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STATE HOUSE – The minimum wage in Massachusetts is set to rise one dollar to $11 an hour on Jan. 1, but low-wage workers are poised to press for passage in 2017 of legislation boosting the wage floor to $15 an hour. Workers and labor union officials packed Great Hall Tuesday
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STATE HOUSE – Gov. Charlie Baker shared on Monday that he has spoken with President-elect Donald Trump since his Nov. 8 election, downplayed suggestions that Massachusetts could be penalized by Trump's White House, and said he would not accept a Trump administration post if a job were offered. During
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STATE HOUSE – It would cost at least an additional $27 million per year to fulfill the unmet demand for high school vocational education programs across Massachusetts, programs that advocates say are critical to meeting the labor demands of businesses in the state, according to a report released Friday. The Massachusetts
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STATE HOUSE – Salvatore DiMasi, a once powerful Massachusetts House speaker who was convicted on federal corruption charges in 2011, returned home to Boston on Tuesday after battling cancer during his time in prison. An imposing but jovial presence on Beacon Hill during his time in power, DiMasi appeared gaunt and
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STATE HOUSE – A federal judge has ordered Attorney General Maura Healey to appear in a Texas court next month to face questions over her investigation into ExxonMobil, a directive that Healey says she is "vigorously opposing." The oil company has fought back against Healey's probe into
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STATE HOUSE – With 28 days until it becomes legal to grow marijuana in Massachusetts, some in the medical marijuana industry are growing concerned about the slow launch of a new industry without a regulatory scheme in place. Nicholas Vita, chief executive officer of Columbia Care, which holds three medical marijuana
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BOSTON – Attorney General Maura Healey, who campaigned vigorously for Democrat Hillary Clinton, took umbrage Wednesday with Gov. Charlie Baker's reaction to the appointment by President-elect Donald Trump of Steve Bannon to a senior White House role. Bannon's appointment as senior counselor and chief strategist to Trump
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BOSTON – A week after the conclusion of a nasty and entrenched presidential election, leaders from the Massachusetts Democratic and Republican parties gathered in comity Wednesday evening, aiming for wins in two years while offering measured praise for one another along the way. "I believe that the Republican Party and