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Written by Colin A. Young STATE HOUSE — As his administration works to address persistent problems at the agency charged with protecting children from abuse and neglect, Gov. Charlie Baker on Thursday named Cambridge Family and Children's Service Executive Director Maria Mossaides as state's next Child Advocate,
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Written by Andy Metzger STATE HOUSE — The U.S. House on Friday took steps that were opposed by the entire Bay State congressional delegation to reject the Obama administration's nuclear agreement with Iran and to block the president from lifting sanctions against that country until January 2017.
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Boston officials and organizations are remembering the 14th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks throughout the weekend. State officials including Mayor Marty Walsh and Gov. Charlie Baker attended a wreath-laying ceremony in the Boston Public Garden on Friday morning, after which officials conducted a flag-lowering, a reading of the
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Written by Matt Murphy BOSTON — Hoping to push two energy bills through the Legislature this fall, Gov. Charlie Baker on Thursday defended his push to encourage the purchase of large-scale hydropower against industry criticism that his bill represented government overreach into the market.
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An anniversary has almost passed us by, unnoticed by the Boston media, and one eminently worthy of celebration. One hundred years ago, T.S. Eliot, the great poet who notably defined himself as "an Anglo-Catholic in religion, a classicist in literature and a royalist in politics," published his
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Written by Matt Murphy and Colin A. Young STATE HOUSE — Gov. Charlie Baker did not rule out his administration embarking on a rail tunnel project to link North Station and South Station on Wednesday, but the Republican appeared at odds with Gov. Michael Dukakis over whether an expansion of South
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BOSTON – By the time the Red Sox take the field for opening day at Fenway Park next spring, smokeless tobacco will have seen its last dip, chew and spit at the old ballyard. That's because on Wednesday Mayor Martin J. Walsh signed an ordinance banning the use of
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Written by Colin A. Young BOSTON — A committee of the University of Massachusetts Board of Trustees on Wednesday met in a closed session to discuss an "on-going investigation" under a state law that allows public bodies to meet in private to discuss possible criminal activity.
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