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Today on Beacon Hill

10:00am DCR Stewardship Council Meeting, Great Hall, State House, Boston

11:00am Special Commission on Correctional Funding -- Finance and Data Subcommittees, State House, Room 428

2:00pm Special Commission on Correctional Funding -- MAT and Programming Subcommittees, State House, Room 428

4:00pm Milford Climate Town Hall with Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Hampshire Hills, Athletic Club, 50 Emerson Road, Milford, New Hampshire

“The question is how much of this agenda will he be able to get from Beacon Hill, and that will determine his own political standing after that,” said Peter Ubertaccio, a political science professor at Stonehill College. “It ends up putting to the test his relationship with the governor and key legislators. . . . If you can’t shepherd these ideas through Beacon Hill, it would be reasonable for his political opponents to wonder what he gets out of these relationships.”

Professor Peter Ubertaccio

Speaking on Mayor Walsh's legislative agenda
News By Category
Beltway Politics

Organizing for Warren in one of Iowa’s most rural counties » Washington Post

Soleimani could give Trump a 2020 winning hand » Boston Herald

PAC launches $2 million ad buy for Deval Patrick as he struggles in polls » Boston Herald

Super PAC boosts Deval Patrick with $2 million in ads » Boston Globe

Who will win New Hampshire? Ranking the Democratic primary candidates with a month to go » Boston Globe

6 million Democratic donors gave $1 billion in 2019 through ActBlue, officials say » Boston Globe

Will The House's War Powers Vote Tie Trump's Hands? » WBUR

Sanders vs. Biden: Primary could narrow into battle between ‘restoring’ America and a revolution » Boston Globe

Trump thumbs his nose at Congress over war powers » Boston Globe

Trump can’t cover his tracks on his Iran deal debacle » Boston Globe

Comparing Trump’s assassination of Soleimani to Obama’s killing of bin Laden » Boston Globe

Business

Telecommuters Create Positive Change — So Why Aren't Employers More Flexible About People Working From Home? » WGBH

Blueprint Medicines wins FDA approval for its first drug » Boston Globe

In Worcester, state economic development leaders push Collaborative Workspace Program » Worcester Telegram

States tell judge to ignore fed support for Sprint/T-Mobile merger » Boston Business Journal

Massachusetts Is Collecting Fees To Help Taxi Drivers Stay Afloat, But Hasn't Paid Out Any Money » WGBH

Crimes

Former Sen. Brian Joyce’s accountant sentenced to 18 months in jail » The Republican

Accountant who helped Brian Joyce evade taxes sentenced to 18 months in prison » Boston Globe

Education

Sign me up to be one of the well-paid animals at ‘ZooMass’ » Boston Herald

Babson College staff member who posted about Iran says he was terminated » Boston Herald

UMass Boston, small colleges join forces » Boston Globe

Hellenic College Holy Cross in Brookline placed on probation » Boston Globe

‘Significant errors…serious damage’: New report details MIT relationship with Jeffrey Epstein » Boston Globe

College Closure Rules Called “Watershed Moment” » State House News Service

Environment

Wendell residents argue merits of ‘forest protection’ bill » The Recorder

Conservation Law Foundation sues Wynn Resorts over idling of shuttle buses at casino » Boston Globe

Gaming

Thousands of Kids Have Tried to Get into the Encore with Fake IDs » Boston Magazine

Encore plans to replace some behind-the-scenes bartenders with machines » Boston Globe

Health Care

Can Emergency Rooms Hold Psychiatric Patients Longer Than 3 Days? The Mass. High Court Will Decide » New England Public Radio

Human Services

Editorial: Everybody who asks for SNAP should get it » Gazette Net

Immigration

Expect ICE to visit, MIT tells faculty and staff, urging cooperation with visa checks » Boston Globe

Judiciary

At Harvard Law, reluctance to apply for clerkships with Trump-appointed judges » Boston Globe

Legislative

Sex ed, school breakfast bills on state Senate's plate » Gloucester Times

Local Government

Walsh’s plans hinge on a big if: Beacon Hill cooperation » Boston Globe

Councilor Avellaneda Takes Council President in Close Vote: New Councillors Join Incumbents for the 2020-21 Session » Chelse Record

State's First Muslim American Mayor Takes Negative Comments In Stride » WBUR

Pepperell Board of Health member claims his own board violated Open Meeting Law » Lowell Sun

Mansfield receiving $236,880 in state funds to improve rail trail, pedestrian bridge » Wicked Local Mansfield

Westminster awarded $125,000 grant to install fiber optic network in municipal buildings » Sentinel & Enterprise

Members of City Council, School Committee Receive Oaths of Office » Lynn Journal

Marlborough receives $2M MassWorks grant to revamp Lincoln Street, French Hill » The Metro West Daily News

Politics

Chuck Turner memorialized as advocate, revolutionary » Boston Globe

4th Congressional District Money Race: How Much Candidates Raised » Brookline Patch

Public Health

Boston resident diagnosed with measles; Officials list potential exposure locations » WCVB

Boston emergency rooms are overflowing with flu patients, doctors say » Boston Herald

5 Online Retailers Banned From Selling Flavored Vapes in Mass. » NBC Boston

Northeastern Student Diagnosed With Measles » WBUR

State Government

Where are the women on the state’s list of highest-paid workers? » Boston Globe

Taxation

Sticker shock: Property tax bills stir controversy in Easthampton » Gazette Net

Transportation

TCI club appears to be shrinking » Commonwealth Magazine

Route 128 needs land use leadership » Commonwealth Magazine

MassDOT East-West Rail Study Running Late » WAMC

Vermont governor knocks TCI climate compact gas fee » Boston Herald

Cape Air’s plan to bring seaplanes to Long Wharf runs into some turbulence » Boston Globe

Public raises concern about 4-way Deerfield intersection » Gazette Net

Support for TCI Gas Tax Hikes Is Crumbling [OPINION] » WBSM

‘All eyes’ on East-West rail study expected this spring as Sen. Eric Lesser advocates for fairness for Western Mass. » The Republican

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The Week In Review

Most read bills of the week:

HB4285 - An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2020 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities and projects

HD4740 - An Act relative to apprentice electricians

SB2399 - An Act relative to healthy youth

SB1924 - An Act to combat climate change

HB4000 - An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2020

HB4246 - An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2019 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities and projects

HB2810 - An Act to promote green infrastructure and reduce carbon emissions

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

SB2009 - An Act to reduce greenhouse gas emissions

HB4012 - An Act relative to children's health and wellness

House Actions This Week: 108

Senate Actions This Week: 30

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