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Special elections may be held to fill new House, Senate vacancies
BOSTON – Election Day settled contests in 53 communities around the state and may prompt several special elections, as the House and Senate…
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Senate re-homing bill targets ‘black market’ for children
STATE HOUSE — Senators backing a bill that would establish penalties for transferring adopted children into new homes outside of the legal system…
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Mass. K-12 budgets squeezed by insurance, SPED costs
STATE HOUSE — High costs for employee health insurance and special education have reduced the resources school districts can invest in other areas,…
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Lottery steps toward entering fantasy sports market
BOSTON – Framing it as innovation that could open up a new revenue source and attract younger customers, the Massachusetts Lottery Commission took…
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T buses cost twice as much to maintain as Chicago’s, data show
BOSTON – The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority's bus maintenance costs run about twice as high as the Chicago Transit Authority and…
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Opioid crisis confounds efforts to rein in deadly results
BOSTON – Professionals on the front lines of fighting the opioid epidemic offered advice to lawmakers Monday about how to tackle drug abuse…
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Baker signs spending bill with $27.8 million to fight opioid epidemic
BOSTON — Asking for more time to report on changes at the Department of Children and Families, Gov. Charlie Baker on Monday signed…
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Bay State lawmakers call for dropping federal PARCC test
BOSTON – A quarter of state legislators urged Education Secretary Jim Peyser and other policymakers to reject federal PARCC academic assessment testing, raising…
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Treasury officials discuss state debt, rating agency concerns
STATE HOUSE — Months after being left frustrated by the Baker administration's performance before his committee, a key House Democrat on…
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Crosby: Commission to focus on ‘key issues’ raised by fantasy sports
STATE HOUSE — Midway into a review of pay-to-play daily fantasy sports, Attorney General Maura Healey said she will leave it…
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Charter school legislative course may circle until January
BOSTON – A decision from the state Senate on whether to pursue charter school expansion or leave the issue for Massachusetts voters to…
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Carbon tax plan calls for broad redistribution of $$$
STATE HOUSE — Sen. Michael Barrett joined environmentalists and economists in calling for a substantial gas tax increase Tuesday, calling it a "…
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Baker, Walsh urge swift action on opioid bill
STATE HOUSE — Boston Mayor Marty Walsh joined Gov. Charlie Baker on Tuesday to urge the Legislature to "swiftly act" on…
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Charter school campaign claims to have surpassed signature threshold
STATE HOUSE — On the eve of a high-stakes Senate caucus, activists planning to put a charter school expansion question before voters…
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CLT questions claims made by backers of higher tax on millionaires
STATE HOUSE — Opponents of a proposed additional income tax on millionaires claim the group pushing for a new tax on those with…
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Mass. policymaking, national politics on July 2016 collision course
STATE HOUSE — Democrats and Republicans next July with gather in Philadelphia and Cleveland to select their nominees for president. But will Bay…
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State launches comment period on draft food system plan
State officials on Friday invited the public to submit their feedback on a draft food system plan that Baker administration officials believe…
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Pilgrim nuclear power plant should close now, activists say
BOSTON – Cape Cod activists and students, environmentalists, and state legislators gathered at the State House and called for the immediate shutdown of…
