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Birthdays: Rep. Andres Vargas, State Senator Joanne Comerford, Rep. Dawne Shand

ID: Idaho hospitals nearly buckling in relentless COVID surge » Boston Globe

‘The pro-life movement is incredibly energized right now’: Texas law stokes abortion fight across the country » Boston Globe

Bill Aims To Increase College Access For Mass. Students With Intellectual Disabilities » WBUR

Striking St. Vincent Hospital nurses’ unemployment benefits to be suspended » Boston Business Journal

OPINION: Andrea Campbell should be Boston’s next mayor » Boston Globe

State House vaccine mandates raise questions for lawmakers » Commonwealth Magazine

Democrats Vow To Protect Abortion Rights. The Question Is How. » HUFFPOST

Critics Rip Sen. Susan Collins On How Wrong She Was About Kavanaugh On Abortion Rights » HUFFPOST

The other historic election race you may not know about: A wave of Black immigrant candidates running for Boston City Council » Boston Globe

Springfield Lawmakers Demand New Courthouse » State House News Service

CA: Democrats encouraged by recall ballot data — but still plenty of voting left » Politico

Redistricting effort looks to reestablish Black Senate seat » Commonwealth Magazine

Lurch to right may imperil Texas’s attraction for employers » Boston Globe

Where have all the workers gone? Pandemic brings sea change to Cape Cod's summer businesses » Cape Cod Times

Opinion: Supreme Court inaction won’t just bring an end to Roe. It’ll make bounty hunting the new norm. » Boston Globe

Opinion: High court’s atrocious inaction on Texas abortion law sends confusing signal » Boston Globe

Supreme Court's Abortion Case Decision Activates Mass. Dems » NBC Boston

Is the Supreme Court going to overturn Roe v. Wade? Legal experts are divided » Boston Globe

With just a week until Boston schools reopen, less than a quarter of students have consented to weekly coronavirus testing » Boston Globe

UMass Eyes Bigger Online Education Footprint With New Brand » WGBH

Boston schools brace for significant bus driver shortage, uncovered routes, and delays » Boston Globe

Attorney Vanessa Smith Appointed to HCC Board of Trustees » Business West

Head of UMass Amherst chemical engineering department to be arraigned on child exploitation charges » MassLive

Climate change is ‘not a geostrategic weapon,’ Kerry tells Chinese leaders » Boston Globe

President Biden says Hurricane Ida, wildfires show ‘climate crisis’ has struck » Boston Globe

CDH grapples with rise in COVID patients, staff burnout » Gazette Net

Baystate begins to feel strain with COVID surge, staffing issues » Gazette Net

‘We are appealing to the community to help us’: Springfield hospital group straining under pressure of COVID surge » Boston Globe

Massachusetts aid groups in ‘overdrive’ preparing for Afghan evacuees » MassLive

Afghans in Rhode Island prepare to welcome recent evacuees » Boston Globe

Judge says forcing waits in Mexico to seek asylum is illegal » Boston Globe

Community effort: Mayor says Worcester ready to welcome more than 300 refugees from Afghanistan » Worcester Telegram

‘Hall of Toxicity’: Retired Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court judge says Springfield courthouse needs overhaul or total shutdown » MassLive

Will Hampden County courthouse finally get fixed? » Commonwealth Magazine

Ahead of Labor Day, Western Massachusetts unions coalition to discuss priorities for pandemic recovery » Berkshire Eagle

Greater Worcester unemployment rose in July to 6% » Worcester Business Journal

In radio forum, Northampton mayoral hopefuls stake out ground » Gazette Net

Howie Carr: Chilly wind blowing for Baker with TCI » Boston Herald

Boston isn’t the only city with a hot mayoral election » Commonwealth Magazine

Is one of the vaccines best at preventing COVID? Experts say no, even as new data emerge » Boston Globe

Kim Janey mum on rumored Mass and Cass enforcement action » Boston Herald

New Bedford police officers received suspensions for handling of city councilor crash » South Coast Today

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Podcast Spotlight

Five Thirty Eight Politics Podcast: Politics Podcast: Why Most Abortions Are Currently Banned In Texas

Audit Identifies Barriers to Access in Operational Services Division » MA Office of the State Auditor

Suffolk County District Attorney Kevin Hayden Pays $5,000 Civil Penalty for Violating Conflict of Interest Law » MA State Ethics Commission

A Call for Climate Justice at the InterAmerican Court of Human Rights » Union of Concerned Scientists

Congresswoman Trahan Announces $3 Million In Head Start Funding For Making Opportunity Count In Fitchburg » Office of Congresswoman Lori Trahan

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