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Today on Beacon Hill

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

10:00am Status of Persons with Disabilities, Virtual Hearing

11:00am House Session, Informal Session

11:00am Senate Session, Informal Session

Must-Reads

MASSACHUSETTS

Mass. House leaders scored big in chamber’s closed-door budget process. You just wouldn’t know it. » Boston Globe

Mass. restaurant group asks high court to block ballot question on tipped minimum wage » Worcester Telegram

Two big things are missing from the Mass. budget debate. What they are, why it matters » MassLive

Mass. lawmakers suggest changes to police handling of rape cases after WBUR investigation » WBUR

Steward can’t even get bankruptcy right, state says » Boston Globe

Big electricity shift coming: Are we ready? » Commonwealth Beacon

Encore and Everett locked in new host agreement game of poker » Boston Herald

Boston city councilors wrestle over how to declare support for local Jews » Boston Herald

New tone for Healey transportation funding task force » Commonwealth Beacon

THE OTHER 49

NH: Maggie Goodlander launches N.H. congressional bid after White House exit » Boston Globe

NH: NH Senate amends marijuana legalization bill to be more in line with Sununu's priorities » WMUR

RI: 'Granny cam' bill allowing cameras in nursing home rooms one step closer to law in RI. » The Providence Journal

CT: Seven key proposals adopted by the CT legislature during 2024 session » CT Insider

NY: NYC rents are rising 7 times faster than wages, report finds » Gothamist

NJ: Senate considers taking over power to appoint appellate judges » POLITICO Pro

NJ: The Case of the Developer, the Halal Exporter, US Senator Bob Menendez, and His Wife » Vanity Fair

FL: Balloons harm wildlife. Florida is set to ban their release. » Boston Globe

CO: Colorado bans cellphones while driving, closing loophole on 2024 session's final day » Axios

CO: Colorado blazes trail with AI regulation bill » Pluribus News

CA: AI-generated news is here from S.F.-based Hoodline. What does that mean for conventional publishers? » The San Francisco Chronicle

CA: California Invests $500M in Therapy Apps for Youth » Government Technology

MN: Infrastructure funding hangs in the balance as legislative session nears end » Axios

GA: Future of Fulton case against Trump muddled as appeals court considers attempt to disqualify Willis » Georgia Recorder

NATIONAL

Meet Allan Lichtman, the professor who predicted the president (and the last 9) » USA Today

Barron Trump to step into the political arena as a Florida delegate at the Republican convention » NBC News

What Trump promised oil CEOs as he asked them to steer $1 billion to his campaign » Washington Post

Trump Nostalgia Is Real—And Could Decide the Election » The Liberal Patriot

Antiwar Protest Camp in Dublin Is Dismantled After College Agrees to Divest » New York Times

Democrats cry foul over Judge Cannon’s handling of Trump documents case » The Hill

House Republicans Clash With Leaders of Public Schools Over Antisemitism Claims » New York Times

Democratic state attorneys general are teaming up to protect abortion access » The 19th

R.F.K. Jr. Says Doctors Found a Dead Worm in His Brain » New York Times

Suburban backlash threatens country’s biggest transit systems » Politico

DOJ ‘Stonewalling’ House Ethics Committee Probe of Matt Gaetz » The Daily Beast

City Trees Save Lives » Wired

“It not only offends principles of fairness among the members and basic ideas about transparency, it potentially opens the door to all kinds of sweetheart deals or even worse,” said Hecht. “There’s no opportunity for anybody in the public to see what’s being done — until it’s too late."
Jonathan Hecht, a former Democratic state representative
Five of the House’s highest-ranking Democrats slipped at least $5 million in earmarks into the budget in late April, fattening their own districts’ haul far beyond that of most others and almost entirely out of public view.