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The Mass. angle on US Supreme Court decisions July 8, 2026

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  ADVERTISEMENT New from CommonWealth Beacon NURSES STRIKE : A negotiating stalemate between Mass General Brigham and thousands of nurses and home care clinicians spilled into Gov. Maura Healey’s office Monday, as she pushed for a compromise ahead of a historic strike this week . Alison Kuznitz of State House News Service has more.   OPINION : To address the growing health care affordability crisis, Massachusetts must look at how to control hospital costs while maintaining the high-quality care that has long defined our state’s health care system, write Eileen McAnneny, president and CEO of the Employer Coalition on Health, and Michael Bailit, president of Bailit Health. They say other states, including neighboring Rhode Island, point the way.    The Mass. angle on US Supreme Court decisions    July 8, 2026 By JENNIFER SMITH The US Supreme Court’s final stretch before its summer recess ended last week with a flurry of rulings on high-profile cases, including ...