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Governor Charlie Baker has signed into law a bill designed to increase safety for bicyclists and pedestrians by adding certain requirements for motor vehicle drivers in Massachusetts. Baker, a Republican, signed the bill on Monday, January 2, 2023, according to the governor's office web site — three days before
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A nonprofit organization that runs health clinics for poor people in southeastern Massachusetts plans to use newly available state funds to offer chemical abortions. Health Imperatives, which serves "low-income or vulnerable families," is using $700,000 from the state to add chemical abortions at clinics in New Bedford,
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Massachusetts state Representative Jamie Zahlaway Belsito (D-Topsfield) is no fan of the State of Israel; she recently accused the government of Israel of committing genocide against the Palestinian people. "The US must acknowledge that the @Israel administration is an apartheid run thuggery terrorist regime on a mission to kill
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A bill designed to improve safety for bicyclists and pedestrians by adding certain requirements for motor vehicle drivers in Massachusetts is on Governor Charlie Baker's desk. Both chambers of the state legislature approved the bill late last month during so-called "informal sessions," during which any member
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By Chris Lisinski State House News Service
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The current minimum wage in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is now $15 an hour. The minimum wage increased at the start of the new year — on Sunday, January 1, 2023. It increased from $14.25 an hour to $15 an hour.
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If you ever need menstrual products, try stopping by the men's bathroom at Brookline Town Hall. That's because the men's bathroom is stocked with them, as a NewBostonPost reporter recently confirmed.
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By Colin A. Young and Sam Drysdale State House News Service
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