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Report breaks down health care cost trends in Massachusetts
Ongoing market consolidation and higher U.S. health care spending growth rates are identified as reasons for concern in the Massachusetts Health…
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Modest state revenue growth predicted for fiscal 2017
STATE HOUSE — Several experts pegged the likely growth of tax revenues in fiscal 2017 at less than 4 percent, citing drags on…
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Bay State presidential primary ballot orders set
BOSTON – Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, a Democrat, and former Virginia Gov. Jim Gilmore, a Republican, will top the major party March 1…
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Gold Star Families honored at State House ceremony
Chris Gavriel could barely finish talking about his son before his voice began to shake with emotion Tuesday afternoon at a State…
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Tax rate will go down next year for Bay State wage earners
BOSTON – The Massachusetts state income tax rate will fall slightly in January, the third-to-last step in the tax rate'…
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Mass. on track to hit its debt ceiling for the first time
STATE HOUSE — A sticking point in the D.C. donnybrook that led to a 2013 government shutdown, the national debt ceiling has…
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MBTA eyes shutdown of late-night service next year
BOSTON – Late-night bus and subway service likely will be ended early next year, as members of the Fiscal and Management Control…
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M.I.T. research finds special needs students benefit from charter school education
STATE HOUSE — Special education students and English language learners enrolled at charter schools are more likely to earn higher scores on the…
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Runaway Red Line train’s safe stop brings Baker’s praise
BOSTON — Halting a runaway Red Line subway train with 50 passengers aboard with no injuries drew praise for the two Massachusetts Bay…
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Mass. emergency rooms see sharp increase in behavioral health cases
STATE HOUSE — Total emergency room use in Massachusetts dropped slightly in 2014, but visits associated with a behavioral health conditions rose sharply,…
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MBTA ending GLX contracts, plans to find new project manager
The MBTA has notified several firms working on the over-budget Green Line Extension project that it is acting to end their…
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Polito, council release report on domestic violence law implementation
STATE HOUSE — More than a year after the Legislature passed a domestic violence prevention law, more than three-quarters of the new…
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Snow relief aid tied to January storm finally arrives
BOSTON – Massachusetts will receive an estimated $120 million in federal disaster relief tied to the pummeling with snow that the state endured…
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Father says texting ban not enough to stop distracted driving
STATE HOUSE — Tom Brannelly wanted legislators to be able to put a face to the issue of distracted driving as they weighed…
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Baker revives debate over local liquor license control
BOSTON – Reviving an effort that stalled under his predecessor, Gov. Charlie Baker on Monday proposed legislation that would give local officials control…
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Baker praises Obama for addressing nation after California shootings
STATE HOUSE — Gov. Charlie Baker praised President Barack Obama's decision to address the nation Sunday night and voiced support for…
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Petrucelli set to resign East Boston Senate seat
BOSTON – Senator Anthony Petruccelli, an East Boston Democrat and a key member of Senate leadership, plans to resign his seat to join…
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With publishers, Baker weighs in on guns, media and public records
BOSTON — In the wake of terrorist attacks in Paris and a mass shooting on Wednesday in California, Gov. Charlie Baker weighed in…