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Migrant and other families may start losing emergency shelter coverage on Sept. 1, causing alarm among providers

Lawmakers and Governor Maura Healey passed a law in April limiting how long families can stay in the emergency shelter system for the first time since the program’s creation.

If at first you don’t succeed, try another commission? State Senate seeks new panel to change controversial Mass. flag.
Months after a commission failed to agree on a substitute for Massachusetts’s controversial state seal, the state Senate voted late Thursday to create another panel to propose a new seal, flag, and motto for the state, this time by next year.

The now-controversial flag flown at Justice Alito’s beach house? It’s rooted in Massachusetts.
A version of the Pine Tree Flag is still in use in Massachusetts today.

Healey attended last night’s White House state dinner. It wasn’t on her list of public events.

The White House publicized the guest list, while wire photos and video showed Governor Maura Healey and her partner, Joanna Lydgate, walking past American and Kenyan flags and into the dinner.

‘Why can’t they work together more?’: In Rome, Healey and Wu partner on tackling climate change. At home, not as much.
Outside the speeches and appearances at Vatican City, Governor Maura Healey and Mayor Michelle Wu are two different leaders who have different visions for the best way to tackle climate change.

Healey recommends three more pardons, including two against the advice of her advisory board
Should a state panel approved each of Governor Maura Healey's three recommendations, she will have issued more pardons in roughly 17 months than either Charlie Baker or Deval Patrick did across each of their eight years as governor.

He once investigated pensioners who broke the rules on working in retirement. Then he accidentally became one.
In retirement, Glenn Cunha alerted state officials that he mistakenly exceeded a state-imposed cap on what he could earn. Such violations are rarely, if ever, flagged by the retiree, but most don’t have his background.

Is Josh Kraft mulling a run for mayor? Many Boston political insiders seem to think so.
Rumors are swirling that the younger son of billionaire New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft is contemplating challenging Mayor Michelle Wu in 2025.

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Biden says Trump used ‘language of Hitler’s Germany’ after former president posts video touting ‘unified Reich’

Donald Trump posted a video on his social media network Monday that included references to a “unified Reich” among hypothetical news headlines. The post was deleted Tuesday morning.

Boston police commissioner to illegal drag racers, ‘revelers’: ‘Do not come to Boston this summer’

As city leaders rolled out the 2024 summer safety plan, Boston Police Department Commissioner Michael Cox warned officials will be cracking down on people who engage in illegal drag racing on Boston streets.

Biden visit to Boston will close streets near Logan, in Back Bay, and Seaport, police say

Boston police are warning of street closures and traffic delays in city neighborhoods ahead of President Biden’s visit on Tuesday afternoon.

‘This is a marathon, not a sprint’: For Boston reparations task force, redress is a work in progress

The earliest that Black Bostonians might get to weigh in on this process will be 2025, meaning that reparations might not materialize for years to come.

‘Millionaires tax’ has already generated $1.8 billion this year for Massachusetts, blowing past projections

The estimated haul is already $800 million more than what Governor Maura Healey and state lawmakers planned to spend from its revenue in fiscal year 2024.

For only $25, Boston bee enthusiasts can now keep hives on their property

For decades, the city’s zoning code decided who could and couldn’t legally raise bees based simply on what part of Boston the beekeeper lived in.

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A family’s anguish, and grace

The family of the man who committed Lewiston’s horrific mass shooting blame themselves

$1.5m for a wedding venue and conference center. $250,000 for historic ships. Here’s what top Senate brass put into the budget.

The Massachusetts Senate’s budget plan includes nearly $2.4 million targeting groups and causes in Senate President Karen Spilka’s district before the bill even hits the Senate floor, a Globe analysis found.