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Baker Signs ‘Red Flag’ Gun Control Law Over Gun Owner Objections

By Colin A. Young State House News Service With a raft of advocates and lawmakers huddled around the desk in his ceremonial office, Governor Charlie Baker on Tuesday signed a law to allow family members to petition the courts to suspend gun ownership rights of someone they believe to be

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Guilty State Troopers Should Lose Their Pension, Governor Says

By Andy Metzger and Chris Triunfo STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE If State Police stole from the public till by committing overtime fraud, they should be denied a pension, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker said on Monday, reacting to the arrest of three current and former State Police officials last week.

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Massachusetts Governor Signs Bill Increasing Minimum Wage, Creating Paid Leave

By Colin A. Young STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE Governor Charlie Baker signed a new law Thursday that could affect virtually every resident of Massachusetts, a week after lawmakers settled months of negotiations over proposed ballot questions that could have had dramatic consequences for the state's finances and economy.

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U.S. Supreme Court Ruling Allowing Sales Taxes on Out-of-State Internet Purchases Has Some Massachusetts Officials Salivating

By Colin A. Young and Matt Murphy STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE Siding with South Dakota, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday that states should be able to require online retailers to collect and remit state sales taxes, a decision with wide-ranging implications for state finances across the country and

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$15 Minimum Wage, Paid Family and Medical Leave Pass Massachusetts Legislature — But Some on Both Sides Unhappy About It

By Michael P. Norton STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE Massachusetts lawmakers on Wednesday agreed to historic wage and benefits legislation designed to improve the lives of hundreds of thousands of workers, but the bill's passage was tainted with charges that legislators had backtracked on important worker issues in order

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Massachusetts House Passes Bill That Would Whack Large Hospitals, Insurers To Subsidize Community Hospitals

By Michael P. Norton STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE The Massachusetts House of Representatives on Tuesday night passed health care reform legislation that uses $337 million in new assessments to stabilize community hospitals and charts a new course to help the Legislature make decisions about scope of practice changes for medical

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Turnover in the Air: Hotspots in Massachusetts 2018 Elections

By Katie Lannan STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE An eight-way race for a district that last elected a new representative in the 1970s. A former lawmaker looking to oust an incumbent and make his return after serving federal time for voter fraud. The Republican treasurer candidate's husband vying to

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High Court Decision on Millionaires’ Surtax Ballot Question Nearing

State House News Service Negotiators trying to assemble a "grand bargain" to settle sales tax reduction, paid family, and medical leave benefits, and a minimum wage increase appear on the verge of receiving a piece of information that's potentially critical to their talks. The Massachusetts Supreme