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Today on Beacon Hill

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

10:00am Board of Boiler Rules Public Hearing, Department of Fire Services, State Road, Stow

11:00am Joint Committee on State Administration & Regulatory Oversight, Committee Hearing

11:00am Senate Session, Full Formal Session

11:00am House Session, Informal Session

1:00pm Department of Environmental Protection Public Hearing, Via Zoom

Must-Reads

MASSACHUSETTS

Senate president predicts gun bill will pass, see Healey’s signature this session » Boston Herald

Newton teachers fined over $500K for record-long strike, parents speak out » Boston Herald

Gun Rights Group Gives Up On Senate Bill » State House News Service

Meet the man leading the longest Mass. teacher strike in decades » Boston Globe

‘The boat is leaking big time’: Here’s what Steward’s financial crisis looks like for patients and staff at its hospitals » Boston Globe

Steward's financial woes raise questions about for-profit health care » WBUR

Steward hospital crisis hits Congress » Boston Herald

Healey, Boston officials tour Roxbury rec center ahead of immigrants' arrival from Logan » WBUR

Celtics star Jaylen Brown drafted by lawmakers in pursuit of sentencing reform » Boston Herald

THE OTHER 49

ME: ‘Shame on Us’: How Maine Struggles to Handle Troubled Youth » WBUR

CT: CT-based health insurer Cigna to sell certain businesses for $3.7 billion » Hartford Courant

NY: Hochul says cannabis rollout was a 'disaster' but fixing it is unlikely » Buffalo News

NY: How a fake, 10-second recording briefly upended New York politics » Politico

NJ: Transit Wants a Big Fare Increase. Riders Want Better Service. » New York Times

NJ: A critical doctor shortage is hurting N.J. kids. There’s no end in sight. » NJ.com

VA: Virginia moves to end legacy admissions » Axios

MI: Tuesday elections puts Michigan House tie one step closer to resolution » MLive.com

MN: What is a 'Labor Standards Board' and why Minneapolis is considering creating one » Axios

SC: Trump holds large lead over Haley in South Carolina, Post-Monmouth poll finds » Washington Post

FL: Democratic lawmakers propose 'Right to Contraception Act' to protect access in Florida » The Palm Beach Post

UT: Meet The Secretive ‘Mastermind’ Behind Utah's Oil Boom » HUFFPOST

CO: Denver's surge in migrant squeegee workers presents new safety concerns » Axios

NATIONAL

With Public Transit on the Brink, Some States Prepare to Boost Funding » Governing

Jared Kushner as Secretary of State? Trump Insiders Are Buzzing About It » Vanity Fair

House passes bipartisan tax bill to expand child tax credit » WBUR

Senators Demand Tech Executives Take Action to Protect Children Online » New York Times

RFK Jr.’s possible Libertarian bid rankles Democrats » The Hill

A Biden Doctrine for the Middle East Is Forming. And It’s Big. » New York Times

Some Republican leaders are pushing back against the conservative Freedom Caucus in statehouses » AP News

Inside The Israel Lobby’s New $90 Million War Chest » The Lever

Trump spent more than he took in during 2023 » Politico

The Anti-Democratic Movement Targeted Ralph Nader First. We Should Have Paid More Attention » Racket News

Far-Right Extremists Are Organizing an Armed Convoy to the Texas Border » Wired

“The unfortunate situation that we’re in, is there would be unanimity, or somewhere near unanimity, for common sense reforms that make sense,” he said. “Those things are being put at risk by other things that are outside the parameters of what could be a really solid bipartisan agreement.”
Senate Minority Leader Bruce Tarr
Tarr is worried that there were aspects of the bill, such as its apparent lack of a “grandfather clause” to protect those currently possessing potentially banned guns, that stand to overshadow the important things which should see discussion.