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10:30am Meeting of the Health Equity Task Force established by Chapter 93 of the Acts of 2020, Virtual Meeting

11:00am House Session, Informal Session

11:00am Senate Session, Informal Session

“It is paternalistic and punitive and has no bearing on the quality of education that the real experts — the educators — provide so masterfully,” Najimy said in a statement. “This new guidance is clearly designed to force local educators’ unions to agree to in-person learning regardless of the condition of the school buildings in their districts, indoor air quality, testing capabilities or area COVID-19 transmission rates.

MTA President Merrie Najimy

Responding to the state’s expectation that remote teachers will work from their school classrooms amid the coronavirus pandemic.

News By Category
Beltway Politics

5 Questions Ahead Of The Republican National Convention » WBUR

Biden says he’d shut down economy if scientists recommended » Boston Globe

Republicans look to use convention as election test bed » Boston Globe

Kellyanne Conway to leave the White House at the end of the month, citing the need to focus on her family » Boston Globe

Opinion: Republicans to feed viewers plenty of Trump during convention week » Boston Herald

Business

E-mails show businesses held sway over state reopening plans » Boston Globe

How much will Five Colleges’ return buoy businesses? » Gazette Net

It reads like fiction, but it’s true: A community rallies around to save its beloved, rambling old bookstore » Boston Globe

MASS MoCA’s Founding Director to Step Down » New York Times

Congress is deadlocked on a new stimulus plan. Could Trump go it alone on PPP? » Boston Business Journal

Cannabis & Psychedelics

Opinion: Cannabis sales are benefitting our communities » Commonwealth Magazine

Civil Rights

The Great Fire » Vanity Fair

Education

Teachers are wary of returning to classrooms, and I don’t blame them » Boston Globe

New State Guidance: Remote Teaching Should Happen From The Classroom » WBUR

The lack of Black leaders in New England college sports is ‘what institutional and systemic racism look like’ » Boston Globe

Mass. Teachers Association Pushing Back Against ‘Reckless' New State Guidance » NECN

Climate Activists Gain Seats on Harvard Oversight Board » New York Times

Western Massachusetts Teachers Prep For A Year Of Uncertainty And Change » NEPM

Justice Department increasing attacks on affirmative action in college admissions » Boston Globe

Northeastern Threatens to Rescind Admissions Of Incoming Students Who Said Online They Plan To Party » WGBH

Cape Cod school districts feel more prepared for remote learning this fall » Cape Cod Times

Environment

Two Wellfleet beaches temporarily shut after shark detections » Boston Globe

Alleging ‘environmental racism,’ residents protest plan to remove scores of mature trees in Roxbury » Boston Globe

State of the Coast » Trustees of Reservations

Federal

Letter carriers rally for postal service in Cambridge » Boston Globe

Brockton Soldier Elder Fernandes, Who Reported Sexual Abuse, Is Missing From Fort Hood » WBUR

Health Care

COVID-19 plasma treatment gets emergency OK » Boston Globe

Trump announces plasma treatment authorized for COVID-19 » Boston Herald

Housing

Pandemic Pushing Cape Cod Real Estate Sales, Driving Prices Up » CBS Boston

Summit: Cape Cod may become even less affordable » Cape Cod Times

Human Services

Licensing of new childcare providers on hold » Commonwealth Magazine

State Legislators Ask Feds to Extend Waivers to Keep School Meal Sites Operating » WHAV

Take and Eat program delivers meals on weekends » Gazette Net

Hockomock Y gets state funds for food van » The Sun Chronicle

Massachusetts suicide prevention advocates sounding alarm during coronavirus crisis » Boston Herald

Briefings: Baker & Walsh Lay down Cards in Soldiers’ Home Standoff » Western Mass Politics and Insight

Immigration

After 19 years in refugee camps, a new home in Lowell » Commonwealth Magazine

Judiciary

State’s Highest Court Hears Argument To Expand Window To Return Mail-In Ballots » WBUR

Lawyers for DA, assistant wary of other agencies in Ethics probe » Worcester Telegram

Labor

Maine shipbuilders approve 3-year pact, ending monthslong strike » Boston Globe

Massachusetts unemployment rate highest in the country — again » Commonwealth Magazine

Legislative

Opinion: Why is Beacon Hill embracing sick bank bills? » Commonwealth Magazine

Local Government

Athol voters to consider moratorium extension ... just in case » Athol Daily News

Politics

In Mass., two Democrats chase generational change from opposite corners of the movement » Washington Post

Kennedy turns to family’s 'legacy' in final days of Senate race » National Journal

