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[00:00:00] Speaker A: Foreign.
[00:00:17] Speaker B: With an AM Quincy news update for Tuesday, April 29th. Two young men are facing charges in connection with a stolen motorcycle in Quincy yesterday. Police say 20 year old Christopher Tice of Quincy was driving the motorcycle erratically in West Quincy and Quincy center, speeding, running stop signs and driving on sidewalks. Plainclothes officers caught up with Tice at the Jiffy Lube on Washington street in Quincy point at about 2:30 yesterday afternoon after he tried to flee on foot. He faces multiple charges and 21 year old Sean Perry of Weymouth is also facing charges of receiving stolen property. Police say the motorcycle was reported stolen in Milton Another merger of Bay State financial institutions is in the works, and for the leaders of Eastern bank and Harbor One bank, it's a personal one. Under a pending agreement, Boston based Eastern Bank Shares Incorporated would acquire Brockton based Harbor One Bancorp Incorporated for roughly $490 million. Eastern plans to pay Harbor One stock owners 25.2 million Eastern shares plus $99 million in cash.
The Massachusetts House was in session from about 11 o'clock yesterday morning until about 8:20 last night, the first day of debate on the House Ways and Means Committee's $61.4 billion budget for fiscal year 2026. Coming into the week, representatives filed 1,650amendments to the committee's spending plan, proposing to add at least another two and a half billion dollars to the budget. Yesterday, the house worked through 447, or about 27%, of those amendments, in one way or another. By the time the house recessed until 11:00 this morning, Representatives had padded the budget plan with just more than $18.4 million in additional spending. Day two of House budget debate today could begin with a consolidated amendment encompassing the categories of housing, judiciary and public safety. Representatives huddled at 7 o'clock last night to start hashing out which of those amendments will be folded into another consolidated amendment and which one would be scuttled. The House is set to return to action at 11 o'clock this morning. First, members will hold a meeting on amendments categorized as public health, mental health and disability at 10am The United States Supreme Court has denied Karen Reed's appeal to wipe away charges in connection with the death of John O'Keefe. Reed's lawyers were arguing that jurors in her first murder trial had agreed to acquit her on charges of second degree murder and leaving the scene, but didn't know that they could return a partial verdict. Reid's lawyer suggested that if she's being charged again with the previously dropped charges, then it would cause double jeopardy. Reid and her legal team have already had their argument of double jeopardy rejected by numerous courts. The Supreme Court's decision not to take up the appeal means that her legal team's petition will go unheard, that our ongoing murder retrial will continue as planned. While only four justices need to agree to take up the case, the Supreme Court is inundated with thousands of petitions a year and only take up a small percentage. Judge Beverly Canoni, the judge in both her first trial and ongoing trial, denied a motion to dismiss the charges last summer. A mistrial was declared last year after jurors said they were at an impasse and deliberating further would be futile. Reid has pleaded not guilty to charges of second degree murder, manslaughter while operating under the influence and leaving the scene of a crash resulting in death. Jurors returned to Norfolk Superior Court in Dedham yesterday for Week two of witness testimony in Reid's retrial.
Two historians will explore the history of slavery and freedom in quincy during the 18th century at a special presentation at the Thomas Crane Public Library in Quincy center tonight. Cabria Baumgartner and Gabriel Rayburn will present the next Quincy 400 lecture series in the Richardson Building of the library from 6:30 to 7:30 this evening. The program will include their original research on the experiences of black and indigenous people who were enslaved. Baumgartner has authored a book about enslaved people in New England and as a tenured faculty member at Northeastern University, and Rayburn is an associate fellow at the Hutchins center for African American Research at Harvard University. The program, presented by the Friends of the Thomas Crane Public Library, is free and open to all.
Check of business news this morning. Stocks are mixed. The dow is up 114 points. The Nasdaq fell 16. The S&P S&P rose 3. Asian stocks mostly higher after US stocks drifted to a mixed quiet finish ahead of a busy week of corporate earnings and economic data that could bring more bouts of volatility. The dollar was up, the euro was down and oil at $61 a barrel and sports Celtics and Magic back at it tonight for Game 5 of the NBA playoffs at 8:30 at the Garden. The Seas lead that series three games to one. The Red Sox are in Toronto against the Blue jays tonight at 7. The national weather Service forecast for today. There is a small craft advisory in effect and also an elevated risk of fire danger due to very windy and warm conditions today with a high of 79 degrees, winds could gust over 40 mph this afternoon. For tonight, partly cloudy and lows drop off to the mid-50s. Tomorrow, mainly sunny at a high 68. First day of May on Thursday with a mix of sun and clouds and again a high of 68 degrees. Friday, warming back up with partly cloudy skies. Highs Friday in the upper 70s for the boater today. Waves 1 to 2ft. The wind southwest right now 5 to 10. Increase to 20 to 30 knots later today. There is a small craft advisory in effect through this evening. High tide 1:21pm sunrise 5:41. Sets at 7:41. I'm Joe Catalano with an AM Quincy news update for Tuesday, April 29th.
