Healthcare workers continue to suffer assaults and other incidents of workplace violence. The Massachusetts Nurses Association, the Massachusetts Health & Hospital Association, the Massachusetts Division of 1199SEIU, the Massachusetts Emergency Nursing Association and the Massachusetts College of Emergency Physicians have come together to support meaningful, measurable and enforceable legislation addressing workplace violence in our healthcare facilities. Pass H.4767.
In what world do Henry Knox and Chance The Rapper cross the same path?
In Massachusetts, during a semiquincentennial celebration that stretches from Revolutionary War heroes to Grammy-winning performers.
Knox took center stage on Evacuation Day in March, marking 250 years since the British evacuated Boston after he trekked a cannon, guns and artillery 300 miles through a New England winter from Fort Ticonderoga to Dorchester Heights.
Chance The Rapper will take to the stage on July 4, when Massachusetts joins the rest of the country in celebrating 250 years since the birth of the nation.
But the celebrations feature more than just Knox and the Chicago rapper. The Bay Staters who have been gearing up for this for years are at the heart of it.
“The idea of Revolution started back in 2015. When we got started, we were the only people talking about the 250th in Massachusetts. Of course, that would change over time,” said Jonathan Lane, whose name was mentioned by nearly everyone working behind the scenes on the anniversary festivities. Lane is executive director of Revolution 250, a consortium of organizations working to commemorate the semiquincentennial.
The Massachusetts Office of Travel & Tourism was given the large task of developing a marketing and communications strategy to “use the anniversary of the revolution as a way to promote Massachusetts as an exceptional, and dare I say revolutionary, place to visit, to live and to work,” Executive Director Kate Fox said.
The state travel and tourism office has been working on the 250th promotion since 2024, while programming has been taking place since 2025 and will mostly culminate in July…
Ella Adams is a reporter for the State House News Service. Reach her at [email protected].
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Healthcare workers continue to suffer assaults and other incidents of workplace violence. The Massachusetts Nurses Association, the Massachusetts Health & Hospital Association, the Massachusetts Division of 1199SEIU, the Massachusetts Emergency Nursing Association and the Massachusetts College of Emergency Physicians have come together to support meaningful, measurable and enforceable legislation addressing workplace violence in our healthcare facilities. Pass H.4767.
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11:00 | Senate meets in an informal session | Senate Chamber
11:00 | House meets in an informal session | House Chamber
12:00 | Kickoff ceremony for Boston Harborfest, which features music, live performances, fireworks and activities around the city ahead of July 4 | Summer Street stage, Downtown Crossing, Boston
1:00 | Joint Committee on Bonding, Capital Expenditures and State Assets hold a hearing on Gov. Healey's economic development bill (H 5527), dubbed the MassWins Act | Room A-1 | Livestream
2:00 | Lt. Gov. Driscoll announces findings of the Strategic Hub for Innovation, Exchange and Leadership in Defense (SHIELD) report, which her office says "outlines the administration’s strategy to strengthen Massachusetts' defense innovation ecosystem and position Massachusetts as the nation's leader in mission-connected innovation, technology transition, and national security competitiveness” | Room 428, State House
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START THE CLOCK: Gov. Healey has 10 days to review the $63.4 billion state budget that landed on her desk Wednesday. The fiscal 2027 budget raises state spending by about 4%, revamps the funding for county sheriffs and creates a new program aimed at preventing wrong-way driving crashes. — Boston Globe
CLOSING THE LOOPHOLE: As part of the budget deal, lawmakers agreed to language closing what advocates describe as a loophole in the state’s consent laws. The budget bill would make it a crime for adults like teachers and coaches to have sex with 16- or 17-year-olds, teens who are past the age of consent but still minors. It's a change survivors and Sen. Joan Lovely have been pursuing for over a decade to prevent abuse by authority figures. — WCVB
BALLOT BUCKS: Both branches of the Legislature have now approved bills that would force ballot question campaigns to report more frequently on their spending and donations. Fresh off court decisions that knocked two high-profile questions from the November ballot, the bill the House passed Wednesday would also create a panel to review the whole ballot question process. — WBUR
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BROCKTON’S WORLD CUP CURFEW: Brockton leaders are imposing a 10 p.m. curfew for Friday's World Cup match between Cabo Verde and Argentina. Mayor Moises Rodrigues, a Cape Verdean native, said he was sad to put the rule in place but that violence and chaos followed celebrations of earlier matches. — Brockton Enterprise
BEACHES BACK OPEN: Some North Shore beaches, including several in Ipswich, have reopened for swimming, with a temporary fix in place to keep a sewage leak in Haverhill from flowing into the Merrimack River. — WHDH
PUTTING POLAR ON ICE: A group of environmental activists is calling for a summertime boycott of Polar Beverages, hoping to push the Worcester-based seltzer-and-soda company to support updated “bottle bill” legislation that would increase the 5-cent deposit on cans and bottles. — Telegram & Gazette
12th HAMPDEN: In a Springfield House race, challenger Michael Lachenmeyer is charging that Rep. Angelo Puppolo omitted some information from his financial disclosures and questioning whether Puppolo's Westfield State University teaching schedule interferes with his legislative work. Puppolo's campaign is dismissing it as a smear from a candidate "trying to make a name for himself." — Western Mass Politics & Insight
WHEELS OFF THE BUS: Merrimack Valley Transit’s bus service is shut down for the second day as drivers and mechanics strike. A sticking point in the stalled contract talks is how to schedule and pay drivers for Saturday shifts. — GBH News
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