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Single-Payer Backers in Massachusetts Say Trends Underscore Urgency
By Katie Lannan As supporters of a government-based, single-payer health care system made their case to the Health Care Financing…
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Cannabis Finding Its Way In Tight Labor Market
By Colin A. Young Some businesses have trimmed their hours, changed the way they serve customers, or hiked wages and…
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Fierce Nor’easter leaves 500,000 without power
By Colin A. Young State House News Service OCT. 27, 2021…..About half a million Massachusetts households, mostly on the South…
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Drink Taxes Pitched To Boost Health, Addiction Treatment in Massachusetts
By Matt Murphy Former Gov. Deval Patrick tried repeatedly without success to tax soda and voters in 2010 rejected higher…
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Unemployment in Massachusetts Rises As State Sits On ARPA Funds
By Chris Lisinski The statewide unemployment rate rose from 5 percent to 5.2 percent in September, while employers reported adding…
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Kids’ COVID Shots Expected To Arrive In Massachusetts By Nov. 5
By Colin A. Young The fine details are still being worked out, but the Baker administration expects there will be…
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Protesters Continue Push For Eviction Moratorium in Massachusetts
By Chris Van Buskirk Renters and housing advocates rallied outside the state capitol Thursday, urging the Legislature to restore a…
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Drink taxes pitched to boost health, addiction treatment
By Matt Murphy State House News Service OCT. 18, 2021…..Former Gov. Deval Patrick tried repeatedly without success to tax soda…
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Bill aims to make college campuses “hunger-free”
By Katie Lannan State House News Service One former client of The Open Door, a hunger relief agency on the…
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National Guard Called to Drive More School Buses
By Katie Lannan The National Guard will now help students get to school in thirteen school districts across Massachusetts, after…
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