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BOSTON – A business delegation from a Shanghai industrial park plans to convert a big Marlborough building into a work space for dozens of Chinese companies setting up their U.S. headquarters. "They bought a building in Marlborough and they will bring about 35 companies over here," Nam Pham,
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The MBTA announced Monday it has reduced its projected deficit for fiscal 2017 by 45 percent, a $104 million reduction in the anticipated budget hole. The transit agency said reduced operating expenses accounts for 75 percent of the reduction while increased revenues in real estate and advertising makes up the
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STATE HOUSE — Massachusetts Democratic Party Chairman Thomas McGee has reached out to his legislative colleagues seeking manpower to help blunt an "all-out blitz" planned by a right-leaning independent group backing two Republicans running for House seats in special elections to be decided next Tuesday. The Massachusetts Fiscal Alliance,
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STATE HOUSE — Gov. Charlie Baker reiterated that he is "unlikely" to endorse a candidate in the Republican presidential primary and encouraged reporters to put the same question to U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a Democrat and an influential voice in liberal politics. "I'm going to
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BOSTON — Charting the borders of acceptable activity between candidate campaigns and super PACs that can spend unlimited sums, the state's campaign finance regulator is set to finalize new rules to guard against coordination. "We get complaints all the time, so we're trying to create a
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With Senate Democrats planning to caucus Thursday morning before their first full session since the FBI raid on Sen. Brian Joyce's law office, the big question hanging over the gathering will be whether Joyce shows up. Joyce certainly made it easier on his colleagues when he announced Wednesday
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BOSTON – While Gov. Charlie Baker this week repeatedly cited a daily death toll from the opioid epidemic, Speaker Robert DeLeo, the leader of the state House of Representatives, said he couldn't ensure that a measure to help contain it would be completed any time soon. The state Senate
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BOSTON — U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren and U.S. Rep. Katherine Clark, both Massachusetts Democrats, introduced a bill in Congress on Wednesday that would allow for the partial filling of opioid prescriptions, a strategy being explored by state lawmakers to reduce the number addictive painkillers in circulation. The legislation would