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Today on Beacon Hill

10:00am Public Employee Retirement Administration Commission Hearing, PERAC, 5 Middlesex Avenue, Suite 304, Somerville

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

11:00am House Session, Informal Session

11:00am Senate Session, Informal Session

1:30pm Joint Committee on Economic Development & Emerging Technologies, Informational Hearing on the State of Youth Sports

5:15pm Act on Mass : Audit the Legislature Ballot Campaign Kickoff & Training, Virtual

6:00pm National Coming Out Day Reception with Sen. Julian Cyr

Must-Reads

MASSACHUSETTS

At hotels sheltering migrants, fears about neo-Nazis grow » WBUR

Report: Mass. gets high marks for transparency, inclusiveness on redistricting » MassLive

Mayors pitch new real-estate tax as another tool against the housing crisis » WGBH

Boston philanthropists launch new effort to ship Floridians ‘banned books’ » WGBH

Campus disputes over Israeli-Palestinian conflict turn uglier » Boston Globe

A blue state, but Massachusetts’ electorate has become something else: the cradle of independents » Boston Globe

Hate group’s flyers target New Bedford neighborhood » The New Bedford Light

Probate & Family Court adopts standing order on parenting education course » Mass Lawyers Weekly

Former Greentown Labs CEO takes helm at Mass. Clean Energy Center » Boston Globe

Superior Court Nominee Followed "Curious Path" To Public Service » State House News Service

‘It’s just too much’: Lexington woman mourns husband, brother-in-law, friend killed in Hamas attacks on Israel » Boston Globe

As itsclash in court with Bishop Fenwick looms, the MIAA pulls back the curtain on its contentious waiver process » Boston Globe

THE OTHER 49

NY: ‘Unacceptably devoid of empathy': DSA facing an internal reckoning on Israel » Politico

NY: Suozzi enters race for former House seat amid Santos’ troubles » Politico

NY: Law eyed to mandate security cameras in state parks, campgrounds » NY State of Politics

NY: Migrant mothers arriving in New York find support, hope — and lots of challenges » NPR

NC: ‘Democracy dies in darkness’: North Carolina lawmakers exempt themselves from public record laws » Courthouse News Service

LA: Louisiana 2023: The Road to Saturday’s Primary »

GA: Georgia lawmakers pitch changes to dual enrollment program, including extending HOPE Grant eligibility »

MI: Michigan may fast-track local wind and solar. Is it ‘war’ or essential? » Michigan Live

CA: Labor launched Laphonza Butler — and could hold the keys to a Senate run » Politico

NATIONAL

Progressives face backlash over response to Israel attacks » The Hill

An uncomfortable truth about GOP anti-trans bigotry » Public Notice

Trump demands apology from Forbes for being cut from wealthiest list again » The Guardian

Nikki Haley Is the New Ron DeSantis » The Atlantic

Republicans fail to coalesce around speaker choice, leaving House in limbo » Washington Post

Trump’s anti-immigrant onslaught sparks fresh alarm heading into 2024 » Washington Post

Israel-Hamas fighting sparks fears of hate crimes in U.S. » Axios

Biden Won’t Directly Address the Age Issue » Politico

Ken Buck Says He Refused To Vote For GOP Speaker Candidates Due To 2020 Election Lies » HUFFPOST

Scalise struggling to secure GOP floor votes for Speakership » The Hill

Democrats wrestle with the Biden conundrum » NBC News

“The Republican Party up to very recently was moving very far to the right and . . . the Democratic Party has been moving very far to the left,” Galvin, an eight-term Democrat, said of the state parties, both of which have seen membership plunge. “It gives them no place to go — and no reason to,”
Secretary of State William F. Galvin
The number of so-called unenrolled voters has surged in recent years in MA, with a mix of bureaucratic and ideological currents working to swell the ranks of independents to 61 percent of the state’s 4.7 million voters.