Politics
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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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EPA, Massachusetts officials announce $19 Million in clean water, electric school bus investments in Fall River
BOSTON – Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Regional Administrator David W. Cash celebrated significant federal and state infrastructure investments in…
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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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Freetown Another Step Toward South Coast Rail Completion
By Chris Lisinski State House News Service Sen. Michael Rodrigues can finally add a pair of scissors, not another shovel,…
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Boston City Council Backs Lowering Voting Age to 16-Years-Old
By Sam Drysdale State House News Service If you’re old enough to drive, you’re old enough to vote, the majority…
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Boston, Worcester, Fall River, Springfield, New Bedford, Brockton awarded funding to combat youth violence
BOSTON –The Baker-Polito Administration today awarded more than $10 million in state funding through the Senator Charles E. Shannon, Jr.…
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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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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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