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BOSTON – Massachusetts will receive an estimated $120 million in federal disaster relief tied to the pummeling with snow that the state endured last winter, the largest award of public assistance disaster funding in the state's history. Gov. Charlie Baker announced the aid at the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency
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STATE HOUSE — Tom Brannelly wanted legislators to be able to put a face to the issue of distracted driving as they weighed a bill that would ban hand-held cell phone use while behind the wheel, so he held up an oversized photo of his daughter Katie, who died in 2013
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BOSTON – Reviving an effort that stalled under his predecessor, Gov. Charlie Baker on Monday proposed legislation that would give local officials control over the number of liquor licenses that can be handed out to bars and restaurants in their communities. The liquor license proposal, an economic development idea that faltered
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STATE HOUSE — Gov. Charlie Baker praised President Barack Obama's decision to address the nation Sunday night and voiced support for a Marblehead Democrat's gun bill. The president addressed the nation from the Oval Office in a short speech where he said the two alleged perpetrators of
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BOSTON – Senator Anthony Petruccelli, an East Boston Democrat and a key member of Senate leadership, plans to resign his seat to join a Beacon Hill lobbying outfit. "After almost 17 years in the Legislature and over 20 years in public service, my family and I felt like it was
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BOSTON — In the wake of terrorist attacks in Paris and a mass shooting on Wednesday in California, Gov. Charlie Baker weighed in on an issue that has divided his party's field of president candidates, backing a ban on the sale of guns to anyone of the terror watch
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STATE HOUSE — The University of Massachusetts Foundation will divest its $770 million endowment from investments in coal companies, marking a victory for climate change activists looking to bring financial pressures to bear on carbon emitters. The UMass Foundation Board, which manages the five-campus system's charitable contributions and endowment,
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BOSTON – You managed to score tickets to the big show, but something unexpected came up and you can't go. Now what? You could try to resell them, or give them to a friend – unless you purchased restricted paperless tickets that require the purchaser to present their credit card