to stay in place for now, but rules governor may have overstepped legal bounds » Boston Globe

Mitt Romney says he’s behind ‘Pierre Delecto’ Twitter account » Boston Globe

State representatives poised to take up big education package Wednesday » Boston Globe

Early Voting In, Biz Tax Break Out in Senate Supp » State House News Service

Mass. small restaurants oppose proposed plastic straw restrictions » Boston Business Journal

$260 Million Opioid Settlement Reached at Last Minute With Big Drug Companies » New York Times

Boston’s middle, low earners feel housing crunch » Boston Herald

Want to protect jobs? Protect the ocean. » Boston Globe

How Warren could pay for 'Medicare for All' » Politico

Anxious Democratic Establishment Asks, ‘Is There Anybody Else?’ » New York Times

Trump compares impeachment inquiry to a 'lynching' » The Hill

Cash surge puts more Senate races in play » The Hill

No Godfather clip for Stone trial » Politico

President makes America look not so great » Boston Herald

Voters in battleground states are deeply divided on impeachment » Boston Globe

Joe Biden Raids Sen. Warren’s Massachusetts Base [OPINION] » WBSM

Warren Would Use Wealth Tax to Fund $800 Billion Education Plan » The Wall Street Journal

New book whacks Kamala Harris’ AG record during housing crisis » Politico

Airbnb donation timing ‘suspicious’ as Boston short-term rental regulations take hold » Boston Herald

OUR VIEW: Protecting elephants and other wild animals » Milford Daily News

Showcase Cinemas experiment backs up claim that the cinema is more exciting than the couch » Boston Globe

Casebia, a Cambridge biotech, will no longer be an independent company » Boston Globe

Marcus Partners expands industrial holdings with $85M buy » Boston Business Journal

Activists Say A New Name Means A New Dudley Square, Others Not So Sure » WGBH

Berkshire takes $12M hit on client linked to fraud » Boston Business Journal

California-based software company to open HQ in Boston area » Boston Business Journal

How One Mass. Town Learned To Love The Cannabis Business » WBUR

In Boston, protesters and police face-off over proposed ban on masks » Boston Globe

South Boston man threatened to kill Michael Flaherty, assaulted cops: police reports » Boston Herald

ADVISE remembers victims and survivors of domestic violence with ninth annual vigil » Community Advocate

Warren releases education plan that would boost funding for public schools and end it for expanding charter schools » Boston Globe

Rockport schools receive $30K for key-card door locks » Gloucester Times

As Education Bill Moves To Mass. House, Questions Remain About Local Impacts » New England Public Radio

What's Gained — And Lost — When Small Colleges Merge » WBUR

Comerford to file bill for special ed. study, awareness » Gazette Net

Hector Toledo Appointed to Greenfield Community College Board Of Trustees » Business West

Want to protect jobs? Protect the ocean. » Boston Globe

Straus proposes state office to study fisheries and offshore wind » South Coast Today

Petition for local referendum on horse racing gains momentum in Great Barrington » Berkshire Eagle

To entice customers, Encore discounts trips to casino » Commonwealth Magazine

Lawmakers: Baker’s health care bill a good start » Commonwealth Magazine

Vertex wins fast approval for cystic fibrosis drug » Boston Globe

In reversal, Biogen to file for approval of Alzheimer's drug » Boston Business Journal

Bodies unclaimed: No one required to pick up the dead in Mass. » Worcester Telegram

Baker Sees Disruptive Impacts From Health Care Bill » State House News Service

Governor Charlie Baker Speaks at Health Policy Commission’s 7th Annual Cost Trends Hearing » Cape Cod Today

Gov. Baker’s proposal to check rising health care costs will be embraced by consumers » Lowell Sun

US takes step to require DNA samples from asylum-seekers » Boston Globe

180 Immigrants Transferred After Suffolk County Jail Breaks Contract With ICE » WGBH

Beacon Hill bill would ban the B-word » Boston Herald

Town Common Task Force Reflects Positively on Civic Gathering with Youth » Wicked Local Winchester

Political Notes: Funeral arrangements set for James Crocker » Cape Cod Times

City man accused of threatening to kill Boston city councilor Michael Flaherty » Boston Globe

Brockton official resigns over ethnic slur allegations » The Enterprise

Pam Laliberte-Lebeau hosting presentation on Fall River cult murders » The Herald News

Mashpee approves accessory apartments to increase housing stock » Cape Cod Times

State fines former Pepperell selectmen $6,000 » Lowell Sun

Groundbreaking ceremony set for Hadley’s new fire substation » Gazette Net

With a 4-1 vote, the board recommended Town Warrant Articles 5 and 6 for adoption at special Town Meeting on Oct. 28 » Wicked Local Needham

Porreca gets governor's endorsement for Attleboro mayor » The Sun Chronicle

For a Republican, even a city council race is all about Trump » Boston Globe

Want to know a Newton City Council candidate’s opinion on Riverside? Northland? Don’t ask. » Boston Globe

EDITORIAL: Our 2019 Salem City Council endorsements » Wicked Local Salem

Is It Time for Charlie Baker to Leave the Republican Party? » Boston Magazine

$260 million deal averts 1st federal trial on opioid crisis » Boston Herald

$260 million opioid settlement reached at last minute with big drug companies » Boston Globe

Students rally for state legislation to end period poverty » The Berkeley Beacon

Vape ban stands but judge outlines conditions » The Salem News

WBUR Poll: Two-Thirds Of Mass. Voters Approve Of Baker's Vaping Ban » WBUR

Concussion Threat Behind Youth Football Ban Bill » State House News Service

House speaker backs temporary vape ban, but says long-term proposal needed » Boston Business Journal

Trooper at center of discrimination case the State Police lost is still vetting recruits » Boston Globe

Suspended troopers investigated in overtime abuse scandal cannot be reinstated, Mass. Superior Court judge rules » The Republican

Early Voting In, Biz Tax Break Out in Senate Supp » State House News Service

The Baker Administration needs a wake up call » Lowell Sun

MBTA GM apologizes, vows to make sure service delays don’t happen again » Boston Herald

Seat Belt Law Debate Hasn't Budged Over Years » State House News Service

Cities eye higher fees on Uber, Lyft rides » Commonwealth Magazine

Falmouth Taxpayers 2.5 Million Wind Turbine A "Slam Dunk" » Brookline Patch

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