Politics

Top Massachusetts Democrats still examining gun law options

Matt Murphy Senate President Karen Spilka on Monday did not rule out the Legislature attempting to revise the state’s gun…

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Negotiators file $52.7 billion annual Massachusetts budget accord

By Michael P. Norton JULY 17, 2022……Top House and Senate Democrats early Sunday evening filed a compromise $52.7 billion annual…

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United States Senator Elizabeth Warren introduces Youth Voting Rights Act to expand youth access to voting

Washington, D.C./Boston, MA – On Monday, United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Representative Nikema Williams (D-Ga.) introduced the Youth…

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Certification conditional for 740 Massachusetts law enforcement officers

Colin A. Young About 740 law enforcement officers around Massachusetts have been conditionally recertified but many will need to take…

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Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Rejects Challenge To Early, Mail-In Voting Law

By Colin A. Young The Supreme Judicial Court on Monday rejected the challenge to the new law making early voting…

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Baker-Polito Administration announces $15 million in workforce training grants to Bristol, 14 other community colleges

BOSTON –– The Baker-Polito Administration today awarded $15 million in workforce training grants to the Commonwealth’s 15 community colleges in…

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Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court weighs injunction request to block VOTES Act

By Colin A. Young STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, The Supreme Judicial Court heard arguments Wednesday related to the Republican Party’s challenge…

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One-time rebates planned for economic relief for certain Massachusetts residents

By Chris Lisinski STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, JULY 7, 2022…..With inflation pinching family budgets and the state sitting on historic surpluses,…

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Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation estimates “historic” budget surplus of $3.6 billion

Colin A. Young The Department of Revenue is still counting, but the budget watchers at the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation expect…

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Massachusetts Officials: No advance notice of hate group’s plans

By Chris Lisinski State House News Service JULY 5, 2022…..Law enforcement agencies did not have intelligence ahead of time about…

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