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Troubling report calls for more action on mental health care access in Massachusetts

Chris Lisinski Massachusetts faces an “unprecedented call to action” to invest in its behavioral health workforce amid twin trends of…

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Police on the SouthCoast investigating after suspicious person followed girl on her walk to school

Chief Richard Nighelli and Old Rochester Regional School District and Superintendency Union #55 Superintendent Michael S. Nelson report that the…

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One person killed after head-on crash between car and business truck on Massachusetts highway

One person has been killed after a serious crash between a car and business truck on a Massachusetts highway. According…

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Officials say Massachusetts test scores show it may take a few years for students to recover from pandemic

MALDEN – The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education released 2022 Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System results today, providing the state…

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Baker-Polito Administration, Centers for Medicare/Medicaid Services announce $67.2 billion agreement for MassHealth reforms

BOSTON — The Baker-Polito Administration received federal approval today to expand and extend its Medicaid (MassHealth) section 1115 waiver through…

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550,000 Massachusetts households in SNAP to see increase beginning in October, continue extra emergency SNAP

BOSTON – Today the Baker-Polito Administration announced that approximately 550,000 Massachusetts households who participate in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program…

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13-year-old RI girl in intensive care after being struck by tire and rim while walking home from school

Police are continuing an investigation after a teenage girl was seriously injured Tuesday afternoon after being struck by a tire…

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Company facing over $1 million in penalties after Bristol County man dies on the job

BOSTON – An inspection by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration found that Brockton-based contractor JDC…

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New Orleans woman accused of killing Westport woman receives not guilty verdict

FALL RIVER, MA / NEW ORLEANS, LA – A woman accused of killing a Westport woman has been found not…

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14 Massachusetts vocational schools awarded $24 million to upgrade facilities, increase enrollment

WESTFIELD — The Baker-Polito Administration today awarded $24 million in Skills Capital Grants to 14 different high schools. Each school…

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