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Compromise takes aim at puppy mills in Massachusetts
Alison Kuznitz STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, NOV. 8, 2023…..Aiming to crack down on puppy mills where dogs are bred in cramped…
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Massachusetts Treasury Warns People About Scam Phone Calls
By Colin A. Young Treasurer Deborah Goldberg wants the people of Massachusetts to know that it isn’t actually her office…
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Massachusetts House plans to steer more funds to emergency shelter system as part of supplement spending bill under consideration
Sam Drysdale, Alison Kuznitz STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, NOV. 6, 2023…..The House plans to steer more funds to the state’s strained…
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Chronic absenteeism on the rise in Massachusetts public schools
Sam Drysdale STATE HOUSE, BOSTON…..Chronic absenteeism in Massachusetts public schools grew by 72 percent between 2019 and 2023, new data…
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Judge clears way for immediate Massachusetts family shelter cap; legislature has “failed to act”
Sam Drysdale STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, NOV. 1, 2023…..A Superior Court judge on Wednesday denied a request to put a temporary…
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Lawyers lament costs of pursuing Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles fines
Chris Lisinski Significant public resources are “just being wasted” on punishing motorists who fail to pay fines to the state…
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Massachusetts Senate votes to expand access to menstrual products, HIV prevention drugs
Chris Lisinski, Sam Drysdale STATE HOUSE, BOSTON…..Bay Staters would gain increased access to menstrual products in schools and other public…
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Police arrest 57 at pro-Palestine sit-in at UMass Flagship, protestors expected to return until demands are met
Sophie Hauck, Special to State House News Service AMHERST, MASS., OCT. 26, 2023…..Fifty-seven pro-Palestine protestors at the University of Massachusetts…
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Waiver seeks fed funding for Massachusetts emergency shelter costs
Sam Drysdale STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, OCT. 25, 2023…..Gov. Maura Healey’s administration is making a new play to deliver federal dollars…
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Poll: Mass. voters favor supervised drug consumption sites
Colin A. Young OCT. 19, 2023…..Poll results released Thursday by supporters of legislation to provide sanctioned spaces for people with…
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