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Both sides claim victory in wake of court’s latest Cape Wind ruling
STATE HOUSE — Cape Wind's long-running quest to establish a wind farm on the Nantucket Sound hit another hitch Tuesday…
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Senators planning out-of-state trip to research health care costs
STATE HOUSE — A group of senators plans to travel in the fall to explore strategies used by other states to keep health…
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Rosenberg: Transgender bill deal ‘ready to pop’
A compromise transgender protections bill could emerge from a conference committee and land on Gov. Charlie Baker's desk this week,…
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Economic development, public health bills on the move
Members of the House Ways and Means Committee over the holiday weekend were advancing land bills affecting Revere, South Boston and Chicopee…
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SJC derails Common Core standards ballot question
STATE HOUSE — A citizens-backed initiative petition that sought to end the state's use of Common Core learning standards was…
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Senate approves budget, Keenan questions support for opioid fight
STATE HOUSE — With just hours remaining in the current fiscal year, the state Senate on Thursday evening voted 38-1 to send…
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New waitlist numbers quickly stir charter school debate
STATE HOUSE — There are 32,646 Massachusetts students are on waitlists for admission to charter schools, according to updated figures released Thursday…
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Lawmakers slap together on-time budget
STATE HOUSE — Responding to instability in the stock market that has shredded revenue estimates for next year, House and Senate leaders on…
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Senate passes ride-for-hire bill favored by app-based industry
STATE HOUSE — After scrapping a requirement for companies to enable tipping and roughly matching the House and governor's two-tiered…
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Walsh reacts as second top aide faces extortion charges
BOSTON — Boston Mayor Marty Walsh expressed concern Wednesday after the second top member of his administration was arrested on charges that he…
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Disability advocates blast proposed personal care regulations
As the Baker administration gets ready to implement new overtime regulations on personal care services next month, disability advocates are slamming the…
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Groups fear Senate budget rider will lock in medical marijuana fees
STATE HOUSE — An attempt to make it easier for veterans to access medical marijuana could actually cement a registration process that imposes…
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MBTA, union face pension fund difficulties
BOSTON — Already struggling to close a structural budget deficit and improve service, the MBTA on Monday turned its attention to the drain…
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Baker wants serious look at South Coast rail route alternative
BOSTON — While Gov. Charlie Baker found some reasons to favor an alternative route for commuter rail service to New Bedford and Fall…
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Popular gun measure appears dead on Beacon Hill
STATE HOUSE — The bill that would allow the state to deny a gun license to anyone on the federal government's…
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Brexit vote delivering impacts for Massachusetts budget, businesses
STATE HOUSE — Great Britain's vote to break free from the European Union sent ripples through the world's financial…
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Senate bill seeks bigger strides toward renewable energy base
STATE HOUSE — The Massachusetts Senate plans an aggressive approach to bolstering the state's power supplies with renewable resources like hydropower…
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Wage theft bill backed by Bump, Healey
STATE HOUSE — As workers gathered outside the State House Thursday to describe personal experiences with wage theft, the state auditor and staff…
