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10:00am Joint Committee on Ways & Means, Consensus Revenue Hearing

"Although nothing has been decided, it would be my recommendation that should we get to the last day of July, and I'd hate to change our rules, but I think this may be one of those times,"

House Speaker Robert DeLeo

Speaking about the possibility of the state legislature meeting beyond July 31 to finish the state budget, climate change bill or transportation funding.
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Beltway Politics

For Markey And Kennedy, Mics And Webcams Are Key Tools On The Virtual Campaign Trail » WBUR

Business

State launches business-backed fund for COVID-19 relief efforts » Boston Business Journal

Members sue Boston Sports Clubs over continued billing while gyms are closed » Boston Globe

Pandemic philanthropy reaches new peak with launch of statewide fund » Boston Globe

Mass. business confidence plunges in March to recession-era levels » Boston Globe

Four Massachusetts companies among a group highlighted by Goldman Sachs for fighting virus » Boston Globe

Mass. Employer Confidence Takes Historic Nosedive » State House News Service

How to Keep the Lights of Business On and Save the Tax Base » Governing

Exclusive: Insurance startup shifts into lower gear with huge layoff » Boston Business Journal

Massachusetts business outlook hits worst-ever drop » Boston Business Journal

Make donations to trusted organizations to avoid being scammed, AG says » The Sun Chronicle

Massachusetts coronavirus relief fund launches with over $13 million » Boston Herald

Walsh to contractors: “Shut it down” » Boston Business Journal

Golf courses in Massachusetts are closed, but behind the scenes, organizers want to safely change that » Boston.com

Cannabis & Psychedelics

How are pot shops affected by COVID-19 pandemic? » The Recorder

Education

State probe finds retired Boston school administrator owes city pension fund $67k » Boston Globe

Decision whether to have April break is up to local school districts » Patriot Ledger

More clarity on MIAA postseason plans » The Enterprise

Mass. community colleges seek funding to weather coronavirus crisis » Boston Business Journal

Environment

Pandemic Seen as Fueling Urgency Around Climate » State House News Service

Federal

Members Of Congress Demand Senate Address Decision To Nix Tribe's Reservation Land » The Bourne News

Congress doing poor job addressing pandemic » Commonwealth Magazine

Health Care

Robert Kraft’s humanitarian efforts to bring PPE to state were remarkable » Lowell Sun

Post-coronavirus, how will we address the trauma health care workers have suffered? » Boston Globe

Taunton’s Morton Hospital To Be Coronavirus-Only And Some Don’t Like It » CBS Boston

Federal officials delivering help to 2 private nursing homes » The Register Citizen

Foreign-trained medical professionals waiting to help » Commonwealth Magazine

Foreign-trained medical professionals waiting to help » Commonwealth Magazine

Baker, Polito tour drive-thru COVID-19 testing site in Foxboro » WPRI.com

State’s third field hospital to open in Cape Cod amid ongoing coronavirus pandemic » WHDH

Massachusetts’ second coronavirus testing site for first responders opens outside Gillette Stadium » WHDH

Donald Trump: U.S. has 9,000 ventilators in federal stockpile » Boston Herald

Massachusetts General Hospital among first to test nitric oxide on pandemic patients » Boston Herald

Lawmakers call for additional medical staff to ensure strong health care system during COVID-19 » News 22 WWLP.com

Massachusetts to launch first US trial of Japanese COVID drug » Boston Globe

Massachusetts has asked for 1,700 ventilators for the COVID-19 surge. Only a fraction have arrived. » Boston.com

As Coronavirus Surge Approaches, Hospitals Brace for the Impact » Boston Magazine

Facing COVID-19 Surge, Massachusetts Is Short 1,300 Ventilators Baker Requested » New England Public Radio

Pittsfield Readies Beds For First Responders, Homeless » WAMC

Massachusetts to launch first US trial of Japanese coronavirus drug » Boston Globe

Baker announces plan to pump $800m into health care providers » Boston Globe

Andover’s Nurse Mates and Rep. Vargas Distribute 450 Pairs of Shoes, Socks to Health Workers » WHAV

Who gets a ventilator? New gut-wrenching state guidelines issued on rationing equipment, ICU beds » Boston Globe

Baker announces $800M for hospitals, health care facilities amid coronavirus pandemic » Boston Herald

Housing

Lowell searches for options for emergency shelter » Lowell Sun

Human Services

Hundreds of daycare services open across Mass. for essential workers » Western Mass News

Isolated from their families, children and adults in group homes struggle for normalcy » Boston Globe

Rep. Paul Frost urges donations to local food banks amid COVID-19 » The Millbury Sutton Chronicle

Surge In Coronavirus Cases In Boston's Homeless Population 'More Dramatic Than We Anticipated' » WBUR

Immigration

Sheriff Hodgson slams Warren, Pressley and others in delegation over ICE inmates » Boston Herald

Mass. Immigration Advocates Seeking To Stop Deportation Flight Bound For Haiti » WBUR

