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Today on Beacon Hill

9:00am Joint Committee on Public Health, Committee Hearing

10:00am Joint Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy, Committee Hearing

11:00am Senate Session, Informal Session

11:00am House Session, Informal Session

1:00pm Ellen Story Commission on Postpartum Depression, B-2 and Virtual

2:30pm Race Equity & Business: The State of Diversity hosted by the Boston Business Journal, The Ritz-Carlton, 10 Avery Street, Boston

4:30pm Metropolitan Area Planning Council 60th Anniversary Celebration, The Foundry, 101 Rogers Street, Cambridge

Must-Reads

MASSACHUSETTS

State Setting Sights On Replacing Tobin Bridge » State House News Service

Bill Pitched To Attack Racial Disparities In Health Care » State House News Service

Repair of Springfield water main responsible for boil order will cost millions » The Reminder

In gridlocked North Shore cities, lack of transit is creating housing logjam » MassLive

Healey admin. working on new economic development bill aimed for 2024 » MassLive

Secretary: Climate Tech Will Feature In Healey Eco-Dev Bill » State House News Service

‘Unprecedented’ coalition pushes state lawmakers to improve health equity » WGBH

Wu seeks funding for Boston police unit she pledged to dismantle » WBUR

No tax cap refunds in Massachusetts this year, State Auditor DiZoglio says » Boston Herald

Don’t call it a comeback: Globe Summit panel weighs in on the future of downtown Boston » Boston.com

Klaviyo breaks Boston tech’s two-year IPO drought. What does that mean for the economy? » Boston Globe

A clash over gun rights is headed for Beacon Hill » Axios

Why some Mass. schools made the call to lock up student phones » WBUR

7 takeaways from WBUR and ProPublica’s investigation of vacancies in state public housing » WBUR

THE OTHER 49

CT: Committee approves Nora Dannehy for state Supreme Court after questions about Russia-collusion investigation » Hartford Courant

FL: Legislative aide sues, saying Amesty falsely accused him of trying to run her over with car » Orlando Sentinel

NY: Biden administration expands legal status and work permits to thousands of Venezuelan migrants » Politico

NH: DeSantis ‘on life support’ in N.H., plummets in new poll » Politico

FL: Florida’s minimum wage increases this month » WFLA

FL: Like father, like son? As possibility of Matt Gaetz for Florida governor builds, Don Gaetz eyes return to state Senate » City and State Florida

FL: DeSantis dismisses climate fears with energy policy focused on fossil fuels »

NJ: NJ Democrats Stand for Nothing. But Vote for Them Anyway (because the Republicans are Worse) » Insider NJ

NJ: NJ among top states in generosity of its child tax credit » NJ Spotlight News

The Battle for the Virginia State Legislature , Part One » SABATO'S CRYSTAL BALL

FL: Florida now leads the country in book bans, new PEN report says. How did that happen? » The Associated Press (AP)

CA: Newsom says he’ll sign major corporate climate disclosure bill » Politico

NATIONAL

Economic gloom adds urgency to auto workers’ strike demands and imperils Biden » Boston Globe

Wildfire smoke is becoming ‘larger share’ of air pollution » Boston Globe

At a summit on climate ambition, the US and China end up on the B list » Boston Globe

Biden and Netanyahu meet to try to soothe tensions, with some success » Boston Globe

No Labels push in closely divided Arizona fuels Democratic anxiety about a Biden spoiler » Boston Globe

DeSantis ‘on life support’ in N.H., plummets in new poll » Politico

Trump's viciously anti-worker record in the spotlight ahead of Detroit trip » Raw Story

UAW strike plays out like slow-motion car wreck for Detroit automakers » Axios

New moms are working at staggeringly high rates » Axios

Opinion: The SATs Will Be Different Next Year, and That Could Be a Game-Changer » New York Times

Workers Bark Back on “The Green Dream or Whatever” »

Donald Trump Is Worried About Having to Wear “One of Those Jumpsuits” in Prison: Report » Vanity Fair

“Our country needs a functional gateway at the border that safeguards our national security from illegal entrants while providing noncitizens seeking lawful entry a practical means of obtaining approval to reside and find gainful employment,”
Senator Marc Pacheco
Sen. Marc Pacheco is leading more than four dozen of his House and Senate colleagues in a bipartisan letter urging federal lawmakers to “repair” the nation’s “outdated, dysfunctional” immigration system.