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Experts: ICU need three times more likely for COVID-19 patients with obesity
Chris Lisinski State House News Service Patients with obesity may be more than three times as likely to require intensive…
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Massachusetts teachers union calls UMass spending cuts “destructive”
Katie Lannan State House News Service Members of the Massachusetts Teachers Association plan to fight budget cuts at the University…
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Expungement measure seen as way to tackle systemic racism in Massachusetts
Katie Lannan State House News Service Less than 20 percent of the people who have applied to have young adult…
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Galvin plans to finish mailing ballot applications to 4.5 million Massachusetts voters next week
Chris Van Buskirk State House News Service The secretary of state’s office expects to finish sending applications for mail-in primary…
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During a spike in crime, Fall River City Council votes to transfer unused police funds to pay 2017 trash bill
On Tuesday, after spending the large part of an hour on the accuracy of a Fall River Reporter headline (without…
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Fall River one of the highest COVID-19 positive test rates in Massachusetts at 6.25%
Chris Lisinski State House News Service The COVID-19 positive test rate remains above the state average in three-quarters of the…
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Massachusetts Immigrant Protection Bill Gets Committee Seal of Approval
Katie Lannan State House News Service A bill that would limit local police cooperation with federal immigration officials earned a…
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Fall River Police Union: Do not remove $480,000 from the police department, it is needed
The following letter was sent to us from the Fall River Police Union: City Council President Cliff Ponte, I write…
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A century later, common loons bonding again in southeastern Massachusetts
Colin A. Young State House News Service There is nothing common about the common loon chick that hatched this spring…
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Mayor Coogan to shift $280,233 from police salaries to community maintenance, insurance
According to the July 14 Fall River City Council Agenda, Mayor Coogan is requesting the city council shift $480,000, to…
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