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Today on Beacon Hill

9:00am Joint Committee on Agriculture, Committee Hearing

9:00am Joint Committee on Financial Services, Committee Hearing

9:00am Joint Committee on Municipalities & Regional Government, Committee Hearing

10:00am Executive Office of Economic Development Public Hearing, Via Zoom

10:00am Executive Office of Veterans' Services Public Hearing, Via Webex

2:00pm Executive Office of Elder Affairs Public Hearing, Via Zoom

5:00pm Close of Comment Period for Executive Office of Economic Development Proposed Regulatory Changes, Submit via email or mail

Must-Reads

MASSACHUSETTS

Mariano says shelter costs are getting 'harder to support' » WBUR

Activists push back on Gov. Healey's budget cuts to social services » NBC Boston

No life without parole for those under 21, SJC rules » Commonwealth Beacon

Nearly three dozen cities and towns lose money for fire departments after Gov. Healey’s budget cuts » Boston Herald

Mass. bill would limit book bans, shield librarians from prosecution » Worcester Telegram

MBTA Workforce Grew By 730 Over Last Year » State House News Service

Arrest warrant issued for former Holyoke city councilor Wilmer Puello-Mota » MassLive

Six Jewish students file federal lawsuit against Harvard, calling it ‘a bastion’ of ‘anti-Jewish hatred’ » Boston Globe

Grading the state’s new economic development plan » Boston Globe

Wu's proposed tax break wouldn’t ‘unfreeze’ Boston's housing backlog, Harvard report says » Boston Business Journal

THE OTHER 49

RI: As RI communities consider banning public pot consumption, others say the laws go too far » The Providence Journal

RI: State chooses Providence site for village of 45 pallet shelters. Will it ease homelessness? » The Providence Journal

CT: CT advocates renew call for transparency ahead of prison oversight hearing » Hartford Courant

NJ: New Jersey is down to about 1 migrant bus arrival a day, Gov. Murphy says » Gothamist

OH: Trans woman’s Ohio house candidacy challenged under decades-old law » The Guardian

MN: "The stakes are really high": Minnesota Republicans head to Iowa ahead of caucuses » Axios

FL: Republicans pour cash into Florida House special election next week » Orlando Sentinel

FL: Progressive Prosecutor Suspended By DeSantis Scores Victory In Court » HUFFPOST

IA: In frigid Iowa, a weird campaign has been frozen for weeks » Boston Globe

CO: Gov. Jared Polis calls for major tax cuts, angering Democratic allies » Axios

CA: Schiff would abolish filibuster, end the Electoral College in his pro-democracy plan » Politico

NATIONAL

Culture wars represent one of the biggest business risks in 2024 » Axios

Nikki Haley Helped Boeing Kill Dark Money Disclosure Initiative » The Lever

Hundreds of AI bills introduced in states » Pluribus News

“Where Is the Party Heading?”: Inside the Populist Awakening of Bernie, Warren, and AOC » Vanity Fair

Lieberman interested in Christie joining No Labels ticket » The Hill

Behind closed doors, Trump eyes second round of corporate tax cuts » Washington Post

What Is Nikki Haley Even Talking About? » The Atlantic

"Somehow, spending $1 billion a year ago you never had any anticipation of spending, and you say that has no relation to your fiscal situation — that is kind of mind-numbing. I don't see how you can say that with a straight face," said Jones. "I don't disagree that the situation forced her to make some decisions about 9C cuts. I'm not disputing that. I just think that to somehow say the emergency assistance thing had no impact on that at all — I don't understand that."
House Minority Leader Brad Jones
Republican lawmakers who late last year objected to another shelter funding injection disagreed with the assessment that "none of the budget reductions are a result of the recent emergency shelter crisis."