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Speaker 2: It's a raw, spring like day with a chance of
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Speaker 2: in Massachusetts. Attorney General Andrea Campbell and twenty of her
Speaker 2: colleagues in other states are now suing the Trump administration
Speaker 2: over its attempt to dismantle the Department of Education. Earlier
Speaker 2: this week, and Secretary Linda McMahon announced that nearly half
Speaker 2: of their workforce would be laid off, including workers at
Speaker 2: the regional office in Boston. Today's lawsuit argues that the
Speaker 2: layoffs usurp the authority of Congress and put communities at
Speaker 2: risk of losing federal funding. For her part, Secretary McMahon
Speaker 2: says the department will continue to deliver a programs like
Speaker 2: student loans, pell grants, and formula funding. And in Washington,
Speaker 2: we have an update on this. The Trump administration has
Speaker 2: just withdrawn its nominee to lead the CDC at the
Speaker 2: very last minute. ABC's Karen Travers with Moore on What's
Speaker 2: going on.
Speaker 3: The White House has pulled the nomination of Dave Weldon,
Speaker 3: a former Florida congressman who was President Trump's pick to
Speaker 3: lead the Centers for Disease Control, just hours before his
Speaker 3: scheduled Senate confirmation hearing. That's according to multiple sources familiar
Speaker 3: with the decision. When he was nominated last year, Weldon,
Speaker 3: a longtime vaccine skeptic, was championed by allies of Health
Speaker 3: and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Junior Karen Travers
Speaker 3: ABC News. The White House.
Speaker 2: And the chances of a government shut down at the
Speaker 2: end of this week are ramping up along partisan lines.
Speaker 2: Democrats and the Senate have come out against the House
Speaker 2: pass measure that would avoid one. ABC Stephen Portnoy with
Speaker 2: the latest from cappital Hill.
Speaker 4: Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer has drawn a line in
Speaker 4: the sand. He says his party stands ready to block
Speaker 4: the House passed spending bill Ourcock is unified. Schumer instead
Speaker 4: proposes a one month extension of government funding rather than
Speaker 4: the House version, which runs through the end of September.
Speaker 4: Even if Republicans in the Senate were willing to consider
Speaker 4: that The House is now out on recess and not
Speaker 4: due back until March twenty fourth, nine days after a
Speaker 4: shutdown would begin. Stephen Portnoy, ABC News Washington.
Speaker 2: Hearing on Trooper Michael Proctor resumes in Framingham today behind
Speaker 2: closed doors. Proctor is facing a state Plice trial board
Speaker 2: for the third time now. The veteran trooper was already
Speaker 2: relieved of duty after the Karen retrial ended with a
Speaker 2: hung jury last summer, and then suspended without pay, but
Speaker 2: he could lose his job with state police over misconduct
Speaker 2: during his time as lead investigator in that Karen Reid
Speaker 2: murder case. Now, state police have already carved out time
Speaker 2: again tomorrow. If no conclusion is reached at today's hearing,
Speaker 2: the cumination there and keep it here for updates throughout
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Speaker 2: rain or the sun's going to shine, but you know
Speaker 2: you need that extra code out there is just a
Speaker 2: little bit raw. It's not bad. I mean we're in
Speaker 2: the low forties. It's not bad, but it's just got
Speaker 2: to bite forty six degrees wins out of the east
Speaker 2: off the ocean there, and that's a cold win. Tonight, Unfortunately,
Speaker 2: I'm seeing more clouds than anything, and we have that
Speaker 2: lunar eclipse overnight, so maybe maybe we'll get lucky if
Speaker 2: you get up early in the middle of the night
Speaker 2: and peek out. I'll feel bad if you get up
Speaker 2: and it's all clouds. Tomorrow will be just peaks of sun.
Speaker 2: Pretty much where we are temperature wise again, So the
Speaker 2: weekend looks promising kind of temperature wise, very mild in
Speaker 2: the sixties, but we're looking at some pretty heavy thunderstorm
Speaker 2: rain activity and damaging wins Sunday and Monday lingering as well.
Speaker 2: At eleven o five, when it comes to backing the
Speaker 2: LGBTQ plus community, the Boston City Council walks the walk
Speaker 2: and takes a vote. Wbz's Jim McKay has.
Speaker 5: That twelve to one was the vote on a measure
Speaker 5: to move forward a plan to make Boston a sanctuary
Speaker 5: city for the LGBT community.
Speaker 4: It's just a really scary time right now.
Speaker 5: Adrian is non binary. They tell me they feel worse
Speaker 5: for people who are outside of Boston. Boston they feel
Speaker 5: is a welcoming environment, but new federal statutes taking effect
Speaker 5: could certainly be problematic.
Speaker 1: It's not just looking at legislation that's already been created,
Speaker 1: it's looking at the future and being proactive about protecting
Speaker 1: the LGBT community.
Speaker 5: Sebastian was happy to see both a proactive city council
Speaker 5: in Boston and Worcester, the first city in Massachusetts to
Speaker 5: do this, because when leadership takes a stand on an
Speaker 5: issue like LGBT rights, it certainly sends a message.
Speaker 2: It has actual power, actual effect.
Speaker 5: Along Tremond Street, Jim MCKAWBZ Boston's.
Speaker 2: News radio, Hanson holds the line on the MBTA zoning mandate.
Speaker 2: The town is joining a number of other communities suing
Speaker 2: the State of Massachusetts over forced multifamily zoning near transit.
Speaker 2: The Patriot Ledger points to the recent determination by the
Speaker 2: state Auditor who says the MBTA Communities Act is an
Speaker 2: unfunded mandate. Hansen wants to be exempt until the state
Speaker 2: pays for the cost of compliance. Marshville, Middleborough, Middletown and
Speaker 2: rent Them have also sued. Milton has taken their fight
Speaker 2: all the way to the State Supreme Court, which ruled
Speaker 2: against the town and found the law wasn't constitutional, but
Speaker 2: the measure in the end was ineffective until the state
Speaker 2: takes another step at drafting better, clearer, more transparent regulations
Speaker 2: and the Trump administration makes changes at the Social Security Administration,
Speaker 2: ABC's and Flaherty with Act.
Speaker 1: Starting March twenty nine, Social Security recipients will no longer
Speaker 1: be able to use the agency's phone service to update
Speaker 1: banking information for their direct deposits. Recipients will have to
Speaker 1: use the Internet or go in person. ABC News first
Speaker 1: reported last week that DOJE was examining the phone service
Speaker 1: as part of a broader anti fraud effort. The new
Speaker 1: change is relatively minor, advocates say they still worry more
Speaker 1: changes could be in store, whereas President Donald Trump says
Speaker 1: only fraud is being targeted. And Flaherty ABC News Washington.
Speaker 2: Teenie Banks on explosion in branch growth in Massachusetts just
Speaker 2: a few years back. Now the retraction, the company is
Speaker 2: closing thirty eight branches across the nation and six locally.
Speaker 2: They are closing down their bank branch in Bradford East, Longmeadow, Framingham,
Speaker 2: Holy Yoke with Sewit and Tewksbury. The banks are closing
Speaker 2: June fifth. You are now in the loop for news
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