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BOSTON — A month after Attorney General Maura Healey caught gun owners by surprise with a new interpretation of state firearms laws, citing the prevalence of what she described as illegal "copycat" assault weapons, questions remain as to how she arrived at the decision and whether Gov. Baker knew
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BOSTON – State regulators have reportedly suspended a second Massachusetts physician over prescribing medical marijuana, saying that more than 4,600 of the certificates needed to obtain the drug legally were issued in his name. That means suspended Dr. Tyrone S. Cushing, a Newton resident, accounted for more than 15 percent
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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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CAMBRIDGE — Liberals have won the culture wars, and should start taking advantage of their victory, Harvard Law School Professor Mark Tushnet wrote in a recent blog entry that has drawn much attention for suggesting conservatives should be treated like post-war Germans and Japanese. Tushnet, who teaches constitutional and civil rights
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Motorists are being convicted of driving under the influence of marijuana based on arbitrary state standards that have no connection to whether the driver was actually impaired, says a study by the nation's largest auto club. The problem is only growing as more states contemplate legalizing
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RALEIGH, N.C. – North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory, facing a Monday ultimatum from President Barack Obama's Justice Department over enforcing a law requiring citizens to use bathrooms and changing rooms that correspond with their biological sex, responded by suing the department. Later that afternoon, the Justice Department punched
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BOSTON — Senate President Stanley Rosenberg on Monday described to a breakfast crowd of union leaders his vision of how the Senate's work on education, transportation and housing issues is laying the groundwork for a debate over adding a "millionaire tax" to the state constitution. In discussing
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WASHINGTON – An assortment of conservative and libertarian groups is calling on Congress to implement a regulatory budget that would clamp down on the hundreds of billions of dollars the groups say are wasted in complying with unnecessary rules and regulations. "Like federal spending, regulations and their costs should be
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