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Citing concerns about worker safety, Massachusetts retailers on Wednesday declared their opposition to legalizing adult use of marijuana. "The Retailers Association believes the legalization of the marijuana industry in Massachusetts is the wrong path for businesses and our communities," Retailers Association of Massachusetts President Jon Hurst said in
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BOSTON — More than two-thirds of the 188 state lawmakers seeking re-election in the fall are on track to return to Beacon Hill without a challenge in a legislative election cycle marked by a lack of competition. With 22 uncontested races in the 40-member Senate and 105 in the 160-member House,
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BOSTON — As state officials try to balance this year's $38.4 billion budget in the face of under-performing tax revenues, one source is bringing in more money than it did last year: the Massachusetts Lottery. In a presentation to the Lottery Commission on Tuesday morning, Executive Director Michael
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BOSTON – The Massachusetts Senate voted 32 to 2 Thursday to raise the minimum age to buy tobacco in the state to 21 from 18 to 21, passing legislation that supporters said would cut down youth smoking and nicotine addiction. The bill, compiled by the Joint Committee on Public Health based
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BOSTON – On the eve of a debate in the state House of Representatives on access to public facilities for transgender people, Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker said Tuesday he would sign a version of the so-called bathroom bill currently before lawmakers in the lower chamber. "No one should be discriminated
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BOSTON – Bill Weld, the former Republican governor of Massachusetts and newly minted Libertarian Party vice presidential nominee, went on unpaid leave from his lobbying job in Boston on Monday, according to the firm's president. Stephen Tocco, the president and chief executive of ML Strategies where Weld is a
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BOSTON – New England fishermen are starting to use digital cameras to document groundfish discards and prove they are fishing within established quotas, turning to technology for a method that may prove more cost effective than hiring human monitors. With support from the Gulf of Maine Research Institute, The Nature Conservancy
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STATE HOUSE — The University of Massachusetts Board of Trustees is expected to take up tuition and fee rates at a pair of June meetings, setting the stage for what UMass President Marty Meehan has predicted could be a "reasonable" rate increase. Tuition and fees will be on the