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Today on Beacon Hill

10:00am Restaurant Promotion Commission, The Student Prince, 8 Fort Street, Springfield, MA 01103

11:00am House Session, Informal Session

11:00am Senate Session, Informal Session

1:30pm A Roadmap to Health Care Price Transparency in Massachusetts, Great Hall, State House, Boston

Birthdays: Rep. Kenneth Gordon

“Elizabeth, I think, as you know, has said that she is a capitalist through her bones. I’m not,”

Senator Bernie Sanders

Attempting to distance himself from Elizabeth Warren's campaign.

News By Category
Beltway Politics

Cuomo to Trump: 'Living in New York does not make you a New Yorker' » Politico

Stick a fork in Liz Warren, Medicare-for-All has cooked her » Boston Herald

Kamala Harris Drags Elizabeth Warren In Iowa Speech: ‘Unlike Others, I Have Never Represented A Corporation’ » Mediaite

Elizabeth Warren stayed with her plan, and it sent her campaign on an upswing » Boston Globe

Echoes of the ‘silent majority,’ 50 years after Richard Nixon’s speech » Boston Globe

Dems not all on board with Warren’s Medicare-for-All plan » Boston Herald

Resigned Rep. Kate Hill a victim of double standard » Boston Herald

There’s a price to be paid for meanness » Boston Herald

Dear Mayor Pete, I’m not here to sit and look pretty » The Daily Collegian

Mass. voters offer Warren a warning on Medicare for All » Commonwealth Magazine

Here's How Warren Finds $20.5 Trillion To Pay For 'Medicare For All' » WGBH

Lynch: 'We Will Prove Our Case To The American People' That Trump Broke The Law » WGBH

Business

Insys founder wants to keep assets out of feds’ hands before sentencing » Boston Herald

'Hurting big time': State vaping sales ban taking toll on local businesses » The Herald News

Major office and lab space proposed for near Assembly Row » Boston Globe

Report: Greater Worcester economy has plateaued » Worcester Business Journal

Cannabis & Psychedelics

AG gives communities more time to plan for pot businesses » Valliant News

Memo challenges DPH authority in vape ban » Milford Daily News

Green light: 1st legal recreational marijuana sales in Brockton begin Tuesday » The Enterprise

Crimes

In #MeToo era, we don’t need to make nice » Boston Globe

‘Kill yourself,’ she texted, and he killed himself. Does that make her a killer? » Boston Globe

Beverly police, Essex DA investigating former artistic director of Boston Children’s Theatre » Boston Globe

Education

College students ponder their texting habits in the wake of a young man’s suicide » Boston Globe

UMass is no longer just a ‘safe school,’ but officials say they need state support to sustain success » The Republican

Women lead more Mass. colleges, but numbers lag at the most elite institutions » Boston Globe

Environment

Zero energy buildings are not high cost » Commonwealth Magazine

Health Care

Clergy leaders see health-care reforms as urgent » The Enterprise

Five takeaways from the Health Policy Commission hearing » Commonwealth Magazine

State ballot initiative would boost funding for financially ailing nursing homes » Boston Globe

Immigration

US judge blocks Trump’s health insurance rule for immigrants » Boston Globe

‘I’m going to have to end up leaving my own country’: How Trump’s travel ban affects one family » Boston Globe

For detained immigrants, visits from clergy provide hope, comfort » Boston Globe

Judiciary

Leaders advocate for funds to support jail-diversion programs » Your Arlington

Labor

Khelfaoui, the UTL and the election » Lowell Sun

Local Government

Aquarium not making in-lieu-of-tax cash payments to Boston » Commonwealth Magazine

And now, we’ll tour the rest of Concord’s history » Boston Globe

Chantal Charles won a huge racial discrimination lawsuit against the city. It’s time to pay up » Boston Globe

Emails Offer Peek At Dealings Of Former Boston Official Who Took Bribe » WBUR

Town meeting called in Provincetown to address public safety needs » Cape Cod Times

Politics

City Council and school board election Tuesday » Lowell Sun

Let’s lower the voting age in city elections » Boston Globe

Contested races in Lynn, Peabody and Saugus highlight Tuesday’s election » Lynn Daily News Item

Joseph Kennedy III visits Winthrop after opening Senate campaign headquarters in Watertown » Boston Globe

City Council candidates make their case » Boston Herald

Meet the candidates for Fitchburg’s City Council and Mayor » Sentinel & Enterprise

