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BOSTON – Sharing a table at Harvard Medical School in Boston, New England's six governors pledged Tuesday to crack down on drug trafficking and share data from state prescription-monitoring programs. Levels of optimism varied among the four Democrats and two Republicans on the panel, as did the finger of
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BOSTON — Gov. Charlie Baker signed into law the first major overhaul of state public records statutes in more than 4o years, predicting that it will motivate public officials to "up" their performance. Along with requiring state agencies, cities and towns designate records officers to field requests, the new
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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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BOSTON – Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker said Tuesday that he would sign the version of the so-called bathroom bill pending in the state House of Representatives, citing the measure's directive calling on Attorney General Maura Healey to craft a series of protective regulations. But critics question Healey's
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BOSTON – On the eve of a debate in the state House of Representatives on access to public facilities for transgender people, Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker said Tuesday he would sign a version of the so-called bathroom bill currently before lawmakers in the lower chamber. "No one should be discriminated
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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
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BOSTON – The outgoing head of the health care agency whose funding will be drawn down to pay for an accord over health care provider pricing is questioning the impact the deal would have on struggling community hospitals. Aron Boros, executive director of the Center for Health and Information Analysis, also
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BOSTON – Records show that a campaign finance loophole Massachusetts Democrats have accused Republicans like Gov. Charlie Baker of exploiting has worked out pretty well for them, too. The loophole issue has been a target of Boston Globe reports and at least one editorial detailing the Baker administration's role
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