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How will the Senate version of President Trump’s tax and spending bill affect Massachusetts? Abigail Pritchard of The New Bedford Light explains the five key takeaways. buff.ly/wM5AgGO

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ICYMI: Health groups are warning that the revived proposal for a wood-burning plant in Springfield could roll back years of progress in fighting the high rates of asthma in the city. buff.ly/Opqb9v8

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As the Holyoke public schools exit state receivership after a decade of state oversight, the failure of the intervention to boost student achievement is prompting fresh scrutiny of the 2010 law allowing state takeover of struggling districts. buff.ly/waypIzs

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šŸ“ˆ OTHER POPULAR STORIES - Supplementing or supplanting? Surtax spending gets ā€˜complicated’ commonwealthbeacon.org/government/sta… - As Holyoke schools exit state oversight, new scrutiny for receivership law commonwealthbeacon.org/education/as-h…

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How will the Senate version of President Trump’s tax and spending bill affect Massachusetts? Abigail Pritchard of The New Bedford Light explains the five key takeaways. buff.ly/wM5AgGO

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šŸ“ˆ OTHER POPULAR STORIES - As Holyoke schools exit state oversight, new scrutiny for receivership law commonwealthbeacon.org/education/as-h… - Supplementing or supplanting? Surtax spending gets ā€˜complicated’ commonwealthbeacon.org/government/sta…

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ICYMI: Abigail Pritchard of The New Bedford Light explains how the Senate version of President Trump’s tax and spending bill would affect Massachusetts. buff.ly/wM5AgGO

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šŸ“ˆ OTHER POPULAR STORIES - Healey again puts offshore wind on back burner commonwealthbeacon.org/energy/healey-… - Supplementing or supplanting? Surtax spending gets ā€˜complicated’ commonwealthbeacon.org/government/sta…

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OPINION: The MBTA’s electric bus mandate is a laudable goal, writes James Aloisi. Yet constraints on the US electric bus marketplace put the MBTA in the position of being forced to purchase the wrong vehicles at the wrong price at the wrong time. buff.ly/ptAIgq0

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šŸ“ˆ OTHER POPULAR STORIES - Federal funding for I-90 Allston project in jeopardy commonwealthbeacon.org/transportation… - Review suddenly holds up $108M in education grants commonwealthbeacon.org/education/revi…

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šŸ“ˆ OTHER POPULAR STORIES - Sour taste as Mass. pols unpeel ā€˜big, beautiful bill’ commonwealthbeacon.org/government/sta… - Review suddenly holds up $108M in education grants commonwealthbeacon.org/education/revi…

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ROUGH ROAD: A federal transportation grant program, key to the massive I-90 Allston highway project in Boston, was slashed under the package of tax and spending cuts President Trump signed into law on July 4. Bruce Mohl has the story. buff.ly/wxEBnml

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BAD NEWS BILL: Massachusetts lawmakers are trying to parse the massive Trump policy package with major impacts for MassHealth, food aid, clean energy, and more. Colin Young of the State House News Service has more. buff.ly/nDZClR4

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OPINION: Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has launched an agenda aimed at dismantling the public health system as we know it, writes Dr. Anahita Dua, the founder and chair of Healthcare for Action. buff.ly/oN4csOw