11:00am House Session, Informal Session

11:00am Senate Session, Informal Session

Muni Matters: Two Years In, Pot Biz Adding Up for Municipalities » State House News Service

Biden picks MGH infectious diseases chief Rochelle Walensky to oversee CDC » Boston Globe

Biden HHS Pick Backed Medicare for All, Pressed Obama For Tough Action Against Pharma » The Daily Poster

AG's office urges Harvard Pilgrim, Tufts to give savings to customers » Boston Business Journal

Walsh: Beacon Hill's Police Reform Won't Fundamentally Change Boston Police Practices » WGBH

Tran’s campaign donates $5,000 to legal defense fund » Commonwealth Magazine

Somerville Mayor Joe Curtatone positioning to challenge Charlie Baker » Boston Herald

Court’s DACA ruling welcome news, but immigration reform needed, advocates say » Boston Globe

Elizabeth Warren And Ayanna Pressley Want To Know How Badly The US Pandemic Response Failed People Of Color » BuzzFeedNews

Opposition to MCAS grows » Gazette Net

Activists Fear Safety Net Won’t Catch Evictions » State House News Service

Armed Michiganders Gather Outside Secretary Of State’s Home To Deny Voting Results » HUFFPOST

Power struggle sparks tensions among Senate Democrats » The Hill

CA: California exits give Newsom rare chance to pick 3 high-profile leaders » Politico

Fact check: Trump floods rally with audacious falsehoods » Boston Globe

President Trump campaigns in Georgia with his own lost race on his mind » Boston Globe

Barr is said to be weighing whether to leave before Trump’s term ends » Boston Globe

Inaction on stimulus package would be ‘stupidity on steroids,’ senator says » Boston Globe

Trump’s refusal to concede stalls GOP reckoning over 2020 loss » Boston Globe

Editorial: Massachusetts restaurants, workers need coronavirus relief now » Boston Herald

These Mass. firms scored a maximum $10M PPP loan » Boston Business Journal

McGovern commends Worcester's 'strategic economic approach' » Worcester Telegram

In Protest, there is community and joy rising » Boston Globe

Schools confront ‘off the rails’ numbers of failing grades » Boston Globe

Some colleges plan to bring back more students in the spring » Boston Globe

Citing In-School Transmission, Framingham Returns To Remote Schooling » WBUR

State instructs Boston, Worcester, and Springfield to open classrooms for special education students » Boston Globe

'Varsity Blues' Prosecution Perverts U.S. Law And Camouflages Deep Campus Corruption » WGBH

Lynn public schools will not be allowed to play winter sports » Lynn Daily News Item

Small colleges landed more than $1.2B in PPP funds amid spring-semester swoon » Boston Business Journal

First coronavirus vaccine doses in U.S. could happen this week, pending FDA approval » Boston Herald

DCU Center begins taking patients this weekend as COVID-19 hospitalizations climb » WHDH

Initial 300,000 vaccine doses will be used as first shot » Commonwealth Magazine

Massachusetts Hospitals Begin Scaling Back Elective Procedures As COVID Strains Capacity » WGBH

Nursing home residents could get vaccine by year’s end, official says » Boston Globe

Editorial: Build public trust in the vaccine » Boston Globe

Congressman: ‘Tim White deserved better from the country he served’ » Lowell Sun

Gov. Baker halts inpatient elective procedures as hospitalizations rise » Boston Business Journal

Baker says Mass. hospitals will ‘curtail’ inpatient elective procedures amid COVID-19 spike » Boston Globe

Opinion: Gratitude for our mission to feed hungry families » Boston Globe

Nearly 900 families show up to get food in driving rain at Community College » Cape Cod Times

Opinion: In Chelsea, the food line is a lifeline » Boston Globe

Opinion: Hunger can happen to any of us » Boston Globe

SJC Considers 'Jail Time Credit' For Drug Lab Defendants » WBUR

Massachusetts Courthouses To Stay Mostly Remote Until Next Year » WBUR

Four people charged with stealing more than $170k in unemployment benefits » The Republican

Charlie Baker’s Approval Rating Lowest Among Republicans » New Boston Post

Lowell City Council races taking shape » Lowell Sun

Rep. Kennedy Reflects On His Time In The Mass. Congressional Delegation » WBUR

OTR: Gov. Baker explains why he is not rolling back reopening of Massachusetts » WCVB

Public-health expert rips Charlie Baker on Covid-19 response; says we now have more new cases than Florida and Texas » Universal Hub

