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Boston voters get a chance to reflect their sentiments in the polling booth on Tuesday regarding a 14 percent pay raise the City Council gave itself last week. Several of those who backed the increase face opponents in their bids for re-election, including three district councilors. Only one challenger is
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STATE HOUSE — Months after being left frustrated by the Baker administration's performance before his committee, a key House Democrat on Thursday resumed his questioning over the governor's decision to limit capital spending – this time with a Treasury official. Rep. Antonio Cabral, a New Bedford Democrat and
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WALPOLE, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts man whose Jeep got stuck in a mud pit while off-roading with his girlfriend says a towing company is charging him $48,000. Joel Ramer says the Jeep landed in a mud pit last week in Walpole, near Boston. It took 12 hours for police
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STATE HOUSE — Midway into a review of pay-to-play daily fantasy sports, Attorney General Maura Healey said she will leave it to lawmakers to decide whether to continue to permit the relatively novel form of gaming in the state. "What I have said is important is that there needs to
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STATE HOUSE — Sen. Michael Barrett joined environmentalists and economists in calling for a substantial gas tax increase Tuesday, calling it a "user fee on pollution" and promoting rebates and payouts that would be delivered to all residents. The proposal, backed by nearly four dozen House and Senate Democrats,
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STATE HOUSE — On the eve of a high-stakes Senate caucus, activists planning to put a charter school expansion question before voters in November 2016 say they've already compiled more than 100,000 signatures, three weeks before those signatures are due to be presented to local offices for certification.
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The 2013 land deal between the Boston Redevelopment Authority and Boston Red Sox that granted the baseball club – among other things – the right to cordon off Yawkey Way on game days was the subject of a scorching 19-page report state Inspector General Glenn A. Cunha sent to BRA Director Brian
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STATE HOUSE — Opponents of a proposed additional income tax on millionaires claim the group pushing for a new tax on those with incomes above $1 million a year are potentially misleading voters with claims that new tax revenues will only be spent on transportation and education. "You can'
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