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STATE HOUSE — While Sen. Elizabeth Warren may be able to pull left-leaning voters to the polls for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, a ticket mate who could provide "balance" and help Clinton win a swing state is more likely, according to former Congressman Marty Meehan. During a June
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BOSTON – U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts Carmen Ortiz subpoenaed records from the Massachusetts House of Representatives as part of an investigation into whether state Sen. Brian Joyce, a Milton Democrat, illegally used his office to bolster his law practice, House officials confirmed on Monday. Joyce has denied all wrongdoing, and
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BOSTON – Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker highlighted steps being taken by law enforcement to increase security around Massachusetts on Monday and downplayed any connection between the Orlando, Florida, attacker and the brothers who carried out the 2013 bombings at the Boston Marathon. Omar Mateen, the 29-year-old who opened fire at gay
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Describing a dysfunctional MBTA inventory system that does not meet industry standards, transit authority officials and a consultant made the case Monday to outsource the operations. "We have a completely broken system," MBTA Chief Procurement Officer Gerard Polcari told reporters Monday ahead of an MBTA Fiscal and Management
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STATE HOUSE — Closed-door negotiations on the fiscal 2017 state budget kicked off Friday morning as six House and Senate lawmakers huddled to begin resolving differences between their competing $39.5 billion spending bills. After meeting for three minutes in open session, the conference committee voted to continue its discussion in
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STATE HOUSE — Gov. Charlie Baker's administration will release a comprehensive Medicaid reform proposal next week in the hopes of renegotiating a federal waiver worth billions of dollars with the Obama administration by Labor Day, before presidential politics further complicate state and federal talks. The detailed waiver proposal will
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BOSTON — Key components of a new Massachusetts opioid law will be part of a "national model" for addiction prevention that Gov. Charlie Baker and his New Hampshire counterpart plan to recommend to governors from across the country, Baker said Thursday. During a New England Council breakfast at the
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BOSTON – After the top elected Republican in the country said that his party's presumptive presidential nominee had made "textbook" racist remarks about a federal judge, Donald Trump's chief backer in the Bay State dismissed the controversy. "These have been reluctant Republicans to accept