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STATE HOUSE — More than three months after the House passed legislation regulating ride-for-hire companies like Uber and Lyft, Senate leaders on Thursday will release a new version of the bill that abandons restrictions on operation at Logan Airport and the South Boston convention center as well as state-run background checks
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STATE HOUSE — As Massachusetts members of Congress joined a protest on the floor of the U.S. House Wednesday over the refusal of GOP leadership to allow a vote on gun control, House Speaker Robert DeLeo said similar state-level bill could remain bottled up this session. DeLeo, a Winthrop Democrat,
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STATE HOUSE — As Boston officials seek to lower speed limits on their streets, one lawmaker cautioned Tuesday that the problem they are seeking to remedy could be a symptom of a broader "crisis" in transportation infrastructure. The Boston City Council voted unanimously in April to lower speed limits
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With the clock running out on formal House and Senate sessions, Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito on Tuesday called on the Senate to follow the House's lead and take up the administration's municipal modernization bill. "The municipal modernization bill has a tremendous amount of support in
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STATE HOUSE — A new survey of teen drug use in Colorado has served to help marijuana legalization advocates in Massachusetts push back against the claims of opponents that legalization will lead to higher rates of teenage pot consumption. The survey released Monday by the Colorado Department of Public Health and
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Senate President Stanley Rosenberg conceded Monday something that many on Beacon Hill have assumed for weeks: the Senate's charter schools bill is as dead as a snowman on the summer solstice. "Slowdown in the Legislature? Does a dead stop equal slowdown?" Rosenberg said with a laugh
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The leader of a working group pushing for construction of a rail link connecting North and South stations is urging action to get underway on a feasibility study of the project, and is willing to compromise on what the scope an analysis should look like. Reacting to comments made by
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House Speaker Robert DeLeo on Sunday checked in with his latest thoughts on gun laws, the state's budget problems and the impact of a federal investigation into Sen. Brian Joyce. The powerful Winthrop Democrat was the guest of Janet Wu and Ed Harding Sunday morning on WCVB'