Joe Kennedy wages fierce campaign to reach voters » Boston Globe

Race to replace Joe Kennedy III in 4th Congressional District a heated affair » Boston Herald

Alex Morse promises to change system that Richard Neal has mastered in 1st Congressional District race » The Republican

‘Wildly overdrawn’: Kennedy-Markey race becomes referendum on who is the real progressive » Boston Globe

Super PACs flex muscle in race to replace Kennedy, shelling out $1.6M » WPRI.com

7th Hampden District state rep. race pits ‘life experience’ against youth: James ‘Chip’ Harrington vs. Jake Oliveira » The Republican

Trump ‘boat parade’ splashes along Massachusetts shore » Boston Herald

Candidates for Congress keep pitching as voters start casting ballots » Boston Globe

Someone painted ‘TRUMP 2020’ on the streets of Southie, and people are riled up about it » Boston.com

Letter to the editor: Endorsement for Jesse Mermell, canidate for congress » The Sun Chronicle

Checking into the Money Race in 2020’s Local Dem Primaries » Western Mass Politics and Insight

Ed Markey defines himself with digital strategy aimed at young voters » Boston Globe

Massachusetts Congressional candidate joins effort to extend mail-in ballot deadline » Boston Herald

Public Health

Race for vaccine raises ethical dilemmas » The Eagle Tribune

A Pandemic Is a Flawed Opportunity for Flu Shot Mandate [OPINION] » WBSM

'It has to stop' -- Brockton cracks down, re-implementing curfew in face of 'high' risk COVID-19 designation » The Enterprise

Public Safety

Opinion: What did Mayor Alex Morse do when Holyoke police beat a 12-year-old boy? » Boston Globe

Coronavirus curfew bust: Massachusetts State Police arrest ‘suspicious’ man out after curfew » Boston Herald

As police overhaul bill lingers, unions flex their political muscles » Boston Globe

State Government

Early Voting Kicks Off In Massachusetts Primary Election » WBUR

Taxation

N.H. Demands Massachusetts Stops Taxing Remote Workers Living In Granite State » WBUR

Transportation

Opinion: A new, bigger I-90 viaduct is not the answer » Commonwealth Magazine

Utilities

America’s Moral Obligation for Universal Broadband » Governing

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The Week Ahead

Monday - 8/24

10:30am Meeting of the Health Equity Task Force established by Chapter 93 of the Acts of 2020, Virtual Meeting

11:00am House Session, Informal Session

11:00am Senate Session, Informal Session

Tuesday - 8/25

10:00am Executive Office for Administration & Finance Public Hearing, Via Microsoft Teams

12:00pm The Boston Globe: How companies can integrate strong social and philanthropic values into their mission, Zoom Webinar

12:00pm Sen. Rebecca Rausch on WGBH's Boston Public Radio, 89.7 FM or wgbhnews.com

1:00pm Commission on Ocean Acidification, Virtual Meeting

Wednesday - 8/26

Birthdays: State Senator Nicholas Collins, Rep. Jeffrey Turco

11:00am Roll Call: DEI and the Future of Public & Government Affairs, Webinar

11:30am Commission on Ocean Acidification, Virtual Meeting

1:00pm Massachusetts Business Alliance for Education and MassINC: Creating Equity in Education in the Age of COVID: New Data on Early College, Virtual Forum

1:00pm NCSL: Timing is Everything: Absentee Ballot Processing, Zoom

4:00pm Community Conversation on the Opioid Crisis with Congressional Candidate Jesse Mermell, Attorney General Maura Healey, Kate Donaghue and Dave Cavell, bit.ly/opioidconvo

Thursday - 8/27

Birthdays: Rep. James Arciero

9:30am Mass. Gaming Commission Public Hearing, Via teleconference

10:00am Department of Revenue Public Hearing, Via WebEx

11:00am AIM: Childcare Implications and Employee Retention in the COVID-19 Era, Webinar

11:00am Senate Session, Informal Session

11:00am House Session, Informal Session

1:00pm Commission on Ocean Acidification, Virtual Meeting

2:00pm Women’s Bar Association: Race, Incarceration And Clemency, Zoom

3:00pm NCSL: Forever Chemicals? State and Federal Actions on PFAS, Online

5:30pm Sen. Julian Cyr's 5th Annual Truro Vineyards Virtual Reception

Friday - 8/28

11:00am Executive Office of Health & Human Services Public Hearing, Via Webex

5:00pm Close of Comment Period for Department of Elementary & Secondary Education Regulatory Changes, Submit to Mary Morales at mary.e.morales@mass.gov

Early voting for primary ends


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