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Sen. Joyce takes steps to make amends for dirty laundry

BOSTON – State Sen. Brian Joyce of Milton has made a $3,367 personal donation to charity to resolve the use of campaign funds to help cover the $5,200 cost of his son's graduation party at the senator's home, as well as a $1,250 donation

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New state-fed working group will target illegal opioid suppliers

STATE HOUSE — Attorney General Maura Healey will announce the formation of a new state-federal coalition to meet regularly to share information and cooperatively prosecute prescribers, pharmacists and others who illegally supply opioids, according a senior official in the attorney general's office. Healey plans to detail the partnership at

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Mass. colleges attract new presidents from out of state

BOSTON — Two public colleges in Massachusetts have new presidents, after the Board of Higher Education voted Tuesday to approve leaders for the Massachusetts College of Art and Design and the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts. New MCLA President James "Jaimie" Birge, a Lee native, was previously the president

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T’s late-night service backed at hearing over canceling it

BOSTON – A small crowd that gathered Tuesday evening to weigh in on the potential elimination of the MBTA's late-night weekend transit service spoke nearly unanimously in favor of saving the costly option. Kenzie Bok, who said she is a 26-year-old lifelong resident of Boston's Bay Village,

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Walsh focuses on education funding and access in city speech

BOSTON – Boston Mayor Marty Walsh, in his annual address on the State of the City on Tuesday night, challenged the leadership in the State House to make a "full-investment" in early education in next year's budget. "I invite everyone to join me in making a

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Senator: Legal marijuana would create many challenges

STATE HOUSE — Highly potent edible forms of marijuana make up nearly half the legalized market in Colorado and have had dangerous consequences for adults and children, according to a Massachusetts senator who returned last week from a research trip. Back from what he called an "eye-opening trip," Sen.

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Union: Logan workers seeking $15 an hour will risk arrest

While pressing for further action on Beacon Hill, airport workers in Boston plan to risk arrest on Martin Luther King Jr. Day as part of their push for a $15 hourly wage and union rights. According to Massachusetts-32BJ SEIU, a union with 18,000 members in the Bay State, workers

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Southbridge schools tagged as candidate for state control

BOSTON – The Southbridge Public Schools, which have had seven superintendents and seven high school principals since 2011, should be designated chronically underperforming and placed into receivership, Education Commissioner Mitchell Chester recommended on Friday. The Level 5 designation, which would put the Southbridge schools under state control, will be discussed at