Politics
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Employer Relations Board upholds Baker vaccine mandate as over 1,000 leave state service
Matt Murphy The union representing State Police troopers lost its appeal challenging Gov. Charlie Baker’s implementation of a COVID-19 vaccine…
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Police respond to incident at Massachusetts GOP headquarters
WOBURN — Police acted immediately after receiving a call from Massachusetts Republican Party headquarters on Wednesday about a man wearing…
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Massachusetts Senate passes prescription drug bill
By Katie Lannan FEB. 10, 2022…..A bill tackling prescription drug costs and access easily cleared the Senate on Thursday, though…
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Fall River, receives $600,000+ to address youth violence, New Bedford, Taunton also receive grant
SPRINGFIELD – Today, the Baker-Polito Administration announced the release of $11.2 million in competitive Senator Charles E. Shannon Jr., Community…
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Protest targets Massachusetts State House access, COVID restrictions
Chris Van Buskirk and Matt Murphy A small group of protesters made their way inside the publicly closed State House…
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Baker, Riley, announce school mask mandate to be lifted
MALDEN – Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) Commissioner Jeffrey C. Riley announced today the statewide mask requirement for…
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COVID-19 cases in Massachusetts drop over 85% since peak in January
The omicron-driven surge in COVID-19 activity that disrupted another holiday season and much of last month peaked around the second…
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Massachusetts Legislators Kill Baker’s Drugged Driving Bill
By Matt Murphy Gov. Charlie Baker last fall impressed on lawmakers the importance of acting to prevent driving under the…
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Baker-Polito Administration to begin distributing $500 payments to low-income workers
BOSTON – The Baker-Polito Administration today announced plans to begin distribution of $500 payments to 500,000 low-income workers as part…
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Massachusetts contractor banned from doing business after collecting money for jobs never completed
BOSTON – A home improvement contractor has been banned from owning or managing a construction company and will pay $150,000…
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