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Massachusetts Net Neutrality Proponents Encounter “Designated Buzzkill”
By Katie Lannan
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Culture wars? Let the free market decide
The culture war has only just begun. This is not a conventional battle of two sides, sparring over rights and the merits of tradition within the confines of civil democratic debates. Sadly, we are in the midst of guerrilla warfare where unpredictable alliances are forming and personal feuds are fought
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Kinder Morgan dumps plans for North East pipeline
The Board of Directors of Kinder Morgan has voted to suspend further work and expenditures on a proposed natural gas pipeline that would have carried 1.3 billion cubic feet of fracked natural gas per day from Pennsylvania to the Northeast, the company announced late Wednesday afternoon. Less than a
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Kasich: Balance needed on LGBT rights and religious freedom
(CNSNews.com) – GOP presidential candidate Ohio Gov. John Kasich told CNN's "State of the Union" on Sunday that there needs to be a balance when it comes to laws like those in Mississippi, which let workers cite religious beliefs to deny services to gays, lesbians, bisexuals,
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Vermont Gov. warns of Bay State’s ‘bad pot bill’
STATE HOUSE — The opposition to the ballot question to legalize the adult use of marijuana that Massachusetts voters will probably see on their November ballots has a new ally: Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin. Shumlin, the governor of the Green Mountain State since 2010, last week continued to push Vermont to
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New reps — all Dems — sworn in by Lt. Gov. Polito
STATE HOUSE — Three newly-minted state representatives, the winners of last Tuesday's special elections, were sworn in and took their seats Wednesday afternoon prior to a House session where a bill to address the opioid crisis was adopted. With Gov. Charlie Baker on vacation in Utah, Reps. Gerard Cassidy
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Baker, Walsh join forces to stop pot legalization
Governor Charlie Baker, Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey and Boston Mayor Marty Walsh have formed a bipartisan alliance to stop the effort to legalize marijuana in the Bay State. In an column published today in the Boston Globe, the governor, a Republican, and Healey and Walsh, both Democrats, address public
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Baker’s team planning new strategies at MassHealth
BOSTON — Seeking federal dollars and more cost-controls, the Baker administration is reworking Medicaid on at least two fronts, moving toward population health and installing independent assessors for people in need of a range of services. The health safety net program receives about half of its funding from the federal government
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