Insurance

Auto insurers return money to customers during ‘unprecedented’ driving slump » Boston Globe

Judiciary

'Run This City' docu-series raises concern with judge in Jasiel Correia trial » The Herald News

Veterans treatment court adapts during COVID-19 » Gazette Net

Labor

Painters union to join walk off over coronavirus concerns » Boston Herald

Coronavirus concerns prompt second construction union to walk off Massachusetts jobs » Boston Herald

Legislative

'We lost a good one’: Springfield Council President Justin Hurst mourns loss of Kamari Williams » The Republican

Kamari Williams, Springfield high school basketball coach, son of state representative dies » The Republican

Tech Fail Trips Up Major Economic Hearing » State House News Service

House Dean Scaccia Leaving Beacon Hill » State House News Service

Local Government

Marty Walsh, in the age of coronavirus, is decisive. But even he has doubts » Boston Globe

Saugus town manager wants temporary stop to construction projects » Wicked Local Saugus

Barnstable extends Q4 tax, water, sewer bill due dates » The Barnstable Patriot

Hudson postpones election, Town Meeting until June due to coronavirus crisis » The Metro West Daily News

Mayor Walsh was just on CNN. Here’s what he said » Boston Globe

Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno Advises Residents To Wear Face Masks » WAMC

Councilor Elizabeth Kazinskas to serve as acting mayor in Gardner » The Gardner News

Politics

Political Notes: 5th District candidates address shutdown hardships » Cape Cod Times

Mass. Pot Ballot Case May Aid Alcohol Question, Court Says » Law 360

Public Health

For Non-English Speakers, Difficult Language Barriers Become Dire Amid Outbreak » WBUR

Gov. Baker has no plans for statewide curfew during coronavirus pandemic » WCVB

Baker: COVID-19 Testing Sites To Open In Lowell, West Springfield » WBUR

Coronavirus: Holyoke Soldiers Home staff infected with COVID-19 increases to 31, additional veteran dies » The Republican

State offers support as coronavirus death toll rises at Williamstown Commons » Berkshire Eagle

Coronavirus: Peak in Western Massachusetts cases may come in May, Springfield hospital officials say » The Republican

Coronavirus Updates For Western New England: Testing At The Big E, And Concern In Franklin County » New England Public Radio

Deaths, COVID-19 cases rise at Soldiers’ Home in Holyoke » Gazette Net

Antibody testing seen as key to breaking the coronavirus pandemic » Boston Herald

Data Suggests Mass. Residents Taking Orders Seriously » State House News Service

Coronavirus guru: Massachusetts not out of ‘danger zone’ yet » Boston Herald

Prioritize, not pit, hardest-hit states’ needs » Lowell Sun

Marty Walsh wants Boston residents to wear a face covering. That doesn’t mean a ‘mask.’ » Boston.com

Baker: drive-thru testing site coming to Eastern States Expo. » Western Mass News

Health center: 28 Brockton homeless, shelter staff test positive for coronavirus » The Enterprise

Massachusetts Bracing For ‘Fairly Significant Increase’ In Coronavirus Hospitalizations » CBS Boston

Digital tools could speed tracking of coronavirus » Boston Globe

Problems Persist And Death Toll Rises At State-Run Veterans Home In Holyoke » CBS Boston

College students helping identify close contacts of Massachusetts coronavirus patients » WCVB

CVS launches coronavirus rapid-testing site in Lowell today » Boston Herald

Virus notes: Baker cabinet secretary tests positive » Commonwealth Magazine

Coronavirus Peak Still Weeks Away In Connecticut, Lamont Says » New England Public Radio

Why Some COVID-19 Patients Crash: The Body's Immune System Might Be To Blame » WBUR

Framingham Lab Launches Rapid Test For Telltale Coronavirus Antibodies » WBUR

Charts: 10 US counties with the most coronavirus cases (beyond N.Y. and N.J.) » Boston Globe

How The Coronavirus Pandemic Is Impacting Minority Communities » WBUR

Use Fort Devens to house COVID-19 patients » Lowell Sun

Public Safety

Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center on lockdown after two inmates stabbed » Boston Globe

Rep. Jones Offers Testimony In Support Of First Responders Bill » North Reading Patch

Help retailers, end shoplifters’ ‘no prosecute’ status » Boston Herald

State Government

Massachusetts Legislature passes bill to provide immediate relief to municipalities and others during ongoing COVID-19 crisis » Wicked Local Woburn

Learning from the deadly outbreak in Holyoke » Boston Globe

Baker touts important role of public workers » Lowell Sun

Audit auditor’s interminable audit reveals » Sentinel & Enterprise

Member of Gov. Charlie Baker's cabinet tests positive for coronavirus » WCVB

Keating says president should listen to Baker » Martha's Vineyard Times

Baker says he plays the hand dealt him » Commonwealth Magazine

Transportation

Travel Plunges 93% At Boston Logan Airport Amid Coronavirus Outbreak » WBUR

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