Massachusetts health officials report 4,747 more COVID cases, 48 deaths on Sunday » The Republican

In Lawrence, the COVID-19 pandemic has been ‘the perfect storm’ » Boston Globe

Boston coronavirus positive test rate crosses city’s ‘threshold for concern’ » Boston Herald

How safe is it to dine in tents, igloos during the coronavirus pandemic? » Boston Herald

Calls grow for Charlie Baker to roll back Massachusetts coronavirus reopenings, industry leaders push back » Boston Herald

As Massachusetts coronavirus cases reach record levels, wastewater data surges to all-time highs » Boston Herald

Cambridge, Framingham schools switch to remote; Worcester field hospital accepts first five COVID-19 patients » Boston Globe

Ed Markey calls for national mask mandate as coronavirus cases surge » Boston Herald

Worcester's houses of worship immaculate to COVID-19 - so far » Worcester Telegram

With no new COVID-19 restrictions from the state, public health experts and some Boston-area mayors urge more action » Boston Globe

Pols lose trust when they flout own COVID-19 rules » Boston Herald

State reports 4,747 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, 48 new deaths Sunday » Boston Globe

More Than 10,000 Infections Confirmed Over Weekend » State House News Service

CIC opens another Covid testing site, in Newton » Boston Business Journal

Charlie Baker keeps cards close on Massachusetts police reform bill » Boston Herald

Facial recognition: What to know about the Massachusetts police reform bill’s restrictions on the controversial tech » The Republican

The story behind a Boston police detective who benefited from two police coverups » Boston Globe

In the year of COVID-19, Boston homicides and shootings spiked. Why? » Boston Globe

DOC Revises Medical Parole Reporting After 2 Prisoner Deaths » WBUR

MCI-Norfolk prisoner in his 80s dies of COVID-19 » Commonwealth Magazine

Vasque: Reform bill 'short-sighted' » The Eagle Tribune

Marion Police Chief John B. Garcia retiring next month » South Coast Today

State officials make it clear: Redevelopment shouldn’t lead to total demolition of Hurley building » Boston Globe

Editorial: MBTA Board Must Stand Up to Baker » Banker & Tradesman

Judge rules SSA negligent in 2017 fast ferry crash » Cape Cod Times

Construction of $42.6M hangar at Chicopee’s Westover Air Reserve Base slated to start in spring » The Republican

MBTA head asks oversight board to delay decision on service cuts » Boston Business Journal

Massachusetts lawmakers concerned that some Comcast subscribers could lose WCVB » Boston.com

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CommonWealth Magazine The Codcast: Jim Hunt and the Mass. League of Community Health Centers

11:00am House Session, Informal Session

11:00am Senate Session, Informal Session

Birthdays: Rep. Steven Xiarhos

1:00pm MIRA Coalition's Fall Speaker Series presents The New American Integration Program: A Successful Model, Via videoconference

6:00pm Division of Marine Fisheries Public Hearing, Via Zoom

10:00am Department of Agricultural Resources Public Hearing, Via Zoom

11:00am Joint Committee on State Administration & Regulatory Oversight, Public Hearing

11:30am Joint Committee on Revenue, Public Hearing

1:00pm "Ask the Super" with Boston Superintendent Brenda Cassellius on GBH's Boston Public Radio, 89.7 FM or wgbh.org/news

6:00pm Division of Marine Fisheries Public Hearing, Via Zoom

8:30am Women Who Mean Business presented by the Boston Business Journal, Via web

11:00am House Session, Informal Session

11:00am Senate Session, Informal Session

3:00pm Joint Committee on Consumer Protection & Professional Licensure, Public Hearing

No Hearings Scheduled

Whip Clark Statement on the Passing of Congressman Donald M. Payne, Jr. » Office of Congresswoman Katherine Clark

Administration opens Destination Development grant program » Mass. Municipal Association

Release: Airlines to disclose fees up front, give automatic refunds for cancellations, delays » MassPIRG

Ending the Tax Penalty Against Working Immigrants » Mass. Budget & Policy Center

2024 ‘State of the Air’ Report Reveals Most ‘Hazardous’ Air Quality Days in 25 Years » American Lung Association

Environmentalists and Youth Group Sue Maine for Failure to Act on Climate Change » Conservation Law Foundation

Senate President Spilka Pledges "Comprehensive Climate Bill" In Senate » American Council of Engineering Companies of Mass.

NEW VIDEO: Maura Healey's Embattled Secretary of Transportation » MassFiscal Alliance