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STATE HOUSE — With his chosen candidate New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie out of the presidential race, Gov. Charlie Baker doesn't think he will endorse again before the Massachusetts primary in less than a month. Baker, in a telephone interview Wednesday evening, said he had been "very impressed&
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BOSTON – The MBTA's plans for a dramatic reduction in its business-side workforce through outsourcing of cash handling and fare gates generated a forceful rebuttal from transit union leaders on Wednesday. "A big part of this is to improve performance," Brian Shortsleeve, the T's chief
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STATE HOUSE — A new federal education law that shifts some control from Washington D.C. to individual states will give Massachusetts a chance to reconsider several pieces of its education system, a policy expert told lawmakers Wednesday. Passed in December, the Every Student Succeeds Act replaces No Child Left Behind
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BOSTON – With billions of dollars on the line, Gov. Charlie Baker said Tuesday that he hopes to renegotiate a federal Medicaid waiver with the Obama administration by this summer. In October 2014, then-Gov. Deval Patrick secured a five-year deal with the Obama administration worth $41.4 billion, but it didn&
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BOSTON – A third Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court justice on Wednesday announced plans to retire before the next full session of the state's high court begins, prompting Gov. Charlie Baker to name a 12-member panel to help him pick replacements. Justice Fernande Duffly, who was appointed to the high
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Gov. Charlie Baker didn't mind his trip to New Hampshire Saturday to campaign for his preferred presidential candidate, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie. It seems he rather enjoyed himself. "One of the great things about New Hampshire is they do get to kick the tires on these
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STATE HOUSE — As a legislative committee heard testimony on the pros and cons of setting a $15 hourly pay floor for Logan Airport workers, its Senate chairman repeatedly described the day as an "awkward" moment for him, as both a supporter of the higher minimum wage and an
Donald Trump
BOSTON – Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker reacted with disbelief on Tuesday when told Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump used a vulgarity to describe Ted Cruz, one of his chief rivals, at a New Hampshire rally Monday night. On the eve of the New Hampshire primary, Trump was at a rally dinging