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❤️   Donate Tuesday, March 10, 2026 🏖️   Sunny, with a high near 72. Good Morning Boston, We could break a 150-year-old temperature record today in Boston. But don't let March trick you — the cold air is plotting a comeback later this week. Danielle Noyes has   a preview of today's warmth and the lurking winter weather . Now, to the news: On Beacon Hill:   Massachusetts lawmakers have taken a small step toward making some pretty big changes to the state's sports betting landscape. As the State House News Service first reported yesterday, a Senate bill that would ban prop bets and betting on live games recently passed its first hurdle: a favorable 5-0 vote from the chamber's committee on economic development and emerging technologies. But does it have the legs to become law? Here's what to know: What's the reason for the proposal?   The bill   — sponsored by state Sen. John Keenan — comes amid growing concern about sports betting addiction,   particula...

  Monday, March 9, 2026 ■ Today's Top News  ‘Astonishing Stat’: Billionaires Gave Nearly 20% of Donations in 2024 US Federal Elections "For a representative democracy like ours to work, citizens must have some confidence that, through... political engagement, they have a fighting chance to turn their priorities into government policy," said an elections expert. By Stephen Prager Billionaires exerted an unprecedented amount of influence over the 2024 US federal elections, accounting for almost one-fifth of the nearly $16 billion spent to elect candidates during that cycle, according to a  New York Times   analysis  published Monday. Just 300 billionaires and their immediate families poured an unprecedented $3 billion into the election, either giving directly to candidates or through political action committees. RECOMMENDED... ‘Enough Is Enough’: Sanders, Khanna Propose Billionaires Tax to Raise $4.4 Trillion Billionaires Are ‘Becoming a Problem for the Economy,’ ...