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  ❤️ Donate Monday, June 22, 2026 🌧️ Increasing clouds, with a high near 81 and rain likely in the evening. Good Morning Boston, It's Monday. A ( much-needed ) heavy dousing of rain is headed our way today. Click here for when the National Weather Service forecasts it will start and end across New England. But first, the news: A Scottish goodbye: After two World Cup games, countless relocated traffic cones and approximately a billion beers , the Tartan Army bid farewell to Boston over the weekend. Scotland's national soccer team lost to Morocco by a score of 1-0 on Friday in Foxborough . Now, the team and its supporters are traveling south to Miami for their third group-stage game Wednesday against Brazil. Before their bagpipe sendoff from state troopers on Saturday, the Scottish national team posted "a heartfelt thank you" to Boston residents on social media. "You’ve made us feel part of your incredible city," the team wrote . The Tartan Army supporte...

  ADVERTISEMENT Editor's Note To mark the 30th anniversary of  CommonWealth Beacon , editor Laura Colarusso and publisher Joe Kriesberg appeared on the What Works podcast about the future of local news with Dan Kennedy – media critic and professor of journalism at Northeastern, as well as  CommonWealth Beacon  advisory board member. During the episode, we discussed our mission, our place in the broader Massachusetts journalism ecosystem, and our path to sustainability. To get a peek behind the curtain,  listen here .   New from  CommonWealth Beacon POLITICAL NOTEBOOK:  Gov. Maura Healey  is underwater  in a new poll, voters largely support the income tax ballot measure until they learn about potential impacts, and indicted state Rep. Chris Flanagan has decided not to file papers for re-election. Chris Lisinski has the round-up. OPINION:  Despite statements from Boston Public School district leadership to the contrary, writes Mary Tamer, ...