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BOSTON – Senate President Stanley Rosenberg touched a nerve on Monday when he painted a bleak picture of the prospect of advancing a bill to increase the number of charter schools through the Senate this year, but his read of fellow senators jibes with what supporters of expansion are hearing from
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BOSTON – With Gov. Charlie Baker considering where and how deep to cut spending from the current fiscal 2016 budget, December tax collections could help crystallize some the decisions the governor is expected to finalize "shortly." The Department of Revenue is expected to release a revenue report for the
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STATE HOUSE — More Massachusetts residents committed suicide in 2013 than died as a result of car crashes and homicides combined, and yet the state has one of the lowest suicide rates in the country, according to the latest data from the Department of Public Health. The 585 suicides in Massachusetts
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BOSTON – A commuter rail train without any passengers derailed north of the Andover station Tuesday morning, a day after transit agency overseers advanced two options for hiking fares this year by roughly 6.7 percent or 9.7 percent. The Haverhill-bound train was moving to set up for morning service,
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Gov. Charlie Baker, who is preparing to begin his second year in office, will deliver his first State of the Commonwealth address before the Legislature and special guests on Jan. 21, his office announced on Wednesday. The speech should give Baker an opportunity to both reinforce his priorities for the
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In the final session of his two-decade career in the Senate, Assistant Minority Leader Robert Hedlund assumed a post rarely held by Republicans in Massachusetts: on the rostrum and wielding the gavel. Hedlund, who plans to resign his Senate seat on Jan. 4 to become the next mayor of Weymouth,
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STATE HOUSE — The Massachusetts Lottery formally began the process of gathering information on the online lottery industry on Tuesday as it looks to assert itself in the burgeoning world of online fantasy sports. In a request for information, the Massachusetts Lottery Commission said it is inviting organizations to "submit
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STATE HOUSE — The Senate is gearing up for a mid-January session to pass legislation banning the use of a handheld cell phone use by motorists, and later in the month could pass a pay equity bill before debating public records reform in February. The "tentative" agenda – subject to