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Also: Critics decry CNN's decision to air Trump's NH town hall; your burning questions about gas stoves [Donate ❤️]( [View in Browser](  May 10, 2023 🌞 Sunny, with a high near 72. Good Morning Boston, The New England Patriots are [headed to Germany this fall]( — and here's what we're kicking off with today: - Community college students in Massachusetts won't be the only ones in store for [a big discount]( if the state's Senate gets its way. Senate leaders included a measure in their [newly released budget proposal yesterday]( to make local undocumented residents eligible for in-state college tuition — and it seems Gov. Maura Healey is on board. - What she's saying: Healey told reporters it's a fair and necessary idea to ease regional labor shortages: "The more people we can get into a workforce pipeline, the better for us." - Potential roadblocks: House Speaker Ron Mariano has voted against the proposal in the past, and State House News Service reports his office isn't yet saying if he'll change his mind. - Zoom out: According to the National Immigration Law Center, [at least 23 states]( allow all local high school graduates to qualify for in-state tuition, regardless of immigration status. - Zoom in: For students, it's a difference of tens of thousands of dollars. For example, the total cost of attending UMass Amherst is $35,765 a year for in-state students, but $57,701 for out-of-state students. - There may be changes on the horizon for this year's electoral process in Boston, after a federal judge [ordered city councilors to redraw parts of their district map earlier this week](. With [a number of procedural deadlines]( quickly approaching ahead of elections for City Council this summer and fall, officials are considering ways to give potential candidates some flexibility so they can adjust to the unexpected boundary shifts. - Secretary of State Bill Galvin, whose office oversees local elections, told WBUR's John Bender they're hoping to reduce the number of signatures candidates need to qualify for the ballot. And a spokesperson for Mayor Michelle Wu said the city will seek to extend the timelines for filing nomination papers, as [deadlines for the September preliminary election]( quickly approach. - This isn't the first time Boston has gone back to the drawing board. A judge also tossed their map after council districts were first created in 1983, which led to that year's [elections being delayed](. "We don't want to see that happen again," Galvin said. - The big picture: Most voters in Boston are still in the same district as they were in 2021. The lawsuit challenging the map [centered on changes in Dorchester, specifically the move of parts of]( [District 3]( — Dorchester's primarily white, high-turnout Neponset area — to the more diverse District 4. - What's next: Galvin is calling on the City Council to act quickly to settle on a new map — potentially going back to the old lines — for this year's elections while the lawsuit plays out. - Thomas Koch is Quincy's longest-ever serving mayor — and he wants to keep it going. Koch [told The Patriot Ledger]( he plans to run for a seventh term this fall. "There's more to do," the 60-year-old said. - Currently, Koch — who's next term would run through 2027 — faces no challengers. He's been in office since 2007. (Quincy's mayoral terms changed from two years to four years in 2013.) - The owners of the pharmaceutical chemical plant in Newburyport that exploded last week — [resulting in the death of one worker]( — plan to start demolishing the damaged building today. - What's next: Investigators say it could take months before they figure out what caused the explosion. - Set a reminder, Swifties: The MBTA is releasing additional commuter rail tickets from Boston and Providence for next weekend's Taylor Swift concerts at Gillette Stadium. If that's got you singing "you belong with me," the $20 round-trip special event train tickets for the May 20 and 21 concerts will go on sale only on the T's [mTicket app]( at 11 a.m. this Friday. (More info [here]( - The additional train tickets come after fans headed to Swift's first local concert in five years [quickly bought up the initial round]( last Friday. (Unfortunately, the MBTA says they aren't releasing any more train tickets for the May 19 concert.) - Driving there? Gillette Stadium's [website]( says its stadium-side prepaid parking is sold out, but there's an overflow lot with space remaining on the other side of Route 1. P.S.— Celebrate the moms in your life — and strengthen independent journalism — by sending [some Winston Flowers from WBUR this Mother’s Day](. You'll also save 10% if you [order by midnight tonight](. Nik DeCosta-Klipa Editor, Newsletters [Follow](  Support the news  The Rundown ['Here we go again': Critics decry CNN's decision to air Trump town hall in N.H.]( The town hall represents a reunion between Trump, who’s been limiting his appearances to conservative media outlets, and CNN, which stopped airing his events after 2016. [Read more.]