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01/05/2024

A bill that would legalize medical aid in dying for terminally ill, mentally sound adults has reached a new checkpoint in the Legislature.

AND: Healey signs shelter supp, comprehensive health care bill could hit House floor soon, au pairs in Mass…

HAPPENING TODAY: 11:00 | Lt. Col. John Mawn of the State Police speaks at a legislative briefing on a bill meant to address missing Black women and girls in Massachusetts (H 3913) | Nurses Hall 12:00 | Registered nurses at Brigham and Women's Hospital, represented by the Mass. Nurses Association, ho...

25/04/2024

Nine-month shelter limit, millions in funding, permanent cocktails-to-go featured in the Legislature’s FY24 supp budget compromise.

AND: Milton wants its grant funding back, SE Mass hospitals' capacity strain, Attleboro mayor warns ‘structural deficit’

HAPPENING TODAY: 10:00 | Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation holds a webinar on the substantial role of public and private colleges and universities in Mass.' economy 10:00 | Cannabis Control Commission hosts its second "State of Cannabis" event at the State House | Room 428 1:00 | Senate Pres. Spilk...

24/04/2024

Setting the scene with four questions at top of mind as the House begins its budget debate today.

AND: Marshfield rejects MBTA Communities zoning, towns following Brookline's generational to***co sales ban, Healey on protests…

HAPPENING TODAY: 9:00 | MassBio holds annual "State of Possible Conference" | Royal Sonesta Boston, 40 Edwin Land Blvd., Cambridge 10:30 | Children's Trust holds "Step Up For Kids" awareness event as part of Child Abuse Prevention Month | Grand Staircase 10:30 | Lyft and Uber drivers with Drivers De...

23/04/2024

~ A month after a judge denied their injunction attempt, advocates will announce "next steps" in a lawsuit against the city of Boston for its White Stadium renovation proposal.

AND: Protests across Mass, Wolohojian sworn into SJC, a Senate climate bill…

HAPPENING TODAY: 9:00 | Housing Sec. Augustus and Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities host the second regional listening session for feedback on Gov. Healey's five-year housing plan | Springfield Technical Community College, Auditorium, 1 Armory Sq., Springfield 12:00 | App-based dri...

22/04/2024

Senate Pres. Karen Spilka will speak to the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce this a.m. On the docket is a push for free community college, child care seats, "raise the age" legislation...

AND: New Steward-Optum concerns; Who gets a seat at the table?

HAPPENING TODAY: 10:00 | Gov. Healey swears in Justice Gabrielle Wolohojian to the Supreme Judicial Court | Governor’s Ceremonial Office 10:00 | Boston Women's Fund holds a symposium on reproductive justice | Bruce C. Bolling Municipal Building, 2300 Washington St., Roxbury 2:00 | Climate Chief Me...

19/04/2024

A House W&M budget amendment breakdown: 1,495 amendments with a potential $2.02 billion fiscal impact — a 'conservative' estimate per the Mass. Taxpayers Foundation.

AND: Another week w no additional shelter $, mid-April tax collections up, who is leaving Mass?

HAPPENING TODAY: 10:00 | The Executive Office of Health and Human Services holds a remote public hearing on proposed rate adjustments and increases for certain clinical laboratory services More than 3,500 volunteers are expected to participate in the 25th annual Charles River Cleanup to help keep th...

18/04/2024

Gov. Healey's team will meet privately today with health care providers about patient, provider preparation and uncertainty in the midst of Steward's crisis.

AND: Boston, Cape hospitals OK'd to add beds, Quabbin region + a potential MWRA expansion…

HAPPENING TODAY: 12:00 | Young activists supporting "Raise the Age" legislation (H 1710 / S 942) to gradually extend the juvenile justice system to include ages 18 through 20 rally outside the State House | State House steps (Room 428 rain location) 12:00 | MBTA GM Phil Eng hosts more than 20 young....

