Politics
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Massachusetts AG Healey among those investigating TikTok
BOSTON – Today, Attorney General Maura Healey launched a nationwide investigation into whether TikTok is designing, operating, and promoting its…
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Citing improved metrics, Boston Mayor Wu lifting indoor mask mandate for most instances
Citing improving COVID-19 metrics in Boston, Mayor Michelle Wu and Dr. Bisola Ojikutu, Commissioner of Public Health and Executive Director…
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Senator Ed Markey announces bill to prohibit importation of Russian oil
Washington, DC (March 1, 2022) – Senator Ed Markey, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today announced he…
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Baker Administration aligns state mask policy with CDC, including mask policy on school buses
Chris Lisinski A day after K-12 students returned to classrooms with a statewide mask mandate no longer in place, the…
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Unemployment system to soon move away from facial recognition
By Matt Murphy The state’s unemployment assistance agency will in the “coming weeks” stop utilizing facial recognition technology to verify…
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Massachusetts senator wants probe of RMV road test scandal
By Chris Lisinski FEB. 22, 2022…..One senator who’s also running for higher office wants to launch an oversight hearing into…
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Massachusetts legislative leaders stick with State House Proof-of-Vax policy
Michael P. Norton The City of Boston on Friday pulled its requirement that patrons and staff of certain indoor spaces…
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Massachusetts Seal And Motto Commission looks to find traction
Sam Doran More than a year after the Legislature first called for a commission to consider changes to the state…
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Fall River takes step toward free menstrual products
By Katie Lannan FEB. 17, 2022…..As Fall River plans to use a state grant to provide free menstrual products in…
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Massachusetts first responders making bid for premium pay
Michael P. Norton Demands on the state’s big pool of federal COVID aid have garnered headlines, but first responders are…
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