( ['Here we go again': Critics decry CNN's decision to air Trump town hall in N.H.]( The town hall represents a reunion between Trump, who’s been limiting his appearances to conservative media outlets, and CNN, which stopped airing his events after 2016. [Read more.]( [What the end of the COVID public health emergency means in Massachusetts]( After more than three years, COVID public health emergencies at the federal level and in Massachusetts come to an end Thursday. Here’s what will change with testing, masking, vaccination and more. [Read more.]( [What the end of the COVID public health emergency means in Massachusetts]( After more than three years, COVID public health emergencies at the federal level and in Massachusetts come to an end Thursday. Here’s what will change with testing, masking, vaccination and more. [Read more.]( [A jury finds Trump liable for battery and defamation in E. Jean Carroll trial]( Jurors believed that Carroll's allegation of sexual abuse in a Manhattan department store in the mid-1990s was more likely true than not. They awarded her $5 million in total damages. [Read more.]( [A jury finds Trump liable for battery and defamation in E. Jean Carroll trial]( Jurors believed that Carroll's allegation of sexual abuse in a Manhattan department store in the mid-1990s was more likely true than not. They awarded her $5 million in total damages. [Read more.]( [Mass. high court awards $37 million in cancer suit against tobacco maker Philip Morris]( The state's Supreme Judicial Court said the evidence and expert witness testimony supported a Newton woman who sued Philip Morris USA after she developed cancer from smoking. [Read more.]( [Mass. high court awards $37 million in cancer suit against tobacco maker Philip Morris]( The state's Supreme Judicial Court said the evidence and expert witness testimony supported a Newton woman who sued Philip Morris USA after she developed cancer from smoking. [Read more.]( [Ex-Woburn cop loses police certification over alleged involvement in 2017 white supremacist rally]( The latest action taken by the Peace Officer Standards and Training Commission prohibits John Donnelly, an ex-patrolman for Woburn Police, from working in law enforcement in Massachusetts. Donnelly's name will also be added to a national database of decertified officers. [Read more.]( [Ex-Woburn cop loses police certification over alleged involvement in 2017 white supremacist rally]( The latest action taken by the Peace Officer Standards and Training Commission prohibits John Donnelly, an ex-patrolman for Woburn Police, from working in law enforcement in Massachusetts. Donnelly's name will also be added to a national database of decertified officers. [Read more.]( Anything Else? - After being abruptly fired by Fox News last month, Tucker Carlson says he's taking his show to Twitter. However, NPR reports his contract with Fox [could potentially complicate those plans](. - Embattled freshman Republican Rep. George Santos is [reportedly facing a federal change]( — though we don't know exactly what for. The New York congressman has been the subject of[a congressional investigation]( for possible "unlawful activity" during his 2022 campaign, after he was caught lying about his professional accomplishments, education and family history. - Has the pandemic changed the way you use your home? Here & Now [spoke to the authors of a new design book "Patina Modern" about different ways to alter your space]( — from using items you've stashed away to simply re-arranging what you've already got. - Ahead of tonight's [special Cognoscenti event about motherhood]( at CitySpace, three-time New York Times best-selling author Kate Baer [writes in this essay about what changed for her after unexpectedly becoming pregnant with her fourth child](. "I had this decision to make," Baer wrote, "Am I going to drown — lose my life — or am I going to completely change everything?"  What We're Reading 📚 - Will A.I. Become the New McKinsey? ([The New Yorker]( - MTV News Signs Off for Good After 36-Year Run ([The Hollywood Reporter]( - Reality TV Saved Me ([Wired](  PSA [Gas vs. electric stoves: Breaking down some burning health and environment questions]( Some Americans are considering buying electric or induction stoves as concerns grow about how gas stoves may affect our health and planet.Here are answers to some burning questions. [Read more.]( [Gas vs. electric stoves: Breaking down some burning health and environment questions]( Some Americans are considering buying electric or induction stoves as concerns grow about how gas stoves may affect our health and planet.Here are answers to some burning questions. [Read more.]( Listen: The Common talks to WBUR's Priyanka Dayal McCluskey about [what the end of the COVID public health emergency means for remaining pandemic measures in Massachusetts](. Play: [WBUR's daily mini crossword.]( Can you keep your streak going? 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