17/04/2024

The transfer fees proposed in the governor’s housing bond bill have gained traction among municipal leaders statewide.

AND: Cape Cod tri-town regional dispatch center in the works, Wu tax shift plan sees Qs, greater Boston home prices hit March record…

HAPPENING TODAY: 10:00 | Massachusetts Energy Efficiency Advisory Council holds a virtual listening session, seeking public comment on its 2024-2027 plan for Mass Save programs 11:00 | Massachusetts Health and Hospital Association holds a webinar called "Black Maternal Health: The Future of Placed-b...

12/04/2024

The 200+ years of legislative experience heading for the exit at the end of this session is noteworthy, as numerous senior lawmakers plan to pack it up.

AND: insufficient info for HPC Steward-Optum review, summer start unlikely for South Coast Rail…

HAPPENING TODAY: 9:00 | Department of Agricultural Resources hosts its first Agricultural Resources Fair | Mass Wildlife Field Headquarters, 1 Rabbit Hill Rd., Westborough 11:00 | MBTA General Manager Eng is on "Boston Public Radio" | WGBH-FM 89.7 5:00 | Deadline for amendments to the House Ways and...

11/04/2024

Today, we're looking at the FY25 budget out of House Ways and Means by the numbers.

AND: Wu’s Boston budget proposal, potential Mass. PFAS action needed, former Holyoke city councilor confirmed he joined Russian army…

HAPPENING TODAY: 10:00 | Senate Ways and Means Committee Chair Michael Rodrigues and Rep. Christopher Worrell deliver keynote remarks during "Nonpublic School Advocacy Day” | Room 428 10:00 | Mass. Taxpayers Foundation holds a virtual briefing for its members to hear from MTF leadership about the ...

10/04/2024

The House’s budget rollout today comes as the Legislature's point-people on budgetary matters are still trying to tend to unfinished, time-sensitive FY24 business.

AND: Eng’s year one reflection, Goldberg-O’Brien meetings postponed...

HAPPENING TODAY: 9:00 | Boston Mayor Wu presents her proposed FY25 operating budget and capital plan at an annual budget breakfast | Boston City Hall, Plaza Pavilion 9:30 | Panel discussion about guaranteed basic income and how the practice could expand from smaller pilots to statewide | CitySpace a...

09/04/2024

We now have an indication of a major piece to the House’s FY25 budget proposal puzzle: transportation. This a.m. House Dems rolled out numbers mostly larger than those proposed by Gov. Healey in Jan.

AND: gearing up for CCC hearing, youth betting poll...

HAPPENING TODAY: 10:00 | MBTA Advisory Board meets, featuring a one-year "retrospective" from General Manager Phil Eng 10:30 | Lt. Gov. Driscoll attends Advocates for Autism of Massachusetts' 19th annual Autism Advocacy Day | Great Hall 1:00 | Division of Fisheries and Wildlife holds public hearing....

05/04/2024

On Mon. afternoon, parts of N.E. will fall under the moon's shadow during a solar eclipse. Solar energy production will drop. It’s ISO-NE’s job to stay reliable.

AND: PAs say they'll fill workforce gap, higher ed unionization, Cape Cod Natnl Seashore talks

HAPPENING TODAY: 9:00 | Lawmakers and state officials gather to celebrate Lynn's Reconnecting Communities and Neighborhoods Grant | Charter Development Site Office, Lynn Harbor Park, 13 Hanson St., Lynn 10:00 | Charles River Watershed Association hosts Director of the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage...

04/04/2024

Steward's crisis is already impacting operations at South Shore Hospital, providing another ex. of how private equity impacts health care.

AND: stricter state hiring rules, UMass tuition ⬆️, Mission Hill nursing home in receivership...

03/04/2024

Mass. will most likely make history today. With a vote, the Governor's Council could seal the deal on Gov. Healey's proposed mega-pardon of all cannabis simple possession convictions.

AND: Everett stadium pitch, hiring on hold, Falmouth surplus guns...

