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BOSTON — A constitutional amendment raising taxes on millionaires to generate $1.9 billion for education and transportation would hurt the economy and damage the state's ability to support school services, Education Secretary James Peyser said Thursday. "Definitely not," Peyser told the News Service following an event
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STATE HOUSE — In a win for the Baker administration, Auditor Suzanne Bump on Wednesday approved the privatization of government mental health services in southeastern Massachusetts, citing $7 million in savings and drawing a sharp rebuke from a union president who says the clearance threatens critical services. The Department of Mental
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STATE HOUSE — Two months after Senate leaders committed themselves to trying to break through the hard-line positions of charter school expansion proponents and opponents, the ad-hoc group of senators trying to write a bill that could pass that branch are closing in on a final proposal. After extensive private meetings
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BOSTON — State Lottery revenues are "running a little bit over" projections, and officials at the money-making agency plan to consider readjusting their forecasts in April. Projected to produce $962 million in annual profits to supplement municipal budgets, the state-run gambling agency has clocked $686.3 million in net
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BOSTON – Advocates pushing for more resources to help move vocational students into careers are aligned with Gov. Charlie Baker as they seek budgetary increases this year and $75 million in bond authorization to buy school equipment and pay for expansions. Rep. Alice Peisch, a Wellesley Democrat who is co-chairwoman of
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BOSTON – Former Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown, in the news lately for backing Donald Trump's bid for the Republican presidential nomination in New Hampshire, will lend his support Tuesday to Weymouth's Patrick O'Connor in his campaign for the state Senate. O'Connor, a town
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STATE HOUSE — The opposition to the ballot question to legalize the adult use of marijuana that Massachusetts voters will probably see on their November ballots has a new ally: Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin. Shumlin, the governor of the Green Mountain State since 2010, last week continued to push Vermont to
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BOSTON – In back-to-back sessions, the House and Senate this week passed $168 million spending bills and leaders warned state spending accounts will soon run out of money if a new spending law is not agreed upon soon. But while the bills are similar, the Senate on Thursday passed a slightly