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Lawmaker Compares National Grid Lockout of Steelworkers Over Benefits To Taxation Without Representation — Beacon Hill Recap

By Matt Murphy State House News Service Two hundred and forty-five years ago this month, the Sons of Liberty boarded British ships and threw chests of tea into the harbor to protest taxes.

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Liberal Good Government Group Says Scrap Union Loophole

By Matt Murphy STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE Two groups who sometimes battle each other on Beacon Hill over fairness and transparency in elections both urged state campaign finance regulators on Thursday to scrap a legal interpretation that allows unions to donate up to $15,000 to a single candidate.

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Corporations Are ‘Plantations,’ Massachusetts House ‘Structurally Racist,’ State Rep-Elect Says

By Katie Lannan STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE When Nika Elugardo was young, her "little middle school protest" was to leave the Pledge of Allegiance incomplete when reciting it in class, dropping the phrase "justice for all" because she saw too many people experiencing injustice.

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Seth Moulton’s Insurrection Against Nancy Pelosi Seems Half-Baked – Weekly Recap of Beacon Hill

By Craig Sandler STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE He was in Amesbury this week, not Northampton or Leicester, but U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton's rhetoric about changing the House had shades of stereotypical stoner-speak when it came to the new direction he's trying to point his colleagues.

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More Beacon Hill Pay Raises Now, and More Beacon Hill Pay Raises To Come

By Michael P. Norton STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE Massachusetts House employees just got raises.

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Expect New Marijuana Stores ‘Every Couple of Weeks,’ Cannabis Commission Says

By Colin A. Young STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE While hundreds braved the cold rain and snow Tuesday for the chance to legally buy marijuana, the Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission was back to work processing more than a dozen additional cannabis business applications as it continues to ramp up the industry.

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Higher Fees To Boost Community Preservation Act Tax Match?Charlie Baker Said Yes on Campaign Trail

By Colin A. Young STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE As cities and towns participating in a program that provides state funds to support affordable housing and open space preservation watch the state's contribution dwindle, Community Preservation Act advocates have fresh hope that Governor Charlie Baker supports a fix.

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Democrats Pad Supermajorities in Massachusetts House, Senate

By Colin A. Young and Katie Lannan State House News Service As Republicans celebrated the first time a governor from their party was elected to a second term in nearly a quarter-century Tuesday, the GOP lost ground in both state legislative chambers and will be even more of a minority