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Allen urges drug use decriminalization, treatment proposal in Massachusetts
By Chris Van Buskirk STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, FEB. 2, 2022…..Personal use of controlled substances like heroin or cocaine would be…
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Massachusetts House Approves Permanent Extension Of Voting Reforms
By Matt Murphy The state’s mostly successful experiment with voting-by-mail during the COVID-19 pandemic would become a permanent option for…
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Progressives pitch Massachusetts emergency response alternative
By Chris Van Buskirk A proposed program seeks to fund locally designed alternative emergency response programs that would dispatch behavioral…
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Massachusetts committee advancing marijuana cafe, host agreement Bill
By Colin A. Young JAN. 27, 2022…..The Joint Committee on Cannabis Policy is polling its members on legislation that appears…
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Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker tax relief plans add up to nearly $700 million
By Katie Lannan STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, JAN. 26, 2022…..[Developing] The $48.5 billion budget Gov. Charlie Baker is proposing for fiscal…
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Massachusetts Scraps Engineering, Technology MCAS Exams
By Katie Lannan The state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education agreed Tuesday to phase out two of the MCAS…
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Unvaccinated students in some schools can go maskless
By Katie Lannan JAN. 24, 2022…..When state education officials earlier this month announced the extension of masking requirements in K-12…
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Polito forecasts $31 million increase in unrestricted aid to cities and towns
By Chris Lisinski With state tax revenues continuing to blow past projections, municipal leaders said Friday they are disappointed in…
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Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission Chair Troubled By “Predatory Financing Deals”
By Colin A. Young The chairman of the Cannabis Control Commission raised concerns Thursday with what he said are “predatory…
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AG Healey joins race for governor Thursday
By Matt Murphy Attorney General Maura Healey got her campaign for governor started Thursday morning under a light drizzle, pledging…
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