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

11:00am House Session, Informal Session

11:00am Senate Session, Informal Session

12:00pm Status of Persons with Disabilities, Virtual Hearing

1:00pm Joint Committee on Education, Committee Hearing

1:00pm Joint Committee on Veterans & Federal Affairs, Committee Hearing

1:00pm Joint Committee on Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities, Committee Hearing

1:00pm Joint Committee on State Administration & Regulatory Oversight, Committee Hearing

2:00pm Status of Persons with Disabilities, Virtual Hearing

Birthdays: Rep. Carmine Gentile

Boston’s plan to ban fossil fuels in new buildings goes up in smoke » Boston Globe

Editorial: Defending the MCAS from evidence-free attacks » Boston Globe

The lasting legacy of the education culture wars may be a familiar one: school choice » Boston Globe

Rent Control Supporters End Ballot Quest » State House News Service

Can magic mushrooms help hospice patients face death? Dana-Farber researchers want to find out. » Boston Globe

Why did MassDOT hang T employees out to dry? » Commonwealth Magazine

Healey pushes for expanded veterans benefits » Gloucester Times

Mass General Brigham will have layoffs if not enough employees take buyouts » Boston Herald

MassGOP starts veterans coalition to focus on military issues, find candidates » Boston Herald

RI: AG calls DOT plan to reduce RI highway emissions a potential waste of money – here's why » The Associated Press (AP)

CT: How much affordable housing does your Connecticut town have? New report offers year-by-year data » CTinsider.com

CT: Connecticut recycled 200,000 mattresses in 2022. What it cost, what it saved and its impact on take-out » Hartford Courant

FL: Could gambling’s expansion make South Florida the new Vegas? » Orlando Sentinel

NY: FBI seizes electronic devices from New York City mayor » Politico

NY: Chris Christie visits Mideast: 'We can't ask Israel to stand down" » NorthJersey.com

VA: Democrats Spanberger and Stoney ready to join 2025 Virginia governor's race » Axios

PA: Philly lags PA cities in releasing bodycam footage » Axios

VA: Virginia House makes history by nominating first Black speaker » Washington Post

CO: How the 2024 budget in Denver is different than years past » Axios

CO: Metal Posts Installed Around Capitol Grounds to Protect Protesters » Westword

AZ: Sinema left the Democratic party. Democratic donors left her too. » Politico

IL: Feds loan Chicago $336 million to remove toxic lead lines » Axios

Marijuana legal for more than half of Americansafter election win » Axios

NY: The Unvarnished Story of George Santos and His Mother » Vanity Fair

DC insider warns of 50k 'army' of Trump loyalists descending on D.C. if he wins » Raw Story

Longtime NY House Democrat Brian Higgins to step down over frustrations in Congress » The Hill

Tim Scott Suspends ’24 Campaign, as His Sunny Message Failed to Resonate » New York Times

Stephen Miller's "America First Legal" is more dangerous than you think » Public Notice

Democrats split on all-in-on-abortion plan for '24 » Axios

How abortion could upend the 2024 battle for Congress » Axios

‘A Monster’: Super Meth and Other Drugs Push Crisis Beyond Opioids » New York Times

Kelly Johnson embodies the hard-line views she shares with the speaker » Boston Globe

Sweeping Raids, Giant Camps and Mass Deportations: Inside Trump’s 2025 Immigration Plans » New York Times

Here’s How Biden Can Turn It Around » Politico

Trump on course for narrow victory in 2024 » Stack Data Strategy

‘I’m more worried today than I was on January 6’: top conservative’s warning to America » The Guardian

Jill Stein adds to Biden’s 2024 problems » The Hill

Biden sees hopeful signs for his reelection in Democrats’ 2023 wins. Others in his party are worried » Boston Globe

Editorial: Loan fraud? Who cares – it’s only taxpayer money » Boston Herald

Nikki Haley will launch a $10m ad campaign to try to overtake Ron DeSantis in the GOP primary » Boston Globe

'It's time to sell this team,' WooSox owner Lucchino says on podcast » Worcester Telegram

As Sullivan Tire is transferred to worker control, here’s what to know about employee ownership » Boston Globe

Thousands rally across Boston and Cambridge for peace in Gaza » Boston Globe

Alleged brothel operators kept low profiles in Cambridge, Watertown » Boston Globe

Opinion: Still wrangling over corporate personhood » Boston Globe

All aboard the Cambridge ‘bike bus,’ where parents and kids find strength in numbers » Boston Globe

McKenna: Mass. special education needs to get it right » Boston Herald

Smith College lecturer says she was fired after speaking about Israel-Hamas war in class » MassLive

Families say they're surprised as Boston reshuffles school grades » WBUR

No school in Andover on Monday as teachers strike continues » NBC Boston

Harvard College Extends Task Force for Doxxed Students to End of November » The Harvard Crimson

Union 28 begins search for new school superintendent » Gazette Net

Former MIT biologist, who lost positions after engaging in a prohibited sexual relationship, accepts new science job in Prague » Boston Globe

Susan Donaldson: Climate report critical » The Recorder

NJ: Oyster Creek power plant owners face fine after too much radiation detected in equipment shipment » App.com

Climate chief calls for Mass Save changes » Gazette Net

Pan-Mass Challenge donates record-breaking $72M to Dana-Farber » Boston Business Journal

UMass Memorial mum on plans to fill hospital presidency » Worcester Business Journal

