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Accord allocates $50 Million to launch Massachusetts overflow shelter for eligible families
Chris Lisinski NOV. 30, 2023…….[Developing Story]…..Senate Democrats are now on board with a House plan to require the Healey administration…
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Massachusetts crisis manager scrambling to find emergency shelter sites
Chris Lisinski NOV. 30, 2023…..The Healey administration’s point person on the emergency shelter crisis wants to move “in other directions”…
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Healey: Migrants Mindful Of Weather Shift In Massachusetts
By Alison Kuznitz The colder weather setting in across Massachusetts could be affecting the number of migrants coming to the…
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“Cold” Vigil Attendees Knock Massachusetts Shelter Waitlist
Sam Drysdale About 90 families were on a waiting list Monday for state-funded shelter, advocates said during a Monday night…
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MBTA Conference Rooms Converted To Overnight Shelter in Massachusetts
By Sam Doran Families in need of emergency shelter will begin temporarily setting up in conference rooms in a state…
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Big Massachusetts college aid expansion will lift 25,000 students, here is who qualifies
STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, NOV. 15, 2023…..A third of all UMass students will qualify for free tuition paid for by the…
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Bill bans Native-American mascots at Massachusetts public schools
Sam Drysdale STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, NOV. 14, 2023…..The 23 schools in Massachusetts that use an image of an indigenous person…
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Massachusetts House bids to revive food benefit for newly-arrived legal migrants
Sam Drysdale STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, NOV. 13, 2023…..As the state’s new policy of turning some away from shelter has left…
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Massachusetts rent control supporters end 2024 ballot question push
Chris Lisinski NOV. 11, 2023 – BOSTON…..Voters will not be asked next year whether Massachusetts should revive local-option rent control…
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Families Now Put On Waitlist as Massachusetts Shelter Cap Reached
Sam Doran The number of families housed in the state’s emergency shelter system hit Gov. Maura Healey’s limit on Thursday…
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