NEW: Senate Post Audit and Oversight Committee postpones until April 24 its hearing on the state of health care and staffing of hospitals in Southeastern Massachusetts, the Cape and Islands. It had been scheduled for Tuesday, with Steward hospital executives invited. #mapoli

SUBMERGED FTW: A few spectators chose to experience the eclipse Monday in the cool, shallow waters off Sandy Beach in Cohasset, Massachusetts.

[10:30am] We have received several reports of an earthquake felt here in southern New England around 10:25am. Preliminary reports from the USGS indicate a M4.8 earthquake was recorded in north-central NJ. Please refer to the the USGS for more information! earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/ev…

NEW: Sen. Markey's office says Steward CEO Ralph de la Torre has declined to testify at a field hearing in Boston on Wednesday. Markey says it's a 'clear reflection for how Steward has failed to show up for the communities they promised to serve.' #mapoli

NEW: After flirting with the idea of open negotiations, Dems outvoted Republicans 4-2 Wednesday and closed talks on what could become a sweeping overhaul of state firearms laws. #mapoli

NEW: Markey, Warren again appeal to Steward CEO de la Torre to turn out for April 3 oversight hearing in Boston. Markey says Steward has not responded to March 7 request for information, or invitations for de la Torre's participation. #mapoli

NEW: Media avail at 3 p.m. in Boston on bridge and port safety and infrastructure in Mass. Transportation Secretary Monica Tibbits-Nutt and Highway Administrator Jonathan Gulliver are hosting the presser. #mapoli

SHELTER NUMBERS: State spending $75 mil per month with 7,500 families in emergency shelter, or $10,000 per family per month, according to Senate budget chief Rodrigues, who compares that to $27 mil per month for 4,100 families 'prior to this migrant crisis.' #mapoli

37 YEARS AGO: Sen. Rodrigues says states are 'left holding the bag' on failed immigration policies in part because the last successful federal immigration reform law passed in 1987. Says family shelter path state is on is 'completely unsustainable.' #mapoli

NEW: By a 40-0 vote, Senate approved bill to crack down on 'revenge porn.' Mass. is one of only two states that lacks an enforceable ban on the practice, and procrastination doomed a reform attempt in 2022. #mapoli

NEW: Speaker Mariano open to local option real estate transfer free to pay for affordable housing, wants to expand MWRA service area to get clean water to future housing developments. #mapoli

NEW: As Mass. pursues Cape bridge replacements, state will 'hopefully' sign memorandum of understanding next week with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, according to Transpo Secretary Tibbits-Nutt. #mapoli

SAVE THE DATE: We've partnered with National Grid MA and the Home Builders & Remodelers Association of Massachusetts for a policy event, 'Housing Goals and the Grid: Challenges and Opportunities of Clean Growth.'

📆 April 2
⏰ 8 - 10:30 AM
📍MCLE (Boston)
massterlist.com/housing-and-th…

NEW: There's now a date for the promised legislative oversight hearing on the effects of private equity ownership and investment in health care. It's Monday, 3/25, 10 am, Room A-1 and virtual, Health Care Financing Committee. #mapoli

Another problem on the T just hours after Green Line service resumed. According to MBTA a Green Line train derailed, just West of the platform at Kenmore station. Riders were being put onto buses between Babcock St. and Copley Sq. The problem is now fixed. WBZ | CBS News Boston at 6PM for more

NEW: Mass. House to take up a new supplemental budget on Wednesday with $245 million more for emergency family shelter program. The House plan includes new reforms that would limit lengths of stay in shelter. #mapoli

HALEY VISIT: Presidential candidate Nikki Haley plans March 2 campaign rally in #Neeham ahead of Super Tuesday voting. #mapoli

Healey Budget Raises Spending By $2.1 Billion: Guv Turns To One-Time Revenues To Finance Spending Priorities statehousenews.com/news/executive…

PRE-K GOAL: Gov. Healey calls for universal pre-kindergarten access for every 4-year-old in Massachusetts. 'Let's do it,' she tells legislators seated in the House for her State of the Commonwealth address. #mapoli

BUDGET PRESSURE: Outlining many areas where she wants to spend and a tightening revenue picture, Healey promises to offer a 'balanced, responsible and forward looking' state budget next week, says 'we need to be smart with how we spend our money – your money.' #mapoli