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Today on Beacon Hill

9:30am 19th Annual Survivors of Homicide Victims Awareness Month Opening Ceremony, Grand Staircase, State House, Boston

10:30am Department of Public Health Hearing, Public Health Council Room, Second Floor, Department of Public Health, 250 Washington Street, Boston

11:00am EDCO 50th Anniversary Celebration, Great Hall, State House, Boston

12:30pm Ask the Mayor with Mayor Marty Walsh on 89.7 Boston Public Radio, Boston Public Library Studio

12:30pm House Session, Informal Session

Birthdays: Rep. Kristin Kassner

"I thought you might have been high when you said it ... because marijuana in our country is already legal for privileged people, and it's why the war on drugs has been a war on black and brown people."

Senator Cory Booker

Criticizing Joe Biden during Wednesday night's debate for his position against legalizing marijuana.

News By Category
Beltway Politics

Howie Carr: Things about to get worse for fired FBI agent, love-struck Strzok » Boston Herald

Howie Carr: Things about to get worse for fired FBI agent, love-struck Strzok » Boston Herald

Giving impeachment panel Republicans the credit they’re due » Boston Globe

Patrick flips from fighter to healer » Commonwealth Magazine

The Last Thing Deval Patrick Wanted to See at a Campaign Event: An Empty Room » Boston Magazine

Few are giving Deval Patrick a chance, except South Carolina’s voters » Boston Globe

Subpoena Pompeo, Bolton in impeachment probe » Boston Globe

Business

Amazon taps Fidelity to handle its massive 401(k) plan » Boston Business Journal

Potential flavored tobacco ban troubles Fall River shop owner » The Herald News

WeWork cuts nearly 20 percent of workforce in bid to save nearly bankrupt company » Boston Globe

Massport names developers vying to transform 1.1 acres in Seaport » Boston Business Journal

Cannabis & Psychedelics

Marijuana company’s workers vote to unionize, a first in Mass. » Boston Globe

Massachusetts Sold $393 Million Worth of Legal Pot in First Year » Cannabis Now

Brookline Town Meeting rejects proposal to require pot shops to be appointment-only » Boston Globe

A year in, revenue from marijuana retailers stays high » Gazette Net

Civil Rights

Bill to strike the ‘R word’ from Bay State laws languishes in committee » Boston Herald

Crimes

Ex-BC student returns from South Korea for arraignment in suicide of boyfriend » Boston Herald

Education

Lawmakers want college athletes to be paid » The Eagle Tribune

Environment

The sun reaches everyone -- clean energy should, too (Guest viewpoint) » The Republican

Mass. moves closer to statewide plastic bag ban after Senate passes bill » Boston.com

Brookline passes bylaw banning future use of oil, gas in new buildings » WCVB

Brookline Is Still Cooking With Gas, But Has Banned Fossil Fuels For Heating » WBUR

We asked, the stakeholders answered: How to address climate change in Rhode Island » Boston Globe

Federal

Clark: Impeachment Hearings 'Are Doing Exactly What I Hoped They'd Do' » WBUR

Gaming

Eight Years Later, Lack Of A Casino In Southeastern Mass. Leads To A New Kind of Proposal » WGBH

Encore Boston Harbor drops $50 table game minimums, paid parking » Boston Business Journal

Health Care

For state Rep. Mathew Muratore, children’s mental health bill is personal » MassLive

Why Some Boston Doctors Are Taking Up Immigration Advocacy » WBUR

Housing

Marty Walsh awards $4.7M to house homeless Boston youths » Boston Herald

Prices of Worcester triple deckers up 19% this year » Worcester Business Journal

Human Services

YMCA gala raises more than $1 million » Lynn Daily News Item

Child neglect in group homes rises » Boston Globe

Mass. First Lady Lauren Baker helping collect gifts for children » WCVB

Judiciary

Norfolk DA appoints special prosecutor in Quincy manslaughter case » Boston Herald

Legislature OKs bill to donate historic courthouse to state Trial Court » Gazette Net

Labor

Striking Battery Wharf hotel workers set to vote on tentative agreement » Boston Business Journal

Legislative

'A true public champion': Vinny deMacedo steps down after 21 years in the state Legislature » Wicked Local Pembroke

Our view: The shrinking 'crescent' » The Salem News

Plymouth state senator plans to resign Nov. 29 » Patriot Ledger

Residents voice concerns to local lawmakers at annual Government Reception » News 22 WWLP.com

Local Government

South Hadley approves earth removal limits, Falls revitalization plan » Gazette Net

Twiggs Remembered as Force for Justice in Springfield and Beyond » Western Mass Politics and Insight

Ashland Town Meeting commits to being net-zero by 2040 to combat climate change » The Metro West Daily News

Politics

Mass. GOP building strong farm team » Commonwealth Magazine

MassGOP spending questions feature in Quincy councilor's confirmation » Patriot Ledger

Public Health

Bloomberg, a tobacco opponent, urges Baker to sign ban on flavors » Boston Globe

Authorities paint alarming picture of vaping in Attleboro area and beyond » The Sun Chronicle

Gov. Charlie Baker declines to say whether he will sign flavored tobacco ban » The Republican

Holbrook students inspire state anti-tobacco bill » Wicked Local Holbrook

State health officials to host public hearing on Baker’s vape sales ban Friday » Boston Globe

Store Owners, Smokers Say Proposed Flavored Tobacco Ban Goes Too Far » CBS Boston

Public Safety

This state trooper was convicted in the OT scandal. He and his wife scooped up 32 Brockton apartments. » The Enterprise

With promotions, Boston Fire Department makes strides on diversity » Boston Globe

Crime on rise since Everett casino opened in June » WCVB

Taxation

Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno recommends lowest property tax rates in a decade; cites growth in property values » The Republican

Transportation

Baker: The Idea The State Is Not Investing In Public Transit 'Just Isn’t True' » WGBH

‘Transforming’ the T commuter rail: The Disney version » Boston Globe

Attention passengers: A live map of the MBTA is now arriving — in your kitchen » Boston Globe

Cape legislators seek exemption from renumbering of Route 6 exits » Cape Cod Times

Utilities

In a first for Massachusetts, Brookline votes to ban oil and gas pipes in new buildings » Boston Globe

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The Week In Review

Most read bills of the week:

SB2407 - Text of the Senate amendment (Senator Keenan) to the House Bill modernizing tobacco control (House, No. 4196)

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

HB4196 - An Act modernizing tobacco control

SB2410 - An Act relative to plastic bag reduction

HB4210 - An Act relative to children's health and wellness

SB2418 - The committee on Ways and Means to whom was referred the House Bill making appropriations for the fiscal year 2019 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities and projects (House, No. 4132),-- reports (on the residue), recommending that the same ought to pass with an amendment striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in place thereof the text of Senate document numbered 2418.

HB4203 - An Act requiring the hands-free use of mobile telephones while driving

SB2412 - An Act relative to educational opportunity for students

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

SB459 - An Act protecting the natural resources of the Commonwealth

House Actions This Week: 343

Senate Actions This Week: 124


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