High housing prices set Boston's cost-of-living apart » Axios

With shelters at capacity, Mass. hosts work authorization clinic for migrants » NBC Boston

As shelters fill, a Haitian migrant explains why his family came to Mass. » MassLive

Editorial: Gov. Healey needs a migrant exit strategy » Boston Herald

Healey-federal partnership could approve work authorization for migrants in weeks, not months » WGBH

SJC prods Brookline’s ‘novel’ phased tobacco ban » CommonWealth Beacon

Andover contract talks fail to end strike; schools closed Monday » The Eagle Tribune

Striking Andover teachers reject School Committee’s offer of ‘substandard pay’ for staff; Monday classes canceled » Boston Globe

Truro wraps up voter registration hearings, clearing way for Nov. 16 town meeting » Cape Cod Times

Concord officials look to cover up Massachusetts historic signs due to their ‘offensive’ nature » Boston Herald

After Zoom-bomb, Northampton council floats rules changes aimed at halting hate speakers » Gazette Net

After two bars had limits placed for lack of sprinklers, city councilor requests action » Worcester Telegram

Holidays, war memorials and pondering a gloomy moment in time on the Worcester Common » Worcester Telegram

Lowell glitterati fete Attorney General Andrea Campbell » Lowell Sun

Hate crimes surging amid Israel-Hamas war » Newburyport News

Beacon Hill Roll Call: Prisoner phone call measure OK’d » Lowell Sun

March in support of Israeli hostages postponed » Boston Herald

Former Methuen police chief, ex-officer both plead not guilty at arraignment in corruption case » Boston Globe

Boston Mayor Wu downplays reported Mass and Cass spillover spike at nearby hospital » Boston Herald

Former Methuen chief, officer arraigned on fraud, forgery charges » The Eagle Tribune

Life after Mass and Cass: Ex-Homeless talk ‘Opportunity’ » Boston Herald

Arbitrators Award Springfield Police Supervisors Stipends for Consent Decree Duties » Western Mass. Politics and Insight

MyCharlie Site Retirement » MBTA

Massachusetts transportation secretary vows change to state’s most dangerous intersection » Boston Herald

Cambridge bike lanes face murky path forward after City Council elections » WGBH

Vineyard Wind Makes Initial $2.5 Million Mitigation Payment To Nantucket » Nantucket Current

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Birthdays: Rep. Carmine Gentile

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

11:00am House Session, Informal Session

11:00am Senate Session, Informal Session

12:00pm Status of Persons with Disabilities, Virtual Hearing

1:00pm Joint Committee on Education, Committee Hearing

1:00pm Joint Committee on Veterans & Federal Affairs, Committee Hearing

1:00pm Joint Committee on Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities, Committee Hearing

1:00pm Joint Committee on State Administration & Regulatory Oversight, Committee Hearing

2:00pm Status of Persons with Disabilities, Virtual Hearing

9:00am Medicare for All 2023 Rally, State House Steps, Boston

10:00am Joint Committee on Financial Services, Committee Hearing

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

10:30am Inaugural Law Enforcement & Corrections Award Ceremony, Great Hall, State House, Boston

10:30am Joint Committee on Labor & Workforce Development, Committee Hearing

11:00am Joint Committee on Housing, Committee Hearing

11:00am Joint Committee on Revenue, Committee Hearing

11:00am Senate Session, Full Formal Session

12:39pm "Ask the Mayor" with Boston Mayor Michelle Wu on GBH's Boston Public Radio, 89.7 FM or gbhnews.org

1:00pm Official Seal and Motto of the Commonwealth, Virtual Hearing

1:00pm Joint Committee on Judiciary, Committee Hearing

1:00pm Joint Committee on Municipalities & Regional Government, Committee Hearing

Birthdays: Rep. James Murphy

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

11:00am Fundraiser for Rep. David Muradian

11:00am Senate Session, Full Formal Session

11:00am House Session, Full Formal Session

12:00pm State Library Author Talk with Rep. Josh Cutler, State Library, Room 341, State House

12:00pm Governor's Council Assembly, Governor's Council Chamber, Room 360, State House

8:00am AIM Global Business Symposium, TripAdvisor, 401 1st Avenue, Needham

9:30am Agriculture in the Commonwealth in the 21st Century, Virtual Hearing

1:00pm Status of African Americans, Virtual Hearing

6:00pm Pioneer Institute's 2023 Lovett C. Peters Lecture & Annual Dinner, Hyatt Regency, One Avenue de Lafayette, Boston

7:00am Health Law Advocates 28th Annual Benefit Breakfast, Sheraton Boston Hotel, 39 Dalton Street, Boston

10:00am Executive Office of Health & Human Services Public Hearing, Via Zoom

11:00am Board of State Examiners of Plumbers & Gas Fitters Public Hearing, In-person and via Microsoft Teams

1:00pm Bosnia's 80th Statehood Day Celebration, Great Hall, State House, Boston

Audit Identifies Barriers to Access in Operational Services Division » MA Office of the State Auditor

Suffolk County District Attorney Kevin Hayden Pays $5,000 Civil Penalty for Violating Conflict of Interest Law » MA State Ethics Commission

A Call for Climate Justice at the InterAmerican Court of Human Rights » Union of Concerned Scientists

Congresswoman Trahan Announces $3 Million In Head Start Funding For Making Opportunity Count In Fitchburg » Office of Congresswoman Lori Trahan