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Editorial
Senate Closes Loophole: 16- and 17-Year-Olds Can’t Consent to Sex with Teachers or Coaches
BY ELLA ADAMS People under the age of 18 would be unable to legally consent to sexual conduct with an…
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States Crack Down on E-Bikes and Scooters Amid Rising Injuries and Deaths
BY AUSTIN JENKINS, State Affairs National Reporter State lawmakers and governors want to regulate the increasingly popular electric bikes, scooters…
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Massachusetts Senate Democrats Reject Republican Push to Probe Health Insurance Spending and SNAP Junk Food Use
BY ALISON KUZNITZ Senate Democrats rejected a Republican-backed amendment Wednesday to probe the Group Insurance Commission’s spending and block SNAP…
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Senate Democrats shoot down Republican proposal to investigate Massachusetts’s chronically high electric rates
BY COLIN A. YOUNG Senate Democrats shot down a Republican proposal to investigate the drivers of Massachusetts’s chronically high electric…
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Economy
Small Landlords Warn Massachusetts Rent Control Ballot Measure Will Leave Them Underwater
BY ELLA ADAMS Some small property owners are warning that a rent control ballot measure would put them underwater if…
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Campbell Will Give DiZoglio Green Light to Sue Legislature Over Audit Records
BY COLIN A. YOUNG Attorney General Andrea Campbell will tell Auditor Diana DiZoglio that she can go ahead and secure…
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Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Orders AG to Choose Sides in DiZoglio’s Audit Battle with Legislature
BY COLIN A. YOUNG A day after signaling they wanted to see an end to the bitter back-and-forth, justices of the Supreme…
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Massachusetts Senate Approves New Protections for Immigrants Amid Federal Enforcement
BY KATIE CASTELLANI & COLIN A. YOUNG Amid widespread fear across the country over federal immigration law enforcement activities, legislation aimed at…
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Massachusetts Lawmakers complete bid to kill legislative stipends reform
BY SAM DRYSDALE The initiative petition to reform how legislative leaders hand out assignment-related stipends to some lawmakers to cannot…
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Senate Democrats Propose 4% Boost in Unrestricted Local Aid with New Per-Capita Formula
BY ELLA ADAMS Senate Democrats on Monday announced their fiscal 2027 budget bill would bump unrestricted government aid for cities…
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