HAPPENING TODAY: 11:00 | The House holds formal session, with plans to consider an annual road and bridge funding bill | House Chamber 11:00 | U.S. Senate Committee on Health Education, Labor and Pensions holds a subcommittee hearing examining private equity in health care | Gardner Auditorium 11:00...

02/04/2024

A Gaming Commission bfast this a.m. comes as the MGC transitions + as lawmakers wind up to consider Healey's proposed redistribution of casino gambling revenues.

AND: Port communities face health costs, construction union wrkrs protest non-union wrk…

HAPPENING TODAY: 11:30 | More than 200 people celebrate Kick Butts Day, a day of action highlighting how youth can resist the influence of the to***co and va**ng industries | Great Hall 1:00 | Joint Committee on Bonding, Capital Expenditures and State Assets holds public hearing focusing on Gov. Hea...

01/04/2024

The conference committee tasked with negotiating a fiscal 24 supp budget compromise has its 1st meeting today. Tied up in this spending bill? The fate of the EA shelter system.

AND: North Adams Regional Hospital reopens, cannabis testing + truck drivers…

HAPPENING TODAY: 9:00 | Supreme Judicial Court sits to hear arguments in five cases | John Adams Courthouse, Room 1, Pemberton Square, Boston 10:30 | Gov. Healey gives a keynote address as Samaritans, Inc. hosts a 50th anniversary event to commemorate half a century providing su***de prevention and....

29/03/2024

Say goodbye to to-go drinks — for now. This Sunday, a few pandemic-era policies will expire as a spending bill sits in legislative negotiations.

AND: AG’s initiative against youth sports betting, half-priced T fares a reality, Steward sale skepticism...

HAPPENING TODAY: 10:00, 1:50 | Housing and Livable Communities Secretary Ed Augustus holds housing roundtables | Lenox Town Hall, 13-33 Walker St., Lenox; Berkshire County Regional Housing, 1 Fenn Street, Pittsfield 11:00 | Massachusetts Black and Latino Legislative Caucus holds its 2024 "Black Exce...

27/03/2024

Offshore wind bids are due to state energy regulators by noon today. What could this mean for the state’s offshore wind future?

AND: Holyoke schools on their way out of receivership, Steward’s deal to sell, audit-the-Legislature ballot q sees clash…

HAPPENING TODAY: 9:30 | Mass. Commission on The Status of Women hosts One Fair Wage and elected officials for event to honor Women’s History Month | McCormack Building, Plaza Level Cafe, Conference Room, 1 Ashburton Place, Boston 12:00 | Governor's Council meets | Council Chamber 2:00 | Mass. Hung...

26/03/2024

Today, a ballot question hearing puts Auditor Diana DiZoglio up against the very lawmakers she wants to audit.

AND: Healey’s new EA shelter stay rules, BU grad student workers union on strike, carbon-free cement co. sees fed boost…

HAPPENING TODAY: 11:00 | Joint Ways and Means Committee holds its final hearing on the fiscal 2025 budget | Gardner Auditorium 1:00 | The Protected at Work Coalition holds a briefing on a Rep. Livingstone bill (H 1918) that would install employment protections for victims of abusive behavior | House...

25/03/2024

The role of state oversight + private equity in health care will face public review today as lawmakers gather at a Health Care Financing Committee hearing.

AND: Healey's travel release policy, Mass fishermen claim fed hypocrisy, PFAS suits...

20/03/2024

Looking at the last decade of numbers, where does this year’s open legislative seat count stand in comparison so far?

AND: Ballot q panel grills app-based driving + delivery execs, protecting horseshoe crabs, potential $ to fishermen from Vineyard Wind...

HAPPENING TODAY: 11:00 | Senate Democrats meet in a private caucus | Senate President Spilka's office 12:00 | Massachusetts Municipal Association holds a webinar about Chapter 70 education aid 1:00 | People with disabilities who receive services through the PCA program and PCAs rally outside and mov...

