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Today on Beacon Hill

9:00am Joint Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy, Public Hearing

10:00am Commission on Structural Racism in the Massachusetts Probation Service, Virtual Hearing

10:00am Joint Committee on Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities, Public Hearing

11:00am Joint Committee on Veterans & Federal Affairs, Public Hearing

12:00pm Department of Energy Resources Public Hearing, Via Zoom

2:00pm Department of Mental Health Public Hearing, Via Webex

Birthdays: Rep. Tommy Vitolo

"In a sign of one-party dominance on Beacon Hill, it’s not just Republicans complaining about the Democrats who control the state Legislature in Massachusetts – it’s other Democrats."

Shira Schoenberg, CommonWealth Magazine

The Massachusetts Democratic State Committee on Saturday voted urging the Democratic-led Legislature to be more transparent and include all Committee votes be made public.
News By Category
Beltway Politics

Calling him ‘dangerous,’ Warren says she opposes Powell’s renomination » Boston Globe

Manchin, Sinema to meet with Biden in talks to trim $3.5 trillion bill » Boston Globe

General Milley defends call to Chinese at end of Trump presidency » Boston Globe

Opinion: Disputatious Democrats may snatch defeat from the jaws of victory » Boston Globe

Capitol Police chief says he sees rising threats » Boston Globe

Business

Disgraced Ex-Fall River Mayor Jasiel Correia Ordered To Repay Investors $300,000 » CBS Boston

These are the nation's 30 least affordable metro areas » Boston Business Journal

AG advises it’s illegal to advertise one price for a vehicle and then charge another » Boston Globe

Gamble heirs resign from board of Watertown nonprofit, cut financial ties » Boston Business Journal

A Cambridge company will control a tugboat from 3,600 miles away » Boston Globe

Topsfield Fair Returns Friday After Year Off Due To Pandemic » CBS Boston

AG Issues Advisory After ‘Significant Increase’ In Complaints Of Deceptive Advertising By Car Dealers » CBS Boston

Business, academic leaders gather in Worcester to promote, celebrate manufacturing in Massachusetts » WCVB

Attleboro company honored for innovation in manufacturing » The Sun Chronicle

Akamai to acquire Israeli anti-malware company for $600M » Boston Business Journal

Tourism industry pushes for more relief » Newburyport News

Lowell is making a comeback » Boston Globe

Civil Rights

Asian Americans Reflect on Discrimination, Experiences » State House News Service

Education

UMass hires cybersecurity firm to probe racist messages » Gazette Net

More than half of US schools report ‘severe’ or ‘desperate’ bus driver shortage » News 22 WWLP.com

‘I was expecting a plan’: Boston students see few signs of federal recovery money » Boston Globe

‘A very scary thing to tell someone’: The debate over gender pronouns in schools, explained » Boston Globe

Boston’s English High School hoping to find 9,000 ‘missing’ alumni as part of 200th anniversary celebration » Boston Globe

State representative urges Mass. leaders to deploy National Guard for school COVID-19 testing » Boston Globe

Tufts, Bates, Others Awarded $500 Million To Enroll More Low-Income, Undocumented Students » WGBH

Environment

Adams Planning Board Gives Go-Ahead To Greylock Glen Project » WAMC

‘First evidence’ of breeding population of invasive spotted lanternfly found in Massachusetts » Boston Globe

Buildings Emerging As Central Focus Of Carbon Fight » State House News Service

Gaming

Just how much are tickets to see Tom Brady? Inside the money surrounding Sunday’s game » Boston Globe

Health Care

Some Families Blindsided By MassHealth Estate Recovery » State House News Service

Survey: many are worried about health care, costs » Lowell Sun

Mass General Brigham won’t offer Biogen’s new Alzheimer’s drug » Boston Globe

Hospitals: Staffing Problems Are 'Really Bad' » State House News Service

More setbacks for Biogen: state's largest hospital system spurns Alzheimer's drug » Boston Business Journal

Housing

Lt. Gov. Polito, state housing Secretary Kennealy tour $53M Courthouse Lofts Tuesday » Worcester Telegram

Should Great Barrington control how homeowners rent their property? Early bylaw talks stir resistance » Berkshire Eagle

Report Recommends Taking Road To “15-Minute Neighborhoods” » State House News Service

Human Services

Pressley criticizes Tompkins plan for Mass. and Cass treatment center » Boston Globe

Enhanced Cash Benefits Pitched to Get Families Out of 'Deep Poverty' » State House News Service

Immigration

Ambrose: Border chaos blame lands squarely at Biden’s feet » Boston Herald

Labor

Researchers See Driver Wage Floor Of $4.82 Under Ballot Question » State House News Service

Union representing more than 500 Saint Vincent Hospital employees calls on elected officials to intervene to resolve nurse’s strike in Worcester » MassLive

Politics

Asians Are Underrepresented In Mass. Politics, But Wu and Chang-Diaz Are Trying To Change That » WBUR

