See What 2014 Ballot Questions Have Been Submitted

Good morning, Beacon Hill! Here are five things you need to know today, Thursday, Aug. 8:

1. SUBMITTED BALLOT QUESTIONS: Minimum wage, earned sick time and other ballot questions have been submitted for consideration for the 2014 state ballot. Check out more here.

2. IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: The suspect in last week's shooting involving a Middlesex Sheriff's deputy at the Mass Eye and Ear Infirmary is being held on $1 million bail after his arraignment. More information here.

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4. THIS DAY IN HISTORY: In an evening televised address, President Richard M. Nixon announces his intention to become the first president in American history to resign on this day in 1974. With impeachment proceedings underway against him for his involvement in the Watergate affair, Nixon was finally bowing to pressure from the public and Congress to leave the White House. "By taking this action," he said in a solemn address from the Oval Office, "I hope that I will have hastened the start of the process of healing which is so desperately needed in America." Information courtesy of History.com.