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Today on Beacon Hill

7:30am The Future of Health Care presented by the Boston Business Journal, Seaport Hotel, One Seaport Lane, Boston

11:00am House Session, Informal Session

11:00am Senate Session, Full Formal Session

1:00pm Gov. Charlie Baker on Boston Public Radio with Juliette Kayem, 89.7 FM or gbhnews.org

5:30pm Rep. Jake Oliveira for State Senate Campaign Kick-off

Must-Reads

Republican accuses Dems of flipflopping on staff unionization » Commonwealth Magazine

Poverty affects children's brains, but study finds public policy can reduce impact » WBUR

Maura Healey, Eric Lesser, Shannon Liss-Riordan lead the 2022 pack in March fundraising » Boston Herald

Gas tax suspension pushed again in Massachusetts as state revenues soar » Boston Herald

NY: Lawmakers postpone decision on mayoral control of NYC schools » Gothamist

NY: Hochul, lawmakers continue haggling over late state budget » The Buffalo News

NJ: A ‘deal’ is reached to allow beachfront access in Deal » NJ.com

NJ: CRC will again consider allowing medical cannabis operators to expanding to recreational market » POLITICO Pro

GA: Bill proposing ban on free-speech zones at college campuses clears Georgia Legislature » Georgia Recorder

NV: The Democrats’ Nevada Problem » The Liberal Patriot

OK: Oklahoma Passes Bill to Imprison Doctors Who Perform Abortions at Any Stage of Pregnancy » Vanity Fair

CA: California cities spent huge share of federal Covid relief funds on police » The Guardian

CA: Ranked choice voting is under threat » Cal Matters

A Secretive Hedge Fund Is Gutting Newsrooms » The Atlantic

Democrats make last-ditch effort to ban stock trading by lawmakers » The Hill

Dark money: the quixotic quest to clean up US campaign financing » The Guardian

Cruz and Cotton cut to the chase on GOP’s suspicion of defense lawyers » Washington Post

Sarah Palin facing shrugs and 'outright hostility' from Republicans over new political bid: report » Raw Story

Deadline Data: Joint Committee on Health Care Financing

Each legislative session in Massachusetts includes a deadline for joint committees to report their bills out to the House and Senate floor. For most joint committees, this date was February 2nd of this year. However, one committee differs from the rest: the Joint Committee on Health Care Financing (HCF). Their deadline was last week on March 30th. Our data reveals some interesting trends from this session’s HCF deadline, and how the committee greatly differs from others in the Massachusetts legislature. Click to see more: https://blog.instatrac.com/blog/deadline-data-joint-committee-on-health-care-financing

“I just find it very interesting that when it’s an election year and it’s being used for political gamesmanship and to curry favor with unions or certain groups of people, all of a sudden all these people are 100 percent behind it,” Dooley said. “When they get a chance to vote on it, they vote against it. Let’s at least be consistent.”
Rep. Shawn Dooley
In January 2019, Dooley introduced an amendment that would allow House employees to unionize. The amendment was overwhelmingly rejected, 149-9. Now, as legislative staff are attempting to unionize, support has been widespread on Beacon Hill.