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Today on Beacon Hill

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

Republicans will lose control of the Senate in a landslide similar to that which followed the removal of Richard Nixon from office, and the Republican Party as we have known it will cease to exist.

Former Massachusetts Governor Bill Weld

If the Senate Republicans stand by President Donald Trump's side during the impeachment process.

News By Category
Beltway Politics

Sanders’ heart attack could have ended his presidential campaign. Instead, it boosted it » Boston Globe

Battenfeld: Bill Weld’s longshot gamble » Boston Herald

Pence files President Trump’s paperwork for New Hampshire primary » Boston Globe

Pence slams impeachment while filing Trump’s name for primary ballot in New Hampshire » Boston Herald

Bill Weld: I’ve seen enough. Time for Trump to go » Boston Herald

A Buttigieg buzz and a possible Bennet endorsement coup in New Hampshire » Boston Globe

The real constitutional crisis » Boston Globe

Texting With Bill Weld: “100% Democratic Rule” If Senate Republicans Listen To Trump » BuzzFeedNews

Elizabeth Warren endorsed by group of black women activists » CNN

Business

Southie pols say they’ll watch Gillette’s plans for ‘World Shaving Headquarters’ closely » Boston Herald

Amid reinvention, Gillette rethinking its Boston, Andover properties » Boston Globe

Judge Skeptical Facebook Can Shield Data From Mass. Probe » Law 360

Turnover at the top of some of the largest retailers in Mass. » Boston Business Journal

Suffolk Downs master plan gets design OK » Boston Business Journal

The 2019 Top 100 Women-Led Businesses in Massachusetts » Boston Globe

Cannabis & Psychedelics

Boston subpoenaed in federal pot corruption investigation » Boston Herald

CCC will wait and see to intervene on vape ban » Boston Herald

Gov. Baker reacts to medical marijuana vaping exemption » News 22 WWLP.com

Feds Subpoena Boston's Cannabis Contract Records » WBUR

Domestic Relations

Oxford LGBT family seeks assurance as Trump administration cuts adoption protections » Worcester Telegram

Education

Money (doesn't) talk: Colleges mum on donor vetting in age of Epstein, Sackler » Boston Business Journal

Environment

Lowell water treatment plant to stop accepting toxic water from N.H. landfill » Boston Globe

Wellfleet bikeway – a missed opportunity » Wicked Local Provincetown

Toxic chemicals, troublesome policy » Boston Globe

Mass Special Commission on Ocean Acidification Holds First Meeting Friday » Cape Cod Today

Mass Special Commission on Ocean Acidification Holds First Meeting Friday » Cape Cod Today

State denies one of Quincy's Long Island Bridge appeals » Patriot Ledger

Letter: Political mudslinging — the good kind » Gloucester Times

What Are PFAS Chemicals, And Should I Be Freaking Out About Them? » WBUR

Gaming

MGM considering sale of Springfield casino’s real estate » Boston Globe

Health Care

Time to rise up for healing » Commonwealth Magazine

Housing

Tool in Development to Plug Rental Information Gap » State House News Service

In the Seaport, an artist’s ‘Mock’ triple-decker nails Boston housing policy » Boston Globe

Human Services

The numbers prove UTEC is fulfilling its mission » Lowell Sun

Judiciary

Bump weighs in on sentencing guideline dispute » Commonwealth Magazine

Mass. SJC Hears Arguments In Case Asking If Lack Of Criminal Defense Lawyers Is Unconstitutional » WBUR

Local Government

Roxbury residents favor renaming Dudley Square. Will the city listen? » Boston Globe

San Juan mayor hails Holyoke as haven for Hurricane Maria refugees » Gazette Net

New Methuen mayor has tall task » Commonwealth Magazine

Politics

Former MA First Lady Endorses Brookline's Mermell For Congress » Brookline Patch

In crowded Fourth District, Jesse Mermell gets boost from Diane Patrick » Boston Globe

Joe Kennedy, Eric Lesser set campaign stop at Springfield Union Station » The Republican

What we know about the Boston City Council-at-large recount » Dorchester Reporter

After New Zealand, here’s what Scott Brown (yes, that one) is doing next » Boston Globe

Public Health

Fall River forum educates parents, school staff on youth vaping » The Herald News

Brokering an opioid settlement » The Harvard Gazette

Vaping Industry Drops Fed Lawsuit Against Mass. Ban » WBUR

Public Safety

Howie Carr: Leigha Genduso perfect fit for state police top job » Boston Herald

Testimony Raises Questions About On-Duty Officers Drinking At Springfield Police HQ » WBUR

State Government

Galvin, Senatori to talk census strategy Wednesday in Barnstable » The Barnstable Patriot

Clinton's Tivnan reappointed to Civil Service Commission » Worcester Telegram

Transportation

MBTA board OK's Attleboro commuter line electrification, South Attleboro Station upgrades » The Sun Chronicle

New Tolls, Higher Gas Tax Musts For Transportation Revenue: Group » Brookline Patch

Utilities

Heating costs expected to rise » The Salem News

Who’s in charge of Mass. offshore wind procurements? » Commonwealth Magazine

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The Week In Review

Most read bills of the week:

SB2386 - An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2019 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities and projects

SB2378 - An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2019 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities and projects

HB4132 - An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2019 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities and projects

HB4134 - An Act to improve health care by investing in VALUE

SB2397 - An Act relative to pharmaceutical access, costs and transparency

HB3293 - An Act modernizing notary services

SB733 - An Act relative to consumer protection for prescription drug purchases

HB4089 - An Act regulating flavored tobacco products

SB2391 - An Act relative to campaign finance

HB3573 - An Act to protect the civil rights and safety of all Massachusetts residents

House Actions This Week: 347

Senate Actions This Week: 116


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