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Today on Beacon Hill

11:00am House Session, Informal Session

11:00am Senate Session, Informal Session

1:30pm Governor Charlie Baker on GBH's Boston Public Radio with Jim Braude & Margery Eagan, 89.7 FM or gbhnews.org

Must-Reads

Audit: Most State Construction Projects Did Not Meet Workforce Goals » State House News Service

Auditor finds many state-run construction projects employed zero women or people of color » WGBH

What’s better for T: No fares or low-income fare? » Commonwealth Magazine

Governor candidate and state Sen. Sonia Chang-Díaz lands 20 endorsements from racial justice leaders » MassLive

CLF Threatens Suit Over Wastewater Discharges » State House News Service

Hundreds of thousands of Mass. households are behind on utility bills as end of shut-off moratorium looms » WGBH

Boston to open new early childhood office to streamline access to care options for parents » WBUR

RI: Who is running in Rhode Island’s 2nd congressional district race? » Boston Globe

RI: Lifespan and Care New England officially pull the plug on merger » The Providence Journal

NY: DiNapoli: NY's 'green economy' push created one million jobs » Spectrum News

NY: Ex-NYPD union boss pleads not guilty to fraud charge » AP News

NJ: N.J. immigrant relief program about to end just as it’s gaining steam. Insiders doubt it will be revived. » NJ.com

NJ: Fears grow that Black businesses will be left out of recreational marijuana market » New Jersey Monitor

FL: Feds say they can override DeSantis’ rule about shelters housing unaccompanied minors » The Associated Press (AP)

MN: Twin Cities Teachers Vote to Strike — Demand Pay Raises, Protection for Educators of Color as COVID Drives Student Enrollment Down » The 74

TX: Texas governor directs state agencies to investigate some transgender medical treatments as ‘child abuse’ » Boston Globe

Global democracy declines for 16th year, annual index finds » Axios

Father Carlson » The Bulwark

Ivanka Trump in talks with Jan. 6 panel about cooperating in inquiry » Boston Globe

Once again, Trump appears to evade a legal trap » Washington Post

“Officially” Massachusetts

Ahhh. Massachusetts. So many stereotypes, so little time. While outsiders may associate Massachusetts with its iconic accent or inclement weather, in reality, there are so many other things that make us special. And of course, we want to share them. Click to view this session’s proposed “official” symbols of the Commonwealth: https://blog.instatrac.com/blog/officially-massachusetts

“Putin’s impunity predictably follows our tepid response to his previous horrors in Georgia and Crimea, our naive efforts at a one-sided ‘reset,’ and the shortsightedness of ‘America First.’ The ‘80s called’ and we didn’t answer.”
Mitt Romney
Romney was quick to condemn Putin and blasted previous presidential administrations for what he described as “tepid” responses to past Russian aggression and “shortsighted” foreign policy. He also called for the U.S. to expand and modernize its military.