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Marathon Monday is here — and the Globe is providing live coverage from all along the 26.2 mile course. Follow along with us. trib.al/MUFRnLt

happy marathon day everyone!

as you’re cheering on this year’s runners, you should read this story about 26.TRUE. this marathon brings runners through the city’s different, diverse neighborhoods.

w/ Laura Crimaldi for The Boston Globe + Report for America:

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Our latest The Sunday Long Read original is timely, thoughtful, and contains a drop of hope. Here is the story of (now-free) conservationist Niloufar Bayani, a butterfly in an Iranian prison, by Lucy Sherriff, with lovely illustration by Tara Anand. sundaylongread.com/2024/04/13/nil…

Members of a Black-led running group who said they were racially profiled during last year’s Boston Marathon sued the race organizer, the city of Newton, and Newton’s police chief days ahead of this year's race. bostonglobe.com/2024/04/12/met… The Boston Globe

State Police confidential criminal case files left abandoned in unguarded buildings at shuttered old Fernald school in Waltham. Graphic evidence for homicide investigations, unsolved murder accessible to any trespasser
bostonglobe.com/2024/04/10/met… The Boston Globe Elizabeth Koh john hilliard

Here is a run-down of the differences between the House and Maura Healey's FY25 proposals, and the increase from last year's budget plans. (cc John Hancock)

The Massachusetts House on Wednesday unveiled a nearly $58 billion state budget proposal that would dedicate $500 million to the state’s strained emergency shelter system — roughly half of the costs Maura Healey is projecting. bostonglobe.com/2024/04/10/met… w/ Samantha J. Gross

NEW: The MA House unveiled a nearly $58B state budget proposal that would dedicate $500M to the state’s strained emergency shelter system — roughly half of what the Healey admin says the program will actually need to stay afloat.
bostonglobe.com/2024/04/10/met… w/ Matt Stout #mapoli

The long-running saga surrounding Shannon O’Brien, the embattled Massachusetts cannabis commission chair, will apparently run even longer. bostonglobe.com/2024/04/09/met… via The Boston Globe

INBOX: In yet another twist, Deb Goldberg's office says it agreed to postpone a two-day administrative hearing for Shannon O'Brien, the embattled Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission chair, after O'Brien's lawyers requested a delay 'due to unforeseen circumstances.' Background: bostonglobe.com/2024/04/08/met…

The Boston University grad students, who have been on strike since late March, are also university employees, which not only adds to their workload but complicates their relationship with the school. trib.al/Xq00ZrP

After months of sparring in courtrooms and the press, Treasurer Deb Goldberg and Shannon O’Brien will retreat behind closed doors this week, marking what could be the beginning of the end of O’Brien’s tenure as Massachusetts’ top cannabis regulator. bostonglobe.com/2024/04/08/met…

In today's paper: City shelters are housing rising numbers of individual migrants; with cuts to child-care grants looming, providers worry about future of program; and more. trib.al/OEcmzYF

In today's paper: Airman who self-immolated in Gaza protest grew up in secretive religious community on Cape Cod; New England sky watchers ready for historic eclipse; and more. trib.al/p5uJI36

NEW: Due to “greater than expected growth,” state grant payouts for child care providers will be cut through the end of FY24 in order to make the funding last.

One provider, whose grant will drop from $1,100 to $290, told me: “I am in panic mode.” #mapoli bostonglobe.com/2024/04/07/met…

What the country's largest newspaper chain is doing down in Austin should be getting national media attention.

In today's paper: Two public radio stations. Two different business models. One future of public radio in Boston hangs in the balance. Alongside Healey, Kim Driscoll has carved out a significant role in oft-overlooked office; and more. trib.al/Fz7B3sM

Catholic Charities Inn, an emergency homeless shelter in Brighton, is expected to be entirely evacuated Friday, a week after elevated levels of airborne mold prompted the state to relocate about half of the families, many of them migrants. trib.al/eC79PLH

NEW: An emergency homeless shelter in Brighton is expected to be entirely evacuated Friday, a week after elevated levels of airborne mold prompted the state to relocate about half of the families, many of them migrants. bostonglobe.com/2024/04/04/met… w/ Deirdre Fernandes Stephanie Ebbert