Democrats divided over Markey-Kennedy race » The Salem News

Some suggestions as you prepare to vote Tuesday » Boston Herald

Ed Markey and Jim McGovern talk climate change at raucous Worcester forum » Boston Globe

Here are the execs backing the new super PAC with ties to Gov. Baker » Boston Business Journal

McCabe The Republican’s choice for Westfield mayor (Editorial) » The Republican

Heated Attleboro mayor's race comes to a close » The Sun Chronicle

The South Shore's mayoral races are on track to be the cheapest in years, but some candidates are still spending big » Patriot Ledger

Diverse Worcester City Council ticket in voters' hands Tuesday » Worcester Telegram

Meet the candidates for Boston City Council at-large seats » Boston Globe

Mayoral Contests, Tax Votes in Tuesday's Elections » State House News Service

Public Health

A drug loophole was closed. Why isn’t it being enforced? » Boston Globe

Feds award $625K grant to curb substance use in Easthampton youth » Gazette Net

Amid vaping ban, a quiet club of nicotine addicts may add members » Boston Globe

State Government

Deborah Sampson memorial proposed for Statehouse » Worcester Telegram

Transportation

Regional transit authorities often lack funds for late-night, Sunday service » The Sun Chronicle

Bike wars: West Roxbury pushes back at City Hall’s bike lane ‘road diet’ » Boston Herald

DeLeo, state lawmakers wrestle with raising revenue for transportation » Worcester Telegram

MBTA board could vote Monday on plan to overhaul of commuter rail » Fox 25 News

MBTA weighs long-term plans for commuter rail » Gloucester Times

Utilities

Everett, Exelon go to war over power-plant taxes » Boston Globe

National Grid, Eversource Say They Can Meet Natural Gas Demand Without Weymouth Compressor » WBUR

Feds Exempt Shuttered Pilgrim From Emergency Requirements » State House News Service

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The Week Ahead

Monday - 11/4

Birthdays: Rep. Kenneth Gordon

10:00am Restaurant Promotion Commission, The Student Prince, 8 Fort Street, Springfield, MA 01103

11:00am House Session, Informal Session

11:00am Senate Session, Informal Session

1:30pm A Roadmap to Health Care Price Transparency in Massachusetts, Great Hall, State House, Boston

Tuesday - 11/5

Birthdays: Rep. John Mahoney

10:00am Joint Committee on Cannabis Policy, Public Hearing

1:00pm Joint Committee on Financial Services, Public Hearing

1:00pm Joint Committee on Judiciary, Public Hearing

2:00pm Joint Committee on Economic Development & Emerging Technologies, Public Hearing

7:00pm Congressman Seth Moulton on Greater Boston with Jim Braude, WGBH Studios, 1 Guest Street, Brighton

Wednesday - 11/6

10:00am Joint Committee on Transportation, Public Hearing

11:00am House Session, Full Formal Session

11:00am Senate Session, Informal Session

12:00pm State Library Author Talk: Richard W. Judd, State Library, Room 341, State House, Boston

1:00pm Joint Committee on Election Laws, Public Hearing

5:00pm Department of Environmental Protection Public Hearing: Draft 2030 Solid Waste Master Plan, MassDEP Northeast Office, 205B Lowell Street, Wilmington

5:30pm Are We There Yet? 21st Century Mobility, The Colonnade Hotel, 120 Huntington Avenue, Boston

7:00pm Congressman Stephen Lynch on Greater Boston with Jim Braude, WGBH Studios, 1 Guest Street, Brighton

7:00pm Pre-Thanksgiving Fundraiser for Plymouth County Commission Candidate Carlos Da Silva

Thursday - 11/7

10:00am Department of Environmental Protection Public Hearing: Draft 2030 Solid Waste Master Plan, MassDEP Boston Office, One Winter Street, Boston

10:00am Mass. Building Trades Helmets to Hardhats, Grand Staircase, State House, Boston

10:45am Mass. Medical Society Anti-Tobacco Poster Contest Ceremony, Great Hall, State House, Boston

11:00am House Session, Informal Session

11:00am Senate Session, Full Formal Session

2:30pm Department of Revenue Public Hearing, 100 Cambridge Street, 2nd Floor, Room A, Boston

Friday - 11/8

9:00am Women Veterans Appreciation Day, Great Hall, State House, Boston

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

12:00pm Commission on Ocean Acidification, Leob Building, Marine Biological Laboratory, Room G70 (ground level), 18 MBL Street Falmouth, MA 02543

2:30pm Special Announcement with Congressman Joe Kennedy & Sen. Eric Lesser, Union Station, Springfield


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