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Matt McDonald, a Boston-area native, has decades of experience as a reporter, editor, and copy editor. His work has appeared in The Mashpee Messenger, Cape Cod News, and The Norfolk Boomerang.
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Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker doesn't have an alternative plan if the Transportation Climate Initiative disintegrates amid governors backing out because of projected increases in the cost of gasoline, a Baker administration official said. Kathleen Theoharides, the Massachusetts Secretary of Energy and Environmental Affairs, deflected a question about recent
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Buying a heat pump in Maine is about to become less expensive thanks to a government subsidy. Maine Governor Janet Mills announced Tuesday she wants the state to have 100,000 heat pumps installed by 2025. To do so, the state will offer enhanced rebates through the Efficiency Maine Trust
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Boston Mayor Marty Walsh is noncommittal on bringing rent control back to the state's largest city, but he supports a bill that would allow local communities to implement it. Walsh pointed out during an interview earlier this week that Boston needs more housing, something rent control wouldn'
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Two large teachers unions in Massachusetts have endorsed Elizabeth Warren for president of the United States. The Boston Teachers Union, which has 10,000 members and describes itself in a press release as "progressive and influential," endorsed Warren on Monday, January 13, the first time in its history
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Connecticut plans to require newborn children be tested for Spinal Muscular Atrophy. Spinal Muscular Atrophy is a rare genetic disorder occurring in about one in 11,000 Connecticut residents. The rare condition may lead to muscle and nerve control loss. It also results in fatalities.
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One Rhode Island group is hoping to decrease suicides by making infrastructure improvements. Bryan Ganley and Melissa Cotta formed Bridging the Gap for Safety and Healing four years ago. Now, they want to add suicide prevention and pedestrian barriers to major bridges in the Ocean State, according to WJAR.
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Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont said he opposes higher state income tax rates and he linked anemic growth with high income taxes. Lamont, a Democrat, rejected the idea of eliminating the state income tax on the grounds that it would force local municipalities to make up the difference. (He attributed support
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Red-T-shirt-clad. rhythmically chanting climate change protesters interrupted Vermont Governor Phil Scott's annual State of the State address at the Vermont State House and delayed it by 19 minutes 40 seconds on Thursday. Scott had just said, "We meet at a time in our nation's history