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  New from  CommonWealth Beacon DATA PURGE : The Trump administration’s move to purge, alter, or malign a broad swath of public health data has implications far beyond academia. In a conversation on The Codcast, Ariel Beccia, an instructor of epidemiology at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, describes how data purges  ripple through society  and what researchers are doing to protect their work. ENERGY TRIP : Eleven legislative leaders   left for Canada  on Thursday with plans to return Saturday. Michael Norton of the State House News Service reports lawmakers describe the trip as “part of a broader strategy to explore affordable, sustainable, and renewable forms of carbon-free energy.” OPINION : Massachusetts is one of the richest per-capita places in the world, write Harris Gruman, executive director of the SEIU Massachusetts State Council and a co-founder of the Raise Up Massachusetts coalition, and state Sen. Patricia Jehlen of Somerville. T...

  By  Kelly Garrity SOUTHIE SMACKDOWN —  Top pols gathered in Boston Sunday for state Sen. Nick Collins’ annual beatdown/cringefest St. Patrick’s Day political breakfast — and a chance to air their barely-simmering grievances. Here’s what you missed: NOTE QUITE OFF TO THE RACES  —  With a deep bench of Democrats all with nowhere to go, one of the main themes of the morning was everyone’s ambitions for higher office. Senate President Karen Spilka  joked about state Auditor Diana DiZoglio challenging Gov. Maura Healey for governor (prompting DiZoglio to hold up a “false” sign, ( Trump joint-address style   ). Boston mayoral hopeful Josh Kraft said he’d gladly vote for Mayor Michelle Wu … for a  Senate  seat. And DiZoglio and Healey herself joked about the first-term governor’s perceived national ambitions after recent interviews with  The New York Times   ,  Seth Meyers   and political podcaster  Molly Jong-Fast. TARGE...