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Today on Beacon Hill

8:00am The Annual State of Massachusetts Business Address 2023 with Governor Maura Healey hosted by AIM, TBA

11:00am House Session, Informal Session

11:00am Senate Session, Informal Session

11:30am 2023 Economic Outlook hosted by the Boston Business Journal, Seaport Hotel, One Seaport Lane, Boston

5:30pm The State of Race: The Latino Housing Crisis hosted by GBH, In-person and virtual, GBH Studio, Boston Public Library, Copley Square

Birthdays: Rep. Antonio Cabral, State Senator John Velis

Must-Reads

MASSACHUSETTS

One company could sink Massachusetts’ climate goals » E&E News

In first State of the City address, Michelle Wu pledges to overhaul Boston’s planning process » Boston Globe

Legal sports betting begins next week in Mass., and the casinos are bracing for … whatever » Boston Globe

Proposed septic regulation push to address Cape Cod’s $4 billion pollution problem » Boston Herald

SJC to weigh super PAC ballot question case » The Eagle Tribune

Westfield Sen. John Velis appointed to national mental health task force » MassLive

What you don’t know about Latinos in Massachusetts » Boston Globe

Could Mass. lawmakers update the tax refund law that returned $3B to taxpayers? » MassLive

Mass. lawmakers push $300M fund to help decarbonize buildings » Boston Business Journal

Health care providers are seeing 'a steady stream' of people traveling to Mass. for abortion care » WBUR

To new Mass. economic development chief, the proof will be in the people » Boston Globe

Newton school officials say tax increase would supply ‘critical funding’ to spare teacher cuts » WBUR

THE OTHER 49

NH: DNC members fire back over New Hampshire's complaints about primary changes » Politico

RI: New RI House rules package would allow members to vote remotely. Here's what to know » The Providence Journal

CT: Connecticut House and Senate approve state police contract to improve recruiting, retention; trainees getting 35% pay increase by 2025 » Hartford Courant

CT: Required 30-minute lunch break for CT teachers would end under proposal » CT Insider

NY: New York to Expand Composting Citywide, Targeting Trash and Rats » New York Times

VA: Newport News School Was Warned 3 Times That 6-Year-Old Had a Gun, Lawyer Says » New York Times

IL: Pritzker: Don’t change high school AP course to appease DeSantis and ‘Florida’s racist and homophobic laws’ » Chicago Sun-Times

AZ: Here is how Ruben Gallego believes he can win Arizona’s Senate seat » Politico

CA: California already has nation’s strictest gun laws. Mass shootings could spur push to go further » Los Angeles Times

CA: California’s fast-food council faces a referendum in 2024. Workers say they won’t back down » The Sacramento Bee

NATIONAL

No Democratic Bench? Josh Shapiro and Wes Moore Are Ready To Step Up » Politico

Record 16.3 million seek health coverage through ‘Obamacare’ » Boston Globe

Everything you need to know about the heated RNC chair election » Washington Post

The private angst over Donald Trump’s racist attacks on Elaine Chao goes public » Politico

Marjorie Taylor Greene Hopes To Become Trump’s Vice President » The Daily Caller

Manchin pushes to delay tax credits for electric vehicles » AP News

U.S. Rep. Chip Roy says he’ll use debt ceiling threat to push through his border security plan » The Texas Tribune

Inside the Democratic ‘SWAT Team’ Combating the GOP’s Biden Probes » The Daily Beast

“He’s trying to pass off his covert racism, homophobia and misogyny as a more reasonable form of Trump Republicanism,” Pritzker said. “We cannot stand idly by as Republican governors wage incessant attacks on the LGBTQ+ community,”
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker
Pritzker is going to battle with the national College Board over what he calls “political grandstanding” by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.