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Home Sweet Home: breakfast nook charm

Even if you have a small place to entertain guests, it's the little things that make them feel at home. From taking the extra time to decorate to preparing food from scratch, it's the effort that counts and not the expense. Featured above is a three-tier

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Zika talks to end soon, Republican negotiators promise

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans in control of negotiations on long-delayed funding to combat the Zika virus are promising a quick agreement. Behind-the-scenes negotiations have focused on a potential deal in the range of a $1.1 billion measure passed by the Senate last month. A trickier issue involves whether to pair

Massachusetts

Policy differences may delay budget accord, DeLeo says

BOSTON – Acknowledging a sudden erosion in the state budget's fiscal underpinnings just before the budget is due, House Speaker Robert DeLeo on Wednesday said policy differences between the House and Senate loom as an even larger obstacle to a budget accord that's due in two weeks.

Massachusetts

Budget deficit may reach $370 million this year

BOSTON – Dealing a severe blow to legislative negotiators charged with reaching a state budget accord this month, the Baker administration disclosed Tuesday this year's state budget hole has grown larger and may reach $370 million, while estimates of revenues available for next year's budget might be

Massachusetts

Revenue gap grows to $311 million, Mass. tax agency says

BOSTON — After another lackluster month of collections, tax receipts are now running $311 million behind budget benchmarks with just one month left in the fiscal year, leaving Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker with an immediate budget problem. May tax collections were up just 1.8 percent over May 2015 and fell

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Meehan sees ‘reasonable’ increase in UMass student costs in 2016-17

STATE HOUSE — The University of Massachusetts Board of Trustees is expected to take up tuition and fee rates at a pair of June meetings, setting the stage for what UMass President Marty Meehan has predicted could be a "reasonable" rate increase. Tuition and fees will be on the

Massachusetts

Senate passes $39 billion state spending plan

BOSTON – The Massachusetts Senate wrapped up three days of fiscal 2017 budget deliberations around 11 p.m. Thursday, voting unanimously to pass an annual spending bill after adding a total of $61.3 million on the floor. The measure calls for spending $50 million more than the plan passed earlier

Massachusetts

Plastic grocery bag ban passed by Mass. Senate

BOSTON – Environmentalists across Massachusetts were ecstatic Wednesday after members of the state Senate voted during budget deliberations to adopt an amendment banning plastic disposable shopping bags in the commonwealth. The amendment, proposed by state Sen. Jamie Eldridge (D-Acton), would take effect in August 2018 if it passes in the House