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A human recently contracted Eastern equine encephalitis in Massachusetts, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health announced this past weekend. The person who got it is a male in his 80s who got a mosquito bite in Worcester County, according to a press release from the state's health agency.
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By Bruce Mohl CommonWealth Beacon The Nantucket board of selectmen has released what might be described as a dispatch from the front lines of offshore wind development, a hot take on what it's like to be a municipality trying to co-exist with the nation's first industrial-scale
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By Colin A. Young State House News Service
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By Chris Lisinski State House News Service Previous leaders of the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority "cherry-picked when it was convenient or not convenient" to follow state law and internal policies related to public records, procurement, and settlement agreements, state Auditor Diana DiZoglio said Monday.
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A Democratic candidate for state representative from Martha's Vineyard has expressed support for abolishing prisons. Arielle Reid Faria, a Democrat from West Tisbury, said in 2020 that prisons should be abolished. She is now running for state representative in the Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket District.
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Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey and the next four in line behind her are planning to be out of state much of next week, likely leaving state auditor Diana DiZoglio in charge as acting governor. Neither Healey nor DiZoglio would directly confirm that apparent fact when asked by MassLive.com, but
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People applying for jobs and internships on the Kamala Harris presidential campaign have plenty of options to share their preferred pronouns on their applications. Eleven, to be exact.
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By Colin A. Young State House News Service
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