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Massachusetts Governor’s Council warm to murderer’s commutation case
By Sam Doran STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, DEC. 13, 2022…..After more than half a century in prison, a man once sentenced…
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Trust funds urged in fight against poverty in Massachusetts
By Sam Drysdale DEC. 12, 2022…..Massachusetts lawmakers should advance an at-birth publicly funded trust fund program for lower-income Massachusetts residents,…
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Governor Baker: “Parties do listen to voters”
Chris Lisinski BOSTON – With his eight-year term as a party standard-bearer drawing to a close, Gov. Charlie Baker hopes…
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Governor-elect Healey hiring effort “very intense”; discusses influx of migrants
By Sam Drysdale STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, DEC. 9, 2022….Closer now to her swearing-in than to when she was elected, Gov.-elect…
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Recount flips House election to Dem by one vote
By Chris Lisinski DEC. 8, 2022…..Democrat Kristin Kassner jumped into the lead over five-term Republican Rep. Lenny Mirra after a…
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November Massachusetts tax collections outpace benchmark
Colin A. Young Tax collectors at the Department of Revenue raked in $2.382 billion last month, which is less than…
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Above-average temperatures factor into Massachusetts energy forecast
By Michael P. Norton DEC. 5, 2022…..The region’s electric grid operator does not anticipate calling for controlled power outages this…
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Massachusetts mental health care system in flux
By Chris Lisinski When the head of the largest behavioral health provider in western Massachusetts woke up Thursday, there were…
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Massachusetts Clean Heat Panel sees “real burdens” ahead
By Colin A. Young NOV. 30, 2022…..A commission that spent the last 11 months studying ways to help the state…
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Massachusetts officials reflect on opioid crisis progress, setbacks
By Sam Drysdale NOV. 29, 2022…..While boasting of “nation-leading policy and reforms” in Massachusetts related to the opioid epidemic, incoming…
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