18/03/2024

Governor Healey takes to the airwaves with a tax season ad that dropped this morning.

AND: Office buildings into housing, federal wind area designated off NE coast, sports betting fell in Feb…

HAPPENING TODAY: 10:30 | Ride-for-hire and delivery drivers gather in support of a ballot question that would define them as independent contractors | Omnipoint Cyber Cafe, 1666 Main St., Springfield 11:00 | Gov. Healey attends her administration's workforce agenda and Workforce Innovation and Oppor...

14/03/2024

The Senate heads for a second (nearly guaranteed) pass at early ed reforms today.

AND: reported Bridgewater State Hospital issues, coastal flooding, the future of med student placement within Steward…

HAPPENING TODAY: 10:30 | Senate President Spilka and Sen. Lewis rally with early education and care advocates | State House steps 11:00 | Sen. Comerford and Rep. Muratore host a legislative briefing on a bill (H 4096) that would require health insurers to cover additional prosthetic or custom orthot...

13/03/2024

This morning, Gov. Healey is set to announce a large-scale pardon covering state-level cannabis possession convictions.

AND: declining Mass P*P access, new Labor Advisory Council, UMass early college plans...

HAPPENING TODAY: 9:00 | Public Health Council meets virtually 9:30 | Senate President Spilka is scheduled to talk about Senate leadership's early education bill on Strategies For Children's "The 9:30 Call” | Press RSVP: [email protected] | Virtual 11:00 | Senate Democrats meet in a...

12/03/2024

Gearing up for another ballot question hearing this a.m., this one looking at whether Mass. should require full minimum wage for tipped workers with tips on top.

AND: Goldberg-O’Brien meeting set, Healey pot pardons, Nantucket short-term rental registry..

HAPPENING TODAY: 9:00 | Proponents of the tipped minimum wage ballot question hold a press conference | Outside State House 9:30 | Opponents of the tipped minimum wage ballot question hold a press conference | Outside State House 10:00 | The legislative committee considering potential 2024 ballot qu...

08/03/2024

Mass may not have online casino gambling… but now, Rhode Island does. Will that move in the Ocean State spark interest in southeastern Bay Staters?

AND: Senate pushing early ed bill, MBTA Community towns' sewer capacity, cannabis delivery rules changing

HAPPENING TODAY: 8:00 | Health Policy Commission Executive Director David Seltz delivers keynote address at the Massachusetts Academy of Family Physicians annual meeting | Waltham Woods Conference Center, 860 Winter St., Waltham 9:30 | Executive Office of Health and Human Services holds remote publi...

07/03/2024

Senate Democrats will be in Malden today announcing early ed ambitions. But what will those look like in the midst of fairly bleak revenues?

AND: House shelter bill, Mass MoCa union workers on strike, St. Vincent Hospital not meeting safe standards…

HAPPENING TODAY: 9:45 | Gov. Healey launches a "road show" highlighting the $3.5 billion economic development bill filed last week | Massachusetts Biomedical Initiatives, 17 Briden St., Worcester 10:00 | Senate President Spilka joins Education Committee Co-chair Sen. Lewis to "announce the Senate’...

05/03/2024

Since 2012, the pres. candidates who face each other in the Nov general election are those who've won the Mass primaries. Will Bay State voters keep that streak alive this Super Tuesday?

AND: Galvin on election numbers, MCAS hearing, fed cape bridge funds

HAPPENING TODAY: 10:00 | The Senate Committee on Global Warming and Climate Change holds a virtual public hearing 10:00 | The Massachusetts Assisted Living Association holds an advocacy day event | Great Hall 11:00 | Boston Indicators and Sen. Edwards hold a legislative briefing on the new Racial We...

04/03/2024

Today, the legislative committee addressing proposed ballot questions will focus its 1st hearing on one q: should MCAS exam scores be removed from high school grad requirements?

AND: eco dev filed, Fort Point shelter timeline, BPDA restructuring proposal

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