Politics
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Coalition’s Congressional map proposes uniting Fall River, New Bedford
Matt Murphy/SHNS The coalition of advocates fighting to amplify the voices of minority voting groups in the latest round of…
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Massachusetts spending housing aid, likely to receive more
Chris Lisinski/SHNS The federal government is revving up to redistribute some unspent rental aid it steered to states during the…
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Fall River Brings Fire Stations Into Opioid Fight
By Meg McIntyre Special to the State House News Service Earlier this year, Fall River firefighters responded to the scene…
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Enhanced Cash Benefits Pitched to Get Massachusetts Families Out of ‘Deep Poverty’
By Matt Murphy State House News Service Despite the Legislature in 2021 increasing cash assistance benefits for the first time…
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Judiciary Committee deadlocked on Rollins nomination for Massachusetts U.S. Attorney
By Matt Murphy State House News Service Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins’ path to making history as the first…
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Enhanced cash benefits pitched to get families out of ‘deep poverty’
By Matt Murphy State House News Service Despite the Legislature in 2021 increasing cash assistance benefits for the first time…
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Massachusetts hospitals: Staffing problems are ‘really bad’
By Katie Lannan State House News Service Hospital leaders sounded an alarm Wednesday about the workforce challenges plaguing them as…
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Emotional arguments precede aid in dying hearing in Massachusetts
By Katie Lannan State House News Service SEPT. 30, 2021…..Nearly a decade after voters narrowly rejected a ballot question seeking…
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Legisislation moves forward to mark COVID-19 Remembrance Day in Massachusetts
A new piece of legislation is looking to mark the pandemic in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts so that those who…
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Coalition Seeks Formation Of 13 New Majority-Minority Districts
By Matt Murphy Voting rights advocates are pushing for a new majority-Black Senate district in Boston and as many as…
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