-- Senate President Stanley Rosenberg and Gov. Charlie Baker headline the opening of the Health Policy Commission's annual health-care cost trends hearing, Suffolk University Law School, 120 Tremont St., Boston, 9 a.m.
-- The Supreme Judicial Court will meet to hear several cases, including a high-profile effort to declare the cap on charter schools unconstitutional, John Adams Courthouse, Courtroom One, Second Floor, Pemberton Square, Boston, 9 a.m.
-- The Cannabis Control Commission holds a hearing in which invited people and organizations with a known interest in the development of pot regulations will provide input into future rules, Hearing Rooms A-1 and A-2, 9:30 a.m.
-- U.S. Sen. Edward Markey joins Puerto Rican community leaders, community-based organizations, and advocacy groups for a roundtable discussion on federal and local disaster relief efforts in the wake of Hurricane Maria, JFK Federal Building, 9th floor, 15 New Sudbury Street, Boston, 10:30 a.m.
-- U.S. Rep. Joseph Kennedy III attends the launch of a children's mental health awareness collaboration between Franciscan Children's Hospital and the Catholic Archdiocese of Boston, 30 Warren St., Brighton, 10:30 a.m.
-- Committee on Higher Education travels to Westfield State University for a hearing on bills dealing with investment in higher education, Westfield State University, Dever Stage, Parenzo Hall, 577 Western Ave., Westfield, 11 a.m.
-- First Lady Lauren Baker reads to students at Framingham's Brophy School as part of the Read to a Child lunchtime reading program, Brophy Elementary School, 575 Pleasant St., Framingham, 11 a.m.
-- Sens. William Brownsberger and Patricia Jehlen attend ‘Wrongful Conviction Day’ put on by the New England Innocence Project, Great Hall, 11 a.m.
-- Gov. Charlie Baker, Department of Conservation and Recreation Commissioner Leo Roy, Sen. Sal DiDomenicoand others join EF Education First CEO Dr. Edward Hult to break ground on EF's third new building project in Cambridge’s North Point neighborhood, Intersection of Museum Way and North Point Boulevard, Cambridge, 11 a.m.
-- A Senate task force convened to help the state's retail sector holds its first meeting, Room 428, 11 a.m.
-- Treasurer Deborah Goldberg holds a press conference ahead of a showcase of items from the state's Unclaimed Property Division; the items will be displayed through this week and put up for sale on eBay on Oct. 7, Room 227, 11 a.m.
-- The MBTA's Fiscal Management and Control Board meets with an agenda that includes discussions about the MBTA Retirement Fund, the positive train control federal mandate, a commuter rail service update and information on the Focus40 plan, Transportation Board Room, 10 Park Plaza, Boston, 12 p.m.
-- Ivory Free Massachusetts coalition holds a briefing to discuss results from an investigation of illegal ivory sales and urge the Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture to support ivory and rhino horn anti-trafficking legislation, House Members Lounge, 12:30 p.m.
-- The Joint Committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight hears about four dozen bills dealing with land, construction and procurement, Hearing Room B-1, 1 p.m.
-- Gov. Charlie Baker, Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito, House Speaker Robert DeLeo, Senate President Stan Rosenberg, Senate Minority Leader Bruce Tarr and House Minority Leader Brad Jones hold a semi-regular leadership meeting, Governor's Office, 2 p.m.
-- Boston Mayor Marty Walsh and Rep. Kevin Honan attend a ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the fall opening of Telford 180, an 85-unit condominium building, 180 Telford St., Allston, 2:30 p.m.
-- Seekonk Public Access television holds a debate in the Bristol and Norfolk Senate special election between candidates Democrat Paul Feeney, Republican Jacob Ventura and unenrolled candidate Joe Shortsleeve, TV9 Seekonk Public Access, 6:30 p.m.
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