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Low birth rates, slow immigration harms state workforce » Commonwealth Magazine

Wu set to require developers to build more affordable housing in new projects » Boston Globe

State’s largest insurer to start paying providers to address health care disparities » Boston Globe

State lawmakers hold fewer recorded votes » The Eagle Tribune

Baker nominates Jubinville for clerk magistrate » Commonwealth Magazine

How Red Sox CEO Sam Kennedy helped Charlie Baker become the next NCAA president » Boston Globe

MGM reports $22 million in gambling revenue; state Rep. Bud Williams calls for Western Mass. seat on state Gaming Commission » MassLive

Baker said he sought pardons in Fells Acres case because convicted siblings ‘should have gotten a new trial’ » Boston Globe

NCAA Hiring Charlie Baker As Next President Is Likely More Symbolic Than Meaningful » Forbes

Worcester Board of Health: Local hospitals face capacity crisis » Worcester Telegram

NH: The New Hampshire primary is headed for an extreme makeover » WGBH

NY: NYC Council proposes housing construction targets for every neighborhood » New York Daily News

NY: Lawmakers eyeing salary increases, limits on outside income » Albany Times Union

FL: Florida insurance commissioner Altmaier quits amid crisis » Orlando Sentinel

FL: DeSantis Sucks Up to the Anti-Vax Crowd » The Bulwark

MI: Three sentenced to prison over plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Whitmer » Axios

MT: Federal Judge Strikes Down Part of Montana’s Far-Reaching Anti-Vax Law » ProPublica

Donald Trump Aims to Regroup After Rocky First Month of 2024 Campaign » The Wall Street Journal

Mysterious company behind Trump's $99 trading cards has same address as his West Palm Beach golf club » Raw Story

Inside Mar-a-Lago, Where Thousands Partied Near Secret Files » New York Times

Inside Hakeem Jeffries’ Quiet Standoff With the Left » The Daily Beast

Rep. Cicilline introduces bill to bar Trump from holding federal office » Boston Globe

Buttigieg welcomes GOP investigations » Axios

The biggest Pinocchios of 2022 » Washington Post

A N.J. school is getting armored shields to protect students and teachers in a mass shooting. Will others follow? » The Philadelphia Inquirer

2023 Outlook for Health Care » Deloitte

How a Sprawling Hospital Chain Ignited Its Own Staffing Crisis » New York Times

Conservative donors pour ‘dark money’ into case that could upend US voting law » The Guardian

A Fifth of American Adults Struggle to Read. Why Are We Failing to Teach Them? » ProPublica

Let's Hope Charlie Baker Can Bring to Bear All His Skills to Drive the NCAA into the Ground » Esquire

General Electric’s new energy business will open its HQ near Kendall Square » Boston Globe

New Bedford among local communities awarded grants through Seaport Economic Council » South Coast Today

John Hancock has a case of big sign envy » Boston Globe

Adams says yes to a Lenox developer's $15 million Greylock Glen campground proposal » Berkshire Eagle

Outgoing state Sen. Eric Lesser concerned about lack of economic development in western Massachusetts » Spectrum News

Claudine Gay named 30th president of Harvard University, and will be first Black leader » Boston Globe

Arts and science dean Claudine Gay will become Harvard's first Black president » Boston Business Journal

Springfield Tech CC, High Schools to Start STEM Academy » Government Technology

Claudine Gay to Serve as Harvard's 30th President » The Harvard Crimson

It’s time to zero in on mathematics education » Commonwealth Magazine

Superintendent denies bus contract bidding allegations raised by watchdog agency » Boston Herald

Former Harvard fencing coach’s wife testifies $500,000 payments were loans from friend, not bribes to get sons into college » Boston Globe

Study says Boston schools may face ‘fiscal cliff’ » Commonwealth Magazine

Plainridge reports usual drop in revenue from Oct. to Nov. » The Sun Chronicle

ER doctors misdiagnose patients with unusual symptoms » Boston Globe

North Andover, Methuen and Merrimac Share in State Housing Choice Grants » WHAV

SJC upholds bond requirement for some affordable housing challenges » Salem News

Wu proposes major shakeup to real estate development approvals in Boston » Boston Business Journal

Michelle Wu proposes major affordable-housing rule changes in Boston » Boston Herald

Advocates push for tenant bill of rights in Holyoke » Gazette Net

Fifth town approves amended Housing Bank legislation » Martha's Vineyard Times

New Community Behavioral Health Centers Target Gaps in Care » State House News Service

With Worcester’s unsheltered population jumping 50.6% over last year, city looks to increase shelter beds » MassLive

Ready to be fathers: Eight men graduate Nurturing Fathers program offered by sheriff’s office » Gazette Net

Boston kicks vital Roxbury community center to the curb » Boston Globe

Mass. is about to open 25 behavioral health centers with 24-hour crisis intervention » MassLive

Advocates question conditions at shelter for migrants and families experiencing homelessness » WBUR

Editorial: US can’t afford to lose skilled immigrants » Boston Herald

Baker Taps Councilor Jubinville For Magistrate Post » State House News Service

Newbury town administrator recognized by Baker » Newburyport News

Editorial: Boston no longer needs to hold city workers hostage to residency » Boston Globe

Boston-area COVID wastewater levels keep spiking, Massachusetts virus cases up 12% as health officials push boosters and flu shots » Boston Herald

Salisbury police chief named Mass. Chiefs of Police Association president » Newburyport News

Worcester LGBTQ+ bar increases security in response to homeland security bulletin » Worcester Telegram

Mass. Gov. Charlie Baker talks new NCAA role, calls college sports a ‘jewel’ » MassLive

Baker’s Next Challenge: Running The NCAA » State House News Service

Charlie Baker to helm the NCAA » Commonwealth Magazine

Keller @ Large: Charlie Baker will need plenty of help as new NCAA president » CBS Boston

Essex County STAR Transitional Program Successful » Lynn Journal

Howie Carr: Charlie Baker lands in payroll patriot penthouse » Boston Herald

Charlie Baker’s next job as NCAA president includes a minefield of issues » Boston Globe

Beacon Hill’s going through changes ⚖️ » Boston.com

MassFiscal Takes Anti-Tax Torch From CLT » State House News Service

MBTA Targeting New Boston Layover Facility » State House News Service

The place Boston’s Olympic stadium was supposed to go could soon be a railyard » Boston Globe

MBTA looking to buy Boston’s Widett Circle for rail storage » Boston Herald

DPU orders MBTA to address speeding on Green Line » Boston Herald

Cape Air transitioning to electric planes, but it will be a while » The Inquirer and Mirror

$155K grant will allow Hadley to pursue sewer hookup with Amherst » Gazette Net

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