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MASSACHUSETTS

Healey administration grapples with record high opioid deaths » Commonwealth Magazine

FBI raided Fitchburg home of one-time congressional candidate, former state senator Dean Tran » Boston Globe

Boston city councilor who oversaw police cuts should resign as budget chief, BPD union head says » Boston Herald

Reading tea leaves on Tepper » Commonwealth Magazine

Report: In-state tuition plan would benefit colleges » The Eagle Tribune

Report shows growth for Asian-owned businesses in Mass. » WBUR

Antisemitic, homophobic graffiti found at Taunton synagogue and home » Boston.com

On Pride Month, Corporate America keeps getting it wrong » Boston Globe

EPA sued for failure to act on state’s air pollution plans » Gloucester Times

Khrystian King Will Run For Mayor Of Worcester In 2023 » Worcester Patch

Pharmacists may be able to prescribe hormonal birth control if this Mass. bill passes » MassLive

Abortion funders shouldering unprecedented requests as prices skyrocket » Boston Globe

THE OTHER 49

RI: Tiny device is what cops dread: Feds, state, local police meet as crime season heats up » Providence Journal

CT: How a GOP legislative ‘rat’ overrode home rule in a small CT town » Hartford Courant

NY: What Albany Lawmakers Have — and Have Not — Accomplished This Year » The City

NY & NJ: Bridge and tunnel drivers might be exempt from NYC congestion pricing, MTA head says » NJ.com

PA: They Danced When Biden Won. Now They’re Biting Their Nails. » Politico

OH: Ohio Prison System Bans Java Computer Manual, But Allows Hitler’s Mein Kampf » The Marshall Project

IN: Indiana Moms for Liberty chapter scrambles to explain why it quoted Hitler in very first newsletter » Raw Story

IL: How Illinois became an abortion safe haven after Roe v. Wade reversal » Axios

MN: Here's how abortion in Minnesota changed post-Dobbs decision » Axios

KS: Ex-FBI analyst who kept classified info in bathroom like Trump going to prison in KC case » Kansas City Star

FL: Alan Grayson files for U.S. Senate run in 2024 against Rick ScottAlan Grayson. » Florida Politics

CO: Colorado sees surge in abortions post-Dobbs decision » Axios

WY: Judge blocks Wyoming’s 1st-in-the-nation abortion pill ban while court decides lawsuit » AP News

OR: Oregon County Sues Fossil Fuel Companies Over 2021 Heat Dome » New York Times

CA: California Supreme Court repeals decades of rulings shielding police from lawsuits » San Francisco Chronicle

CA: Advocates Call for 911 Changes. Police Have Mixed Feelings. » California Healthline

NATIONAL

Kari Lake, Gunning for a Spot on Donald Trump’s Ticket, “Practically Lives” at Mar-a-Lago: Report » Vanity Fair

Group seeks boost to labor organizing in Senate » Politico

GOP's field for president is historically diverse » Axios

Trump Trial Setting Could Provide Conservative Jury Pool » New York Times

Frost rips ‘abuses’ by DeSantis at unusual congressional hearing » Orlando Sentinel

The Unfolding Medicaid Disaster » The Lever

SCOTUS affirmative action decision's impact on corporate America » Axios

A No Labels Candidate Would Be an Unserious Contender and a Threat to Democracy » Data for Progress

DeSantis won’t say if he’ll support Trump in 2024 » Politico

Inquiry after girl’s death shows unsafe medical care in U.S. border facilities » Washington Post

Supreme Court rules against Navajo Nation request for water rights » Washington Post

From NFL quarterbacks to musicians, celebrities are pushing psychedelics » Axios

“Today they’re dishonoring this House and dishonoring themselves by bringing to the floor this ridiculous impeachment referral resolution,” said Massachusetts Rep. Jim McGovern. “This body has become a place where extreme, outlandish and nutty issues get debated passionately, and important ones not at all,” McGovern said. “In short, the Republican Party is a joke.”
Massachusetts Rep. Jim McGovern, the top Democrat on the House Rules Committee
Eager to impeach President Joe Biden, hard-right House Republicans forced a vote Thursday that sent the matter to congressional committees in a clear demonstration of the challenge that Speaker Kevin McCarthy faces in controlling the majority party.