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Today on Beacon Hill

9:00am Joint Committee on Transportation, Committee Hearing

9:00am Joint Committee on Bonding, Capital Expenditures and State Assets, Committee Hearing

9:30am Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce Women's Network Forum Featuring Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley, Verizon, 100 Causeway Street, Boston

10:00am Dental Hygiene Day, Great Hall, State House, Boston

10:00am Special Joint Committee on Initiative Petitions, Committee Hearing

11:00am "Ask the Governor" with Governor Maura Healey on GBH's Boston Public Radio, 89.7 FM or gbhnews.org

11:00am Joint Committee on Ways & Means, Committee Hearing

1:00pm Legislative Briefing: Impact of the Creative Economy in Massachusetts, Nurses Hall, State House, Boston

1:30pm Special Joint Committee on Initiative Petitions, Committee Hearing

Must-Reads
MASSACHUSETTS

New Rules May Limit Stays At Overflow Shelters » State House News Service

$15 minimum wage in hand, advocates look to $20 » Commonwealth Beacon

Healey to impose one-month limit on overflow shelter stays, mandate that families reapply to stay » Boston Globe

Editorial: Western Mass. has untapped economic potential » Boston Globe

Private Equity More Common In Mass. Health Care » State House News Service

What to know about the Boston University grad student workers’ strike » Boston Globe

Steward hospitals crisis has state leaders on the hunt for legislative solutions » Boston Herald

Mass. transparency issues: Healey’s travel schedule highlights bigger problem » MassLive

Black business group presses demand for Amherst relief funds » Gazette Net

Mass. pays out billions in pensions. Oversight on how much retirees work can be ‘non-existent,’ investigators say. » Boston Globe

THE OTHER 49

NH: Vote-counting machine foes hoped for a surge of success in New Hampshire. They got barely a ripple » Boston Globe

RI: Union for pharmacy workers ramps up » Providence Journal

PA: Philly’s prisons commissioner retires after years of disorder and recent escapes » The Inquirer

MD: ‘An unthinkable tragedy:’ Baltimore’s Key Bridge collapses after ship strikes it, prompting rescue efforts » Boston Globe

VA: Richmond residents are fighting to save a historic Black hospital » Axios

FL: Florida latest to restrict social media for kids as legal battle looms » Washington Post

CO: Watchdog group wants more oversight on hospital care for inmates » Axios

AZ: 'Our voices as Navajo are not being heard': Tribal members condemn sober living bill vote » The Arizona Republic

CA: The Mayor of Los Angeles Wants to Prove Homelessness Can Be Solved » New York Times

CA: California jails are holding thousands fewer people, but far more are dying in them » Cal Matters

CA: California ranks dead last for job growth in U.S. » The San Diego Union-Tribune

WA: ‘Strippers Bill of Rights’ signed into law, allows adult establishments to serve alcohol » My Northwest

OR: Portland's population continues to shrink » Axios

NATIONAL

Beyond a TikTok ban: Warren touts bill to rein in social media giants » WBUR

This New Lawsuit Could Rescind Your Health Care Benefits » The Lever

Hiring freeze lifted for federal public defenders amid new funding » Roll Call

R.F.K. Jr. Is Expected to Name Nicole Shanahan as His Running Mate » New York Times

Use of abortion pills has risen significantly post Roe, research shows » Boston Globe

Federal officials say 20 have been charged for threatening election workers » Washington Post

Hack poses financial problems for community health centers » Roll Call

NBC faces backlash from network stars over Ronna McDaniel hiring » The Hill

"We need to change overall so that it's no longer the case that social media companies are the one place where it's the Wild West, and they have no regulation of any kind," Warren said. "There's no other industry that gets to do that."

Senator Elizabeth Warren

Warren is pushing for greater oversight of all social media companies with a bipartisan bill that would cover issues from foreign ownership to protecting consumers' personal data.

