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T workers bank sick time to boost pensions, study says

BOSTON – Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority workers are in line for more than $49 million in collective retirement pay simply because they stashed away unused sick days, according to an analysis from the Pioneer Institute in Boston. Public records obtained by the policy research organization show that the T's

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Drug addiction in the Bay State

BOSTON – In Thursday night's State of the Commonwealth Address, Gov. Charlie Baker called for bold actions to break the back of the beast of addiction. Baker looks to disrupt a status-quo adherence to treatment plans that haven't proven successful in combating opioid and heroin use. He

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Women committed for detox will no longer be sent to prison

STATE HOUSE — Massachusetts women civilly committed for substance abuse treatment will no longer be sent to prison and instead will be referred to one of the 60 new state hospital beds slated to open this year under a law signed by Gov. Charlie Baker on Monday. "For the past

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Baker looking to bolster voc-tech schools in budget, jobs bill

BOSTON — Gov. Charlie Baker proposed an additional $83.5 million for vocational education Friday, including a $75 million five-year capital program in a jobs bill set to be filed next week and an additional $8.5 million in his annual budget. Both of Baker's initiatives would need to

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Baker calls again for charter expansion, opioid abuse solution

BOSTON – Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker used his first State of the State speech to appeal for bipartisanship in solving ongoing challenges in agencies such as the MBTA and the Department of Children and Families, while reiterating a call for the expansion of charter schools. "Giving parents in underperforming districts

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Flanked by Baker, charter school proponents lobby Beacon Hill lawmakers

BOSTON — Advocates in favor of lifting the legislative cap on the number of charter schools allowed to operate in Massachusetts swarmed Beacon Hill on Tuesday to lobby lawmakers and received an assist from Gov. Charlie Baker in the process. Clutching an oversized binder stuffed with the signatures of 25,000

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King’s lessons still need to be learned, civic leaders say

BOSTON – Boston civic and civil rights leaders of many stripes gathered Monday morning to commemorate the life and work of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., with many suggesting that the Baptist minister would be disappointed with today's politics. From Gov. Charlie Baker and Mayor Marty Walsh to

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House Dems hold line on seven-day Rx limits

STATE HOUSE — House Democrats put up a unified front on Wednesday against Republican-led efforts to reinsert into a major opioid abuse prevention bill controversial measures backed by Gov. Charlie Baker to limit opioid prescription sizes and allow hospitals to hold overdose patients involuntarily. The House voted unanimously 149-0 on Wednesday