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Spilka: Massachusetts State Budget “Really In Trouble” with Healthcare
BY MICHAEL NORTON As lawmakers leave unfinished business and begin a six-week holiday season recess, Senate President Karen Spilka says housing and health care…
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Rent Control, Tax Cuts, Open Primaries Among 10 Massachusetts Ballot Questions Still Alive for 2026
BY ELLA ADAMS, SAM DRYSDALE & ALISON KUZNITZ Campaigns backing at least 10 of the 44 filed ballot question proposals believe they’re still…
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Massachusetts lawmakers begin six-week holiday recess with lots of unfinished business
BY MICHAEL NORTON STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, Nov. 19, 2025…….Massachusetts lawmakers completed a string of spending bills this year and while…
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Massachusetts Rent Control Push Surpasses 124,000 Signatures, Heads to Next Stage
BY SAM DRYSDALE The campaign behind a proposed 2026 ballot measure to establish rent control across the state says it…
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Massachusetts Faces Uninsured Surge: Leaders Chart Path Amid Federal Cuts and Record Costs
BY ALISON KUZNITZ With hundreds of thousands of Bay Staters expected to lose their health coverage due to federal policy…
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Report: Affordability gap grows for those seeking starter home in Massachusetts
BY STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE While housing construction is up and home prices have stabilized, researchers expect home buyers and…
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Massachusetts Governor Healey issues update as SNAP benefits continue to be delivered
BY ALISON KUZNITZ STATE HOUSE, BOSTON…..All Massachusetts residents eligible so far this month for federal government food assistance have received…
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Massachusetts Cannabis Commission Targets Christmas Vote on Social Consumption Rules
BY MICHAEL NORTON & SAM DRYSDALE The Cannabis Control Commission could vote by Christmas on regulations governing social consumption sites. CCC Chair…
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Massachusetts House joins Senate in targeting “offensive language”; “disparaging language has no place in the Commonwealth.”
BY SAM DRYSDALE STATE HOUSE, BOSTON…..An effort to eliminate outdated and offensive language referring to people with disabilities from Massachusetts…
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Markey Cruises to 19-Point Lead Over Moulton in Mass. Senate Poll—But Pressley Could Slash It to 7
By Michael Norton Sen. Edward Markey holds a 19-point lead over U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton in the race for the…
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