Sciarra, Warner to face off for mayor in Northampton » Gazette Net

Gore, Quinlan, Elkins, Murphy to contest at-large council seats in Northampton » Gazette Net

Southampton’s George Symborski hailed as longtime Democratic stalwart » Gazette Net

Arroyos endorse Michelle Wu for Boston mayor » Boston Herald

Howie Carr: Ahoy! Climate activists leave Charlie Baker high and dry » Boston Herald

Boston Mayoral Candidates Michelle Wu And Annissa Essaibi George To Meet In First Debate October 13 On WBZ-TV » CBS Boston

How Elizabeth Warren Goes Local in the Commonwealth » Western Mass Politics and Insight

Briefings: Sciarra Rules Noho Prelim, Warner Lives to Fight in General » Western Mass Politics and Insight

Public Health

COVID-19 cases expected to rise in Mass., but high vaccination rates likely to keep hospitals manageable » Boston Globe

Opinion: We can’t arrest our way out of Mass. and Cass » Boston Globe

Attleboro area legislator touts efforts to get parents, caregivers time off for shots » The Sun Chronicle

Breakthrough COVID cases in Massachusetts decreased last week along with total cases » MassLive

Public Safety

Trooper Exodus Framed As Matter of "Semantics" » State House News Service

Advocates say rapes in college towns ‘underreported’ in FBI crime data » Boston Herald

Massachusetts trooper seriously injured after truck smashes into cruiser at construction zone » Boston Herald

State Police, union trade assertions over vaccine mandate; disease experts say troopers should get shots » Boston Globe

Petition formed in response to Leyden police chief’s surfaced emails » The Recorder

Massachusetts State Police, Governor Baker in Vaccine Showdown [OPINION] » WBSM

Union: Dozens of Mass. state troopers are quitting over vaccine mandate » The Enterprise

SJC Says Sheriffs' Pandemic Responses Are Constitutional » WBUR

State Government

‘Clock ticking’ on $4.9B in ARPA funding as Massachusetts spending lags » Boston Herald

Broad Support for Shift to Indigenous People’s Day » State House News Service

Support mounts for nixing Columbus Day for Indigenous Peoples Day » Boston Herald

Benefit check delays continue to frustrate new retirees » News 22 WWLP.com

Coalition seeks formation of 13 new majority-minority districts » News 22 WWLP.com

Lottery Bet Slips Drawn Into Supply Chain Snarl » State House News Service

400 years after Standish landed in Squantum, Massachusetts rethinks its flag, his legacy » Patriot Ledger

Transportation

Derailment Renews Calls For New MBTA Investments » State House News Service

A troubling Green Line crash, a bloody Back Bay escalator malfunction, and now a Red Line derailment » Boston Globe

Utilities

$5 million going to regional sewer treatment plant » The Eagle Tribune

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Recipe of the Week

Pork Chops With Apples and Cider

David Tanis — New York Times Cooking

Ingredients

¼ teaspoon black peppercorns

3 cloves

4 allspice berries

2 tablespoons roughly chopped sage

1 and 1/2 tablespoons kosher salt

6 boneless pork chops, 4 ounces each, about 1/2-inch thick

2 large apples

2 tablespoons butter

 All-purpose flour, for dusting

½ cup hard cider, plus 2 tablespoons

2 teaspoons Dijon mustard

1 and 1/2 cups chicken broth

2 teaspoons potato starch dissolved in 2 tablespoons cold water

3 tablespoons crème fraîche

1 tablespoon Calvados, apple brandy or Cognac, optional

2 tablespoons finely cut chives

2 tablespoons chopped parsley

Directions

Make the spice salt: Put peppercorns, cloves, allspice and sage in a spice mill or mortar and grind to a powder. Remove to a bowl and stir in salt. Season pork chops on both sides with salt mixture. (There will be some salt mixture remaining; use it to season the sauce, Step 4.) Cover and leave chops at room temperature to absorb seasonings for at least 30 minutes.

Peel, quarter and core apples, then cut each apple into 12 wedges. Melt 1 tablespoon butter in a wide skillet and raise heat to medium-high. Add apple wedges in one layer and brown gently on one side, about 2 minutes. Brown on the other side and cook for 2 minutes more, or until apples are cooked through but still firm. Remove apples from pan and keep warm.

Add 1 tablespoon butter to pan and swirl to melt. Dust pork chops with flour, and place in pan and brown gently for about 4 minutes per side. Adjust heat if necessary to keep pork from cooking too quickly. Remove chops and keep warm on a platter in a low oven. Discard remaining butter.

Add ½ cup cider to pan, raise heat to high and cook down to a syrup. Add mustard and chicken broth, and bring to a boil, then reduce heat to a simmer. Add potato starch and stir with a wire whisk as the sauce thickens. Stir in crème fraîche. Season to taste with remaining spiced salt. Add 2 tablespoons cider and the Calvados, if using. Cook for 1 minute more.

Spoon sauce over the chops, then spoon the apples around the platter. Sprinkle with chives and parsley.

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