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MASSACHUSETTS

Steward hospital system receives higher insurance payments than many in Mass. » Boston Globe

House looks poised to punt again on sex ed bill » Commonwealth Beacon

Lawmakers Slow To Embrace Guv's Muni Tax Pitch » State House News Service

Foundation Making Major Play To Erase Medical Debt » State House News Service

$1B Massachusetts migrant bill has pols panicked » Boston Herald

Union president says Massachusetts commuter rail workers will strike if needed » Boston Herald

Healey aims to invest $1b to boost Mass. climate-tech economy » Boston Globe

Editorial: Amid a housing crisis, Milton can’t be allowed to flout new zoning law » Boston Globe

Residents shiver in their own homes as they struggle to stay warm during Mass. winters » WGBH

Senators say final goodbye to Sue Tucker » Gloucester Times

THE OTHER 49

RI: Rhode Island now has its own AI task force and data center » News from the States

RI: Rhode Island surpasses neighbors in business tax rankings as Massachusetts plummets following ‘millionaires tax’ » Boston Globe

RI: In R.I. nursing homes, deficiencies are on the rise. Advocates demand better standards. » Boston Globe

NY: Where did the migrants who left NYC’s shelter system go? » Gothamist

NJ: In NJ, people with disabilities face ‘excruciatingly long’ wait for group home funding » northjersey.com

NJ: Bill would force drivers to provide blood sample if suspected of driving high » New Jersey Monitor

VA: Virginia House, Senate agree on bill creating legal marijuana market » Washington Post

MN: Minnesota's budget surplus grows, but threat of "structural imbalance" remains » Axios

TN: Tennessee's US Rep Mark Green officially reverses course, will seek reelection to Congress » The Tennessean

FL: Florida House passes slate of education 'deregulations' » POLITICO Pro

CO: Colorado sees post-pandemic spike in its prison population » Axios

AZ: Sandra Day O’Connor is an Arizona icon, but is too ‘undistinguished’ to warrant a statue, Republicans say » AZ Mirror

CA: After nearly a year, still no public data on Alameda County DA Pamela Price's charging record » San Francisco Chronicle

OR: Oregon House passes bill unwinding Measure 110 to address addiction crisis » Oregon Capital Chronicle

NATIONAL

Biden nominates former Boston mayor Martin Walsh to Postal Service board of governors » Boston Globe

McConnell Built Today’s Supreme Court. Will He Come to Regret It? » Politico

There’s a Good Reason Haley’s Still Running – And It’s Not Trump’s Legal Problems » Politico

What It’s Like to Live in the Most Polluted Place on Earth » Bloomberg Politics

“The Real White House Crime Family”: Dem Rep. Tells the GOP to Stop Wasting Time With Hunter Biden and Subpoena Jared Kushner » Vanity Fair

GOP's post-Roe peril spreads like wildfire » Axios

What I Learned When I Read 887 Pages of Plans for Trump’s Second Term » New York Times

Federal prosecutors seek July trial for Trump in classified documents case » AP News

Does America Need More Big Banks? » Politico

GOP senators face Trump civil war with McConnell retiring » The Hill

"They agree with us. They agree with my caucus," Brad Jones replied when the News Service asked him about Mariano and Michlewitz's remarks. "Better late than never, I guess." "I'm happy that they are open to those changes. I wish they'd been open to those changes at an earlier point," the North Reading Republican said. "One, it would have maybe saved some of the dollars that we spent that we're going to need going forward, and two, it may also have sent a message about the number of people still trying to come to Massachusetts."
House Minority Leader Brad Jones
Months after they brushed aside Republican attempts to change how the state's emergency family shelter system works, House Democrats are now weighing a host of reforms to navigate the crisis.