9:00am Joint Committee on Veterans & Federal Affairs, Committee Hearing

10:00am Annual Day of Portugal Celebration, Grand Staircase & Nurses Hall, State House

10:00am Joint Committee on Transportation, Committee Hearing

10:00am Joint Committee on Health Care Financing, Committee Hearing

10:00am Joint Committee on Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities, Committee Hearing

10:15am 39th Annual Heritage Day of Portugal, House Chamber

11:00am LGBT Aging Commission, Virtual Hearing

1:00pm Joint Committee on Public Service, Committee Hearing

1:00pm Joint Committee on Judiciary, Committee Hearing

In race to beat debt limit deal, state doled out $80m in unspent COVID highway funds » Boston Globe

Over a thousand patients have been ‘stuck’ in hospital beds as discharge problems persist » Boston Globe

The nation’s first state climate czar dreams of a day when her job is unnecessary » The Hill

Mass. fails to prepare educators on how to teach reading in an evidence-based manner, new report shows » Boston Globe

SJC justice to retire early, giving Healey first chance to name member of state’s highest court » Boston Globe

Health disparities among communities of color cost Massachusetts $5.9 billion a year » Boston Herald

Massachusetts bills focusing on women veterans go before legislative committee » New England Public Media

MBTA Green Line trolley derails with 30 aboard » Boston Herald

Local activists urge Legislature to form commission to study threats of nuclear weapons, climate change » Greenfield Reporter

Sales tax holiday will return but not expand, Spilka says » Boston Herald

RI: SouthCoast Wind’s CEO sees a bright future » Providence Journal

RI: Time running out to protect migrating birds » Providence Journal

NY: How much work did New York's Legislature get done? » Spectrum News

NY: Legislature OKs bill to sell stockpiled marijuana to tribal nations » Albany Times Union

NY & NJ: Manhattan’s First-in-Nation Congestion Tolls Spark Tension With New Jersey » The Wall Street Journal

NJ: A 'feeling of Trump 2016': Why Phil Murphy and Democrats have anxiety this election year » POLITICO Pro

OH: Abortion rights advocates face test with Ohio ballot measure » The Hill

MI: Michigan Senate votes to force public employers to give unions workers' contact info » Detroit News

IL: Ban the ban, not the book? Giannoulias caps return with string of legislative wins, including anti-censorship law » Chicago Sun-Times

IL: LGBTQ workers are at the forefront of Chicago’s labor resurgence. ‘You have to learn to stick up for yourself.’ » Chicago Tribune

GA: Atlanta's speedy bridge collapse fix offers roadmap for Philly's I-95 » Axios

CA: Gavin Newsom Gives Sean Hannity Blunt Fact-Checks In Fiery Fox News Clash » HUFFPOST

FL: Officials denounce Nazi demonstration outside Disney amid rising antisemitism in Florida » Orlando Sentinel

Tracking the Trump criminal cases » Politico

Moms for Liberty rises as power player in GOP politics after attacking schools over gender, race » AP News

The Great Bank Robbery Of 2023 » The Lever

White House press secretary violated Hatch Act, watchdog agency finds » Boston Globe

Trump Needs White Suburban Women. His Indictment Splits Them. » The Wall Street Journal

Trump’s strategy to defuse court's “rocket docket” » Axios

Kevin McCarthy Seems to Think a Bathroom Is an Acceptable Place to Store Nuclear Secrets » Rolling Stone

Ivanka Trump Apparently Has Nothing to Say About Her Father Becoming a Twice-Indicted Accused Criminal » Vanity Fair

The Changing Status of Transgender Medical Intervention, Explained » The Dispatch

Trump prepares for court appearance as 1st ex-president to face federal criminal charges » AP News

Battenfeld: Will Trump indictment boomerang on Joe Biden? » Boston Herald

Biden campaign touts bipartisanship, but progressives worry about more compromise » Boston Globe

Trump tells Howie Carr he’s pleading ‘not guilty,’ calls indictment a ‘disgrace’ » Boston Herald

Three graphs compare Boston's drop in VC funding to other metros » Boston Business Journal

Why would anyone want to buy Vantage Travel? There are some good reasons. » Boston Globe

Barts and Snows Ice Cream company to return $60,000, pay fine, officials say » MassLive

Starry names new CEO ahead of expected exit from 'reorganization' bankruptcy » Boston Business Journal

Editorial: The shadow docket does clear harm in voting rights case » Boston Globe

Burlington leaders, parents decry students' destruction of Pride decorations at middle school » NBC Boston

Easthampton School Committee selects experienced superintendent to lead district on interim basis » Gazette Net

Clarke Schools to move K-5 to Jackson Street School this fall » Gazette Net

Pride event at Burlington middle school becomes ‘day of intolerance’ as students destroy decorations, principal says » Boston Globe

Slater Building, a Main Street presence for more than a century, could become apartments » Worcester Telegram

This island and its birds are like a Hitchcock movie — it’s madness, but also part miracle » Boston Globe

Klibanski sharpens focus on MGB’s massive research operations » Boston Globe

Report: Hospitals clogged with patients with no place to go » Newburyport News

One Mass. official says MassHealth eligibility check forms are 'almost torture' to fill out » WCAI

Lilly to open 700-person genetic medicines institute in Seaport next August » Boston Business Journal

Experimental Alzheimer's drug endorsed for full approval by FDA advisers » Axios

First-time homebuyers in Great Barrington or 17 other Berkshire towns may apply for $2,500 grants toward closing costs » Berkshire Eagle

Deplorable living conditions in Massachusetts' public housing » Boston Globe

Editorial: Want affordable housing? Build more homes in Mass. » Boston Herald

WinnDevelopment plans to buy, redevelop downtown Worcester’s Slater Building » Worcester Business Journal

Realtors gather in Boston to advocate for affordable housing » News 22 WWLP.com

Judge’s Surprise Retirement Gives Healey High Court Pick » State House News Service

Judge’s surprise retirement gives Healey SJC pick » Boston Herald

Gov. Healey to get first chance to name a justice to state’s highest court » Boston.com

Judge’s Surprise Retirement Gives Healey High Court Pick » State House News Service

Holyoke City Councilor Wilmer Puello-Mota rejects plea offer in Rhode Island child porn case » MassLive

‘I don’t think the town should be promoting it’: Two Billerica officials criticized for opposing Pride Month resolutions » Boston Globe

Council wants tougher contract reviews » The Eagle Tribune

Second Republican Running For Massachusetts Senate Seat In Central Massachusetts » New Boston Post

Swampscott teaches public how to use Narcan » Lynn Daily News Item

Millions of COVID patients still don’t have their sense of smell or taste, Mass Eye and Ear study finds » Boston Herald

Blogger sues Northwestern DA for withholding names of cops accused of misbehavior » MassLive

Legislature eyes Aug. 12-13 for sales tax holiday » Gazette Net

It’s sales tax holiday selection time for Legislature » Lowell Sun

Death investigation near Medford-Somerville line causing heavy delays on I-93 south » Boston Globe

R.I. official: Offshore wind regulators facing ‘Hobson’s choice’ » Commonwealth Magazine

'One step closer.' Vineyard Wind begins laying foundations for offshore wind turbines » Cape Cod Times

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