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STATE HOUSE — The Senate on Thursday unanimously passed a bill aimed at increasing veterans' access to public housing and providing other supports for current and former military service members and their families. "It is our duty as American citizens to honor our dead, but it is equally important
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BOSTON — Improvements at the MBTA are moving the transit system "in the right direction," Gov. Charlie Baker said Thursday, but an "enormously significant climb" remains ahead. Speaking at a Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation forum exploring the future needs of the state's transportation infrastructure, Baker reiterated
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BOSTON – A leading proponent of raising the state's tobacco-buying age to 21 said he's "optimistic" the measure and other tobacco restrictions will become law this year, but cautioned that the bill sits among many other matters still awaiting action by the Massachusetts House of
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BOSTON – Acknowledging a sudden erosion in the state budget's fiscal underpinnings just before the budget is due, House Speaker Robert DeLeo on Wednesday said policy differences between the House and Senate loom as an even larger obstacle to a budget accord that's due in two weeks.
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BOSTON – About a year before funding is set to expire for a state trust fund aimed at preventing chronic health conditions, community health organizations and other stakeholders shared with lawmakers their success stories and concerns about what could happen when the program ends. The Prevention and Wellness Trust Fund was
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BOSTON – Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker on Tuesday named three Superior Court judges with extensive prosecutorial backgrounds as his picks for seats on the Supreme Judicial Court, seeking to elevate experienced jurists in a rare opportunity for a governor to shape the court so early in his first term. Baker, in
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BOSTON – Dealing a severe blow to legislative negotiators charged with reaching a state budget accord this month, the Baker administration disclosed Tuesday this year's state budget hole has grown larger and may reach $370 million, while estimates of revenues available for next year's budget might be
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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