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Massachusetts housing bill features $2 billion for public housing, $800 million for affordable units
Sam Drysdale STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, AUG. 1, 2024…..House and Senate negotiators sent an agreement on a policy-filled $5.16 billion housing…
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Advocates outraged at Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey’s “cruel” emergency shelter restrictions
Sam Drysdale STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, JULY 29, 2024….Gov. Maura Healey’s “cruel” emergency shelter restrictions will force families to choose between…
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Massachusetts Governor Healey signs gun law, says it “will save lives”; here is what’s in it
Colin A. Young BOSTON – Two years after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that she said posed “a grave danger to…
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Poll: Housing, Transportation Costs Pushing People Out Of Massachusetts
By Chris Lisinski One in five Bay Staters envisions themselves leaving Massachusetts for another state within the next five years,…
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Massachusetts House and Senate agree on massive overhaul of state’s gun laws; here are the details
Colin A. Young JULY 18, 2024…..Without a single Republican vote, the Massachusetts House and Senate sent the governor a massive…
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Massachusetts emergency family shelter system costs officially surpass $1 billion a year
By Sam Drysdale As emergency family shelter system costs officially surpass $1 billion a year, a new commission formed to…
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Vineyard Wind shut down in Massachusetts “until further notice” after blade incident
Chris Lisinski STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, JULY 16, 2024…..Operations at Vineyard Wind, the first offshore installation to provide clean power to…
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Massachusetts Steward Hospital bids tied in tangle of rules, bankruptcy court
Colin A. Young STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, JULY 15, 2024……Monday evening brings the deadline for bids on the Massachusetts hospitals operated…
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Massachusetts House moves to ban video recording behind the wheel
Alison Kuznitz STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, JULY 11, 2024…..Massachusetts drivers could be banned from FaceTiming their friends and livestreaming onto social…
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Avangrid signals fed clearance for two Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut wind projects
Chris Lisinski A proposed offshore wind installation that could help power Massachusetts and its neighbors cleared another milestone Monday as…
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