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Massachusetts Legislature Approves Another $426 Million For Migrant Shelters

By Michael P. Norton State House News Service The Massachusetts House of Representatives voted 117-36 and the Massachusetts Senate 29-9 to approve a supplemental budget steering $251 million more into the family shelter system and calling for new limits on how long families may stay in shelters. The agreement announced

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Maura Healey’s Former Domestic Partner Sworn In As Justice of Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

By Sam Doran State House News Service

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Maura Healey’s Transportation Secretary Isn’t The Only Massachusetts Democrat Calling For More Tolls

By Colin A. Young State House News Service

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MassGOP Claiming Momentum, Urging New Recruits To Challenge Democrats For State Legislature

By Sam Doran State House News Service

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New National Campaign Targets Online Exploitation of Children

By Alison Kuznitz State House News Service A new national public awareness campaign aims to enlist more people, including kids and big tech companies, to crack down on online child sexual exploitation and abuse, crimes that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security say are reaching "epidemic proportions."

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New Bedford Mayor Back From Trip To Israel

By Michael P. Norton State House News Service

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Massachusetts Revenge Porn Ban Bill Going To Conference Committee

By Chris Lisinski State House News Service

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Migrant Shelter Funds Running Out In April 2024 Unless State Legislature Spends More Money On Them

By Alison Kuznitz State House News Service Money for the state's emergency family shelter system could run out sometime between Monday, April 15 and the end of April, according to a top state senator, who is part of a six-person group of lawmakers trying to come up with