9:00am Joint Committee on Public Service, Public Hearing

10:00am Special Legislative Commission to Study and Examine the Civil Service Law, Virtual Hearing

10:00am Joint Committee on Economic Development & Emerging Technologies, Public Hearing

11:00am Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce's 2022 Pinnacle Awards, Omni Boston Hotel at the Seaport, 450 Summer Street, Boston

4:00pm Joint Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy, Public Hearing

State Police troopers may have inflated hours they worked in hundreds of details, inspector general finds » Boston Globe

Spilka Questions House Hangup On Prescription Drug, Mental Health Bills » State House News Service

Baker Proposes Real Estate Tax To Pay For Local Climate Change Resiliency Projects » WBUR

State Senate hires a pay consultant in wake of report that says staff pay ‘breaks with best practice’ » Boston Globe

Massachusetts could receive $110 million from new Purdue settlement » WBUR

Making gig drivers employees could result in major job loss, study finds » Boston Globe

RI: Lessing: Why the non-profit sector matters » The Providence Journal

NY: ‘Stop effing around’: Climate advocates call on Adams to force landlords to cut emissions » Politico Pro

NJ: Murphy unveils property tax relief program for homeowners, tenants » Politico

FL: Florida lawmakers approve strictest abortion ban in state’s history » Politico

MN: What happens if teachers strike in Minneapolis and St. Paul » Axios

FL: DeSantis presses Florida Legislature to pass doctor ‘free speech’ bill » Tampa Bay Times

Why I’m Defying Beltway Cowardice » The Wall Street Journal

Barbershop Confrontations, Profane Signs and Despair: Pro-Biden and Alone in Rural America » Politico

“We’re Underestimating What Mr. Putin Is Up To”: Sizing Up Media Coverage of Russia’s Attack on Ukraine » Vanity Fair

The Roger Stone tapes » Washington Post

Washington lobbyists rush to aid Ukrainian government » Axios

Republicans telegraph their attacks on Ketanji Brown Jackson » Washington Post

Trump may have just cost the GOP Senate control (again) » Boston Globe

Hamilton: It is not America’s job to fight all the world’s injustices » Boston Herald

Howie Carr: Somebody tell Biden the war is in Ukraine, not Iran » Boston Herald

Holyoke, Pittsfield, Springfield named as new Transformative Development Initiative districts » News 22 WWLP.com

Healey: No Regrets on 2016 Marijuana Opposition » State House News Service

Boston-area colleges relax pandemic protocols » Boston Business Journal

BU, Northeastern and Suffolk University dropping mask requirements in most areas » Boston Globe

'I'll be the most aggressive governor in the country on climate,' Maura Healey says » WGBH

Opinion: Shift in pediatric hospital care, but maybe not a seismic one » Boston Globe

Biogen begins cutting jobs following disastrous debut of its Alzheimer’s drug » Boston Globe

Mass. doctor keeps crusading for peace in a time of war » Boston Globe

Opinion: The doctor poets of COVID » Boston Globe

Charlie Baker skeptical of Michelle Wu’s Boston real estate fee proposal » Boston Globe

Boston Plan, Baker Comments Rile Transfer Tax Debate » State House News Service

Report cites uptick in welfare fraud » Salem News

Senate releases governance bill for Holyoke Soldiers’ Home: Removes layers from chain of command » MassLive

Competition for workers threatens state’s homeless shelter network » WBUR

Reworked Soldiers' Home Bill Teed Up For Senate Vote » State House News Service

US employers added 678,000 jobs in February » Boston Globe

Mandates still costing some their jobs, from Massachusetts troopers to Boston College professor » Boston Herald

New Bedford Police Union leaders rank high in number of complaints » New Bedford Light

Groton to consider change to town seal » Lowell Sun

North Attleboro officials consider changing town seal » The Sun Chronicle

Former Fall River mayor Jasiel Correia II gets another delay in reporting to prison » The Herald News

Republican Anthony Amore launches campaign for auditor » Boston Herald

‘Pretty slim’ chance Gov. Charlie Baker eyes another office after term ends » MassLive

Chicopee City Councilor Shane Brooks to run for state representative » The Reminder

‘Pretty Slim': Baker All But Rules Out Chance of Future Presidential Run » NBC Boston

Emerging GOP Slate Hoping To Rebound From Losses » State House News Service

Wendy Murphy: Firefighters face perilous cancer risk » Boston Herald

Mass. State Police trooper killed in crash on I-93 » Boston Globe

Massachusetts has the fourth highest levels of hate propaganda activity in the nation, report finds » WGBH

‘More than trending hashtags:’ Black congresswomen Ayanna Pressley, Cori Bush press for end of qualified immunity after President Joe Biden calls to ‘fund the police’ » MassLive

Shifting narrative on report on traffic stops » Commonwealth Magazine

Under fire, Parole Board considers new process to terminate never-ending parole » WGBH

Franklin County Fire Chief sworn into Fire Service Commission » News 22 WWLP.com

‘He’s still out there’: Survivors describe how law loopholes allow alleged domestic abusers out » Boston.com

Massachusetts lawmakers take aim at Putin and his cronies » Boston Herald

Baker signs order instructing state agencies not to do business with Russia » Boston Globe

Charlie Baker talks immigrant driver’s license bill, Boston transfer tax » Boston Herald

Massachusetts to terminate contracts with Russian companies, Gov. Charlie Baker announces » MassLive

‘A violation of all sorts of international law,’ Gov. Charlie Baker reiterates plea to help Ukraine » MassLive

Ask The Governor: Baker explains his opposition to Mayor Michelle Wu’s real estate transfer tax » WGBH

As Commuters Return To Offices, Some Find Their MBTA Bus Lines Are Gone » CBS Boston

Baker comments on License Bill ahead of Senate debate » News 22 WWLP.com

Seeing signs of South Coast Rail? New Bedford ready for first train ride to Boston since 1958 » The Herald News

House Wind Bill Faces Headwinds From Baker » State House News Service

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