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DAILY STATE HOUSE SCHEDULE - MONDAY, FEB. 6, 2012
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GOV. DEVAL PATRICK

3:00.....Meets with legislative leaders.....Speaker's Office

DAILY EVENTS

8:00..... Massachusetts Life Sciences Center Vice President for Industry Relations and Programs Pam Norton will update members of the New England Healthcare Executives Network on the center’s programs targeted at supporting entrepreneurship..... Foley Hoag Enterprise Center, 1000 Winter Street, Waltham, CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC

9:00.... Boston Celtics E’twaun Moore, JaJuan Johnson and Chris Wilcox lead an interactive reading session and scavenger hunt for students from the Winthrop Elementary School as part of the team's 'Read to Achieve' program.... The Sports Museum at TD Garden (Levels 5 & 6),100 Legends Way, Boston

9:00.... The lawsuit brought by former Boston City Councilor Chuck Turner against most of his former colleagues is set to be heard by the state's highest court Monday. Represented by civil rights attorney Chester Darling, Turner is arguing the council did not have the legal authority to vacate his seat when they voted to remove him from in 2010.....John Adams Courthouse, Courtroom One, Second Floor, Pemberton Square, Boston

9:45.... U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan and state education Commissioner Mitchell Chester participate in a workshop on educator evaluation for school district teams of superintendents, principals, teachers, human resource administrators and union leaders. Press availability will follow the secretary’s remarks at 10:20 a.m..... George Sherman Union, Conference Auditorium, 775 Commonwealth Ave.

10:00..... The Massachusetts Coalition for Suicide Prevention hosts its 13th annual Leadership in Suicide Prevention Awards on Monday. Among the honorees are Maura Weir for her work on Cape Cod, Robert Judge for his work in South Hadley, Annemarie Matulis for her work in the Taunton area, and the Statewide Advocacy for Veterans’ Empowerment program. Rep. Jeffrey Sanchez, co-chairman of the Public Health Committee, will also be honored.....Great Hall

11:00..... The Senate Committee on Global Warming and Climate Change plans to hold an oversight hearing Monday morning on new Clean Air Act rules issued by the Environmental Protection Agency and the impact the rules will have on Massachusetts... Room B-1

11:30..... Bills dealing with aeronautics, distinctive license plates, licensing and registration, and road and bridge names are scheduled for a public hearing Monday before the Transportation Committee.... Room A-1

11:30.... A commission charged with examining the state’s long list of tax expenditures – activities that have statutorily qualified for some form of tax break, exclusion, deduction or credit – is scheduled to meet again on Monday. The agenda lists one item: “continued discussion of, and vote on adopting, guiding principles for tax expenditures.”.....9^th floor, One Ashburton Place, Boston

1:00..... Treasurer Steven Grossman is scheduled to meet privately with Gov. Deval Patrick. They hold monthly meetings.... Gov. Patrick’s office, State House

1:00.... Education Secretary Arne Duncan is scheduled to visit Boston Monday for a town hall meeting with college students from Massachusetts. Duncan will join Sen. John Kerry and Emerson College President Lee Pelton for the gathering at the college's Paramount Center on Washington Street. According to Kerry's office, Duncan plans to discuss college affordability and preparing students for the workforce..... Emerson College, Jackie Liebergott Black Box Theatre, 559 Washington St., Boston

1:00.... The Department of Public Utilities holds a technical session on the emergency response plan of Western Massachusetts Electric Company.... One South Station, 5^th Floor, Hearing Room A, Boston

2:00.... The University of Massachusetts Board of Trustees Committee on Administration and Finance holds its meeting.... UMass Boston, Campus Center, Ballroom B, 100 Morrissey Boulevard, Boston

3:45..... The four mayors of Bristol County have planned a summit in Fall River to discuss “quality of life issues affecting their region.” Fall River Mayor William Flanagan, New Bedford Mayor Jon Mitchell, Taunton Mayor Tom Hoye and Attleboro Mayor Kevin Dumas all plan to attend. Mitchell and Hoye are both newly elected mayors, winning election for the first time this past November.... Fall River Room, Government Center, 6th Floor, Fall River

5:00..... Gov. Patrick celebrates the grand opening of Whittier Street Health Center, an ARRA-funded facility that will serve residents of Roxbury and surrounding communities. (Monday, 5 p.m., 1290 Tremont St., Roxbury

5:00.... MBTA officials continue public meetings around the state on proposed fare hikes and service reductions for the transit system. This is the fourth week that MBTA staff has hosted meetings to gauge public support and reaction to twin proposals to raise fares and cut back on some transit services...... City Hall Council Chambers 375 Merrimack Street, Lowell

EDITOR'S NOTE: Rep. Dan Winslow plans to head to Milford and stand in line with those seeking jobs. Winslow says there are lines outside of unemployment offices all over Massachusetts and he hopes to show solidarity with those seeking jobs and try to make his point that the House should be advancing more job creation proposals.

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11:00.....House and Senate meet in informal sessions

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