News By Category
Beltway Politics

Robbins: Dem wobbling on Hamas will sink Biden » Boston Herald

Battenfeld: Ronna McDaniel flap the latest example of liberal media cancel culture » Boston Herald

Business

Black business group presses demand for Amherst relief funds »

Exercise in force or futility? US trustbusters go after Big Tech like never before. » Boston Globe

ButcherBox CEO Mike Salguero leads charge to protect 2016 ballot question on pork and eggs » Boston Globe

Sublime Systems lands $87M federal award for low-carbon cement plant in Holyoke » Gazette Net

This Boston startup's making the next generation of camera phone lenses » Axios

EV retailer to open above the Mass Pike, and more retail news » Boston Business Journal

North End restaurants to shut down in protest over Boston’s outdoor dining ban » Boston Herald

Civil Rights

Antisemitic propaganda spikes, Massachusetts incidents have ‘grown exponentially’: ADL report » Boston Herald

Democracy

Opinion: Why the US must not repeat the mistakes of the Civil War in dealing with Jan. 6 offenders » Boston Globe

Education

‘Without us this whole system just collapses’: BU graduate workers strike causes class disruptions » Boston Globe

Governor, get your facts straight on MCAS ballot question » Commonwealth Beacon

New Guide Offers Civics Education Basics » State House News Service

What other colleges facing closure can learn from Hampshire’s rebound » MassLive

Environment

Company seeking to make carbon-free cement in Holyoke gets federal boost » MassLive

Valley farmers spotlight agricultural drainage ditch troubles » Gazette Net

Health Care

Steward Healthcare sidestepped promises to state » Boston Globe

Steward to close an ‘essential’ Stoughton hospital in April » Boston.com

If needed, Lawrence hospital CEO wants to be ready to help Steward's patients » The Eagle Tribune

Feds give Sturdy Hospital in Attleboro $2.8M for emergency room expansion, mental health unit » The Sun Chronicle

Housing

Families in Mass. overflow shelters will need to prove each month they’re still eligible to stay » WGBH

Healey makes another tweak to the emergency shelter law » Commonwealth Beacon

New initiative targets homelessness in Worcester County » Nashoba Valley Voice

Families in state overflow shelters will need to reapply monthly, Gov. Healey says » MassLive

Healey wants communities to work with state on MBTA housing » Boston Globe

All neighborhoods could get multifamily homes and see ‘down conversions’ discouraged in laws » Cambridge Day

Changes to state's emergency shelter law are in the works. What lawmakers might do » Milford Daily News

A ‘textbook’ housing solution: State housing chief lauds Northampton’s North Commons » Gazette Net

Shelter Funding Talks Up Against Vague Deadline » State House News Service

Old Chelsea Soldiers Home will be used to house migrant families » Boston Herald

Human Services

Homeless encampment at risk in Salem »

Ex-Holyoke Soldiers' Home leader set for change-of-plea hearing in COVID outbreak case » NBC Boston

New Center Believes Hope & Community Can Change Lives » iBerkshires

Change of plea hearing Tuesday for former Holyoke Soldiers' Home superintendent » WCVB

Immigration

NY: Adams to impose curfews at three more massive migrant shelters in NYC » New York Post

Judiciary

Editorial: Tsarnaev appeal caves to anti-death penalty crowd » Boston Herald

Labor

Mass MoCA says a tentative deal has been reached with workers, putting an end to weekslong strike » Berkshire Eagle

Local Government

Andover voters decide Select Board, School Committee races Tuesday » The Eagle Tribune

Standalone battery proposal poses planning dilemma in Hadley » Gazette Net

Councilors not backing down after hearing on their free museum push for all Boston children kicked to August » Boston Herald

Public Safety

Fatal 2014 Back Bay brownstone fire behind ‘hot work’ bill » Boston Herald

Transportation

NY: NYPD officials say they will deploy 800 more officers into the subway to stop fare evasion » Gothamist

Revving up the Downeaster » Boston Globe

DCR Will Make One of Its Pointless Charles River Highways Half As Pointless » StreetsBlog

A toll on the future Cape Cod bridges? Mass. is not considering it 'at this point' » WBUR

Intersection in Boston where 4-year-old was hit by pickup truck has been identified for safety upgrade » Boston Globe

Expanded ferry service setting sail for Lynn » Lynn Daily News Item

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