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Today on Beacon Hill

8:30am Ending Hunger in Massachusetts hosted by the State House News Service, MCLE, 10 Winter Place, Boston

11:15am Senate Session, Informal Session

11:30am House Session, Informal Session

1:00pm Department of Environmental Protection Public Hearing, Via Zoom

6:00pm Department of Environmental Protection Public Hearing, Via Zoom

Swearing-in of Governor-elect Maura Healey

Must-Reads

MASSACHUSETTS

Overlap, Divergence In Spilka, Mariano Priorities » State House News Service

On his last day at the State House, Mass. Gov. Charlie Baker reflects on legacy » MassLive

Cape Cod bridge projects: Massachusetts is denied funding for Bourne, Sagamore bridges » Boston Herald

Early education, public transit identified as early session priorities by top state lawmakers » MassLive

State commission calls for dismantling structural racism in Mass. prisons, jails » WGBH

Healey Names Acting HHS Secretary While Search Continues » State House News Service

Massachusetts Republicans just lost their popular governor. They’re not all mad about it. » Politico

Barstool Sportsbook betting approved for Mass., mobile betting to launch in March » MassLive

Sole Criminal Case in Soldiers’ Home Outbreak Reaches SJC » Western Mass Politics and Insight

Big tests ahead for Healey administration » Boston Globe

THE OTHER 49

RI: RI faith leaders urge legislative action against poverty » The Providence Journal

CT: CT lawmaker Quentin Williams killed in wrong-way crash in Cromwell, official says » CT Insider

NY: What New York Senate Democrats want this year » Spectrum News

NY: Marijuana Use Spills Into NYC Classrooms as Educators Grapple With New Cannabis Landscape » The City

NY: Adams Rejects Criticism From de Blasio Aides in Scathing Broadside » New York Times

NJ: N.J. women’s health clinics to get $6M in state loans for expansion as demand for abortions grows » NJ.com

NJ: Penalties for assaulting elected officials would increase under New Jersey proposal » POLITICO Pro

VA: Virginia lawmakers want to create new state committee on gambling addiction » Virginia Mercury

MI: Democratic Michigan Sen. Debbie Stabenow to retire » Axios

CO: Cases of Colorado toddlers accidentally ingesting THC soar » Axios

CA: How much does the Legislature look like California? » Cal Matters

CA: Inside the LAPD’s secretive, multimillion-dollar private funding arm » Los Angeles Times

NATIONAL

House's speaker drama shrinks congressional agenda » Politico

Alarm as US states pass ‘very concerning’ anti-homeless laws » The Guardian

The Secret to Ron DeSantis’s Success? Ignore Donald Trump—and Attack Business Instead » Bloomberg Politics

At trial, Oath Keeper alleges specific plan to stop vote count » Washington Post

Amazon Layoffs to Hit Over 18,000 Workers, the Most in Recent Tech Wave » The Wall Street Journal

Representative Byron Donalds was getting votes for Speaker of the House. Who is he? » Boston Globe

Opinion: The House Should Not Have Released Trump’s Personal Tax Returns » Politico

Health prices rising much faster in the private sector than Medicare » Axios

McCarthy Aligned Super PAC Agrees to Conservative Demand to Stop Spending in Safe GOP Primaries » The Wall Street Journal

Automakers are pouring millions into "flying taxis" » Axios

“The joke about the Legislature has always been is they’re a little bit like the kid with the homework assignment, doesn’t really get started until 11 o’clock at night,” Baker said. “I’m a little worried about the fact that there’s a lot of (bills) and we don’t have a lot of time, but we’ll do the best we can to get through them.”
Governor Charlie Baker
Baker will need to spend his final official hours as governor sifting through a mountain of bills the Legislature sent to him in the scramble to cap off their 192nd session. Baker said his team will look at them as “quickly as possible.”