-- Gov. Charlie Baker travels to the Park City area in Utah for a family vacation with First Lady Lauren Baker and their children, returning to Massachusetts on Saturday.
-- Attorney General Maura Healey urges the Legislature to pass two automatic voter registration bills at a press conference to kick off a lobby day, Room 428, 10 a.m.
-- Auditor Suzanne Bump meets with the Regional Schools and Rural Caucuses to discuss recommendations from her office's October 2017 report on updating the structure and finance of Massachusetts regional school districts,’ Room 230, 10 a.m.
-- Boston Mayor Martin Walsh joins local officials, civic, faith, non-profit and business leaders and approximately 400 volunteers to canvass Boston for the annual ‘Point in Time’ homeless census, Boston City Hall, 10 a.m.
-- Rep. Paul Donato and the Safe Roads Alliance host a legislative information session on the ‘distracted driving epidemic’ and a bill requiring the use of hands-free devices, House Member's Lounge, 10 a.m.
-- The Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security reviews Gov. Charlie Baker's bill to double the minimum daily pay for soldiers and airmen performing active state duty in the National Guard, Room A-1, 10 a.m.
-- Governor's Council holds a hearing on Gov. Baker's nomination of attorney Susan Sullivan as an associate justice of the Superior Court, Council Chamber, 10 a.m.
-- Sen. Mike Barrett and Rep. Jen Benson hold a press conference announcing ‘two major developments in the campaign to put a price on carbon in Massachusetts,’ Room 222, 10 a.m.
-- The Senate Ways and Means Committee along with the Senate chair of the Joint Committee on Public Service and the Senate chair of the Joint Committee on Health Care Financing will hold an oversight hearing to review the GIC health-plan changes, Gardner Auditorium, 11 a.m.
-- Boston Mayor Martin Walsh, Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito, Auditor Suzanne Bump, Housing and Economic Development Secretary Jay Ash and Worcester Mayor Joseph Petty are expected to attend the grand opening ribbon-cutting at ‘WPI Seaport,’ Worcester Polytechnic Institute's new Innovation and Collaboration Space in the Seaport District, 303 Congress St., Boston, 11 a.m.
-- The House has a formal session, starting at 11 a.m., with House Speaker Robert DeLeo expected to make remarks on health care, early education and no new broad-based taxes at 2 p.m.
-- Boston Police Commissioner Bill Evans is a guest on ‘Boston Public Radio,’ WGBH-FM 89.7, 12 p.m.
-- Doctors who oppose medical aid in dying, sometimes referred to as assisted suicide or death with dignity, hold a press conference to discuss their stance before meeting with legislators, Grand Staircase, 12 p.m.
-- U.S. Rep. Richard Neal holds press availability focused on President Trump's State of the Union address, U.S. Federal Courthouse, 300 State Street, Springfield, 12:15 p.m.
-- Gaming Commission meets for an update on recent sexual-misconduct allegations against Wynn Resorts chief executive Steve Wynn and the next steps in the regulatory review process, 101 Federal Street, 12th floor, Boston, 2 p.m.
-- Governor's Council holds its weekly assembly with votes possible on nominations of attorney Thomasina Johnson to the Suffolk County Juvenile Court bench and attorney Paul Sushchyk as a circuit judge in the Probate and Family Court, Council Chamber, 2 p.m.
-- An initiative petition backed by the Retailers Association of Massachusetts to lower the state sales tax will have a hearing before the Revenue Committee, Room B-2, 2 p.m.
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