Published November 18, 2010

Good Thursday morning! We’re expecting state unemployment numbers later this morning. We are also following several reports that state and federal agents are conducting drug-related raids in Plymouth and Bristol Counties.

Here’s what’s news on a mild fall morning:

New body scanners at Logan will show only a “stick figure.” There haven’t been a lot of complaints about the “naked scanners” in Boston, though. (Herald)

32 years later, stolen paintings worth millions are returned. “It was the costliest burglary from a private residence in Massachusetts history.” (Globe)

Economic growth in Mass. will be “precarious,” some economists say. “The New England Economic Partnership says growth here is weakening, and will continue to for the next four or five months.” (WBUR)

Brookline has voted to let legal non-citizens vote. “The proposal passed easily through Town Meeting last but faces an uncertain fate on Beacon Hill.” (Brookline Patch)

Sen. John Kerry is the third wealthiest lawmaker in Congress. Millionaires make up nearly half of Congress. (OpenSecrets.org)