Trump-era funding decisions have contributing to a dramatic drop in aid available through the Cambridge domestic violence shelter Transition House, the nonprofit said in an email Monday. The shelter had to cut back its services July 1.

As an electric vehicle driver and Massachusetts resident concerned about the state’s future, I want to see a strong, clean transportation bill get through the Legislature.

Public meetings this week look at hiring a next city clerk, auditor and city manager; improvements to buses and Danehy Park, and hiring diversity; adding bike lanes on Garden Street; remembering Robert’s Rules of Order; transportation zoning and housing atop the Crimson Galeria; and the state of mental health services in Cambridge.

Our need to comply with the MBTA Communities law requirements presents a perfect opportunity to set a fair and reasonable citywide standard, increase our MBTA-adjacent housing, and reestablish our progressive regional leadership in meeting our community’s housing needs.

Public meetings this week look at approvals and timelines for the next set of bike lanes and a study of their business impacts, a 400-foot tower for Kendall Square that would be the city’s tallest, a pause on office and lab development around Alewife, a possible guaranteed income program for the city’s poorest and much more.

Gig-economy employers such as Uber and Instacart, and a state bill that could free them from obligations expected for companies with full-time workers, were condemned Monday by city councillors as “trying to put the screws” to working-class people, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology drew criticism for “union-busting” in the run-up to a vote.

Imagine a company you’ve worked at for years suddenly fires you, and it has nothing to do with your performance. The company explains that you’ve gained weight and they don’t want you on staff. You feel ashamed, powerless. In Massachusetts, this is completely legal.

An annual city “impact fee” that would take 3 percent of all revenue from recreational cannabis shops was dropped Monday, with city councillors agreeing that the money would be of minimal help to the city while putting a significant hurt on a new class of small businesses.

We all know about the plastic pollution problem – we’ve seen the pictures of sea animals with plastics stuck to them and the documentaries that make this problem seem impossible to solve. Passing the Better Bottle Bill would be step in the right direction.

Pressure to make mass transit free or less expensive hasn’t had much impact on the MBTA over the past couple of years, but U.S. Sen. Edward J. Markey and Boston Mayor Michelle Wu plan to turn up the heat with a virtual event at 1 p.m. Friday.