Gov. Maura Healey appointed Christopher Harding, Xiomara DeLobato and Anthony Wilson to lead the Cannabis Control Commission through a series of long-awaited reforms.

Why it matters: All eyes are on the new commissioners to see if they can usher in a new era for an agency beleaguered by infighting, red tape and oversight failures.

Catch up quick: A cannabis reform bill that became law on April 19 disbanded the five-member commission.

• The law gave Healey sole appointing authority and ordered her to name the three new commissioners within 30 days of it taking effect.

State of play: Healey designated Harding as chair — a role the new law elevated to CEO.

• The revamped position has direct authority over day-to-day operations, staffing and budgeting at the CCC.
• Harding has decades of state government experience, including as Commissioner of the Department of Revenue.
• DeLobato, designated as the commission's social equity commissioner, is currently VP and chief of staff at the Western Massachusetts Economic Development Council.
• Wilson has a background in cannabis law, municipal government and small business development.

What we're watching: They're starting out with a long list of unfinished projects.

• Those range from approving applications from struggling dispensaries to enter into receivership to setting up the new social consumption law for pot lounges to setting up the online tips portal and other aspects of the new law.

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🗳️ The Boston Teachers Union announced it would endorse Patrick Roath in his Democratic primary challenge against 25-year incumbent Rep. Stephen Lynch in Massachusetts' 8th Congressional District. (Axios)

⚖️ A federal jury in Boston ordered pharmaceutical company Takeda to pay $885 million in damages after finding it conspired to delay a generic version of the constipation drug Amitiza. (BBJ)

• Takeda, which employs about 5,800 workers at its Cambridge U.S. headquarters, said it plans to appeal.

🐶 A 5-month-old husky puppy was rescued from a sweltering car in a Dedham shopping center parking lot Monday. (Boston Globe)

⚽ The Wu and Healey administrations are clashing over the state's plan to shut down a stretch of Summer Street near South Station on World Cup match days this summer. (Boston Herald)

• The MBTA notified the city it intends to use eminent domain authority to close the street from Atlantic Avenue to Dorchester Avenue on five of the seven Boston FanFest match days.
• Mayor Wu's office called the move an "inappropriate" use of eminent domain that bypasses local permitting.

College-educated fathers are spending less time doing paid work and more time doing things like child care and chores at home, according to a new analysis of Census data.

Why it matters: Millennial and Gen X men are more involved fathers than previous generations, a pattern that appears to have accelerated in the post-pandemic period.

Zoom in: The difference is particularly pronounced among college-educated men who are part of a couple, finds a new working paper, an analysis of census data from Ariel Binder, a research fellow at the American Institute for Boys and Men.

• He looked at how men and women use their time, comparing data from 2017-2019 with the period between 2022-2024, omitting the unusual pandemic years.
• Binder compared couples and singles, and it was the couples that saw pronounced changes.

By the numbers: Since the pre-COVID era, partnered college-educated fathers with young children cut back the time they spend on paid work by six hours a week.

• Meanwhile, they increased the time spent doing child care and housework by more than four hours. Mothers' hours were basically unchanged.

Reality check: Women still do much more unpaid work. Among couples with at least one young child, women do nearly 15 more hours weekly than men (down from nearly 19 hours in the pre-pandemic period).

The bottom line: In the wake of the pandemic, dads are getting way more into the dad thing.

🏗️ Somerville officials are weighing two competing redevelopment bids for the long-vacant site at 90 Washington Street in the Inner Belt.

• North River Leerink is proposing up to 600 housing units across a 14-story tower and a six-story building, with an arts space and a full-service grocery store.
• Wood Partners is offering a more modest 324-unit, seven-story building with neighborhood retail.

🚚 An East Boston landlord has filed plans to replace a one-story warehouse at 160 McClellan Highway with a 154,000-square-foot, two-story facility that would supply Logan Airport concessions using an all-electric delivery fleet.

• The project would include eight electric-truck charging stations and is expected to employ around 300 people.

🏘️ An industrial building at 295 West First St. in South Boston will be demolished to make way for a 236-unit, six-story residential project with nearly 6,000 square feet of public open space.

Boteco do Manolo in Hyannis is bringing Brazilian churrascaria energy to Cape Cod.

• The Brazilian spot on Iyannough Road (by Shaw's) pretty much delivers on its core promise: hearty, protein-forward plates in a casual setting.

What we ate: The sirloin with Madeira sauce was well-executed and sizable.

• The garlic rice is aggressively cheesy, leaning into the comfort food category.

Between the lines: This is a place built for groups and big eaters.

• Solo diners may find the portions and format a bit overwhelming — but that's a feature, not a bug.

The bottom line: Boteco do Manolo could be a reliable stop for families or anyone looking for a filling Brazilian-style meal on the Cape.

• Make sure the rental has a fridge, because there will be leftovers.

If you go: Boteco do Manolo Cape Cod — 1070 Iyannough Rd, Hyannis.

Welcome to Hot May.

• Bostonians cooled off at Carson Beach as temperatures soared into the 80s and 90s.