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BOSTON – The Boston City Council voted unanimously Wednesday to lower the speed limit on many Hub roads to 20 miles per hour from the current 30 mph, citing hopes of reducing accidents involving pedestrians and bicyclists. It would also cut the limit in school zones to 15 mph from 20.
Massachusetts
As a gender pay equity bill is taken up in the Massachusetts House, it is time to consider a question: Should your salary be contingent on your own talents and work ethic — or on what the lazy employee in a roughly similar position makes? Although House bill 1733 is couched
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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
BOSTON – A leading proponent of raising the state's tobacco-buying age to 21 said he's "optimistic" the measure and other tobacco restrictions will become law this year, but cautioned that the bill sits among many other matters still awaiting action by the Massachusetts House of
Maura Healey
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
Massachusetts
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
Massachusetts
STATE HOUSE — In the wake of reports of long-time state employees walking into retirement with lucrative compensation packages boosted by payouts for unused sick time, Gov. Charlie Baker on Wednesday unveiled legislation to cap sick leave accrual at no more than 1,000 hours, or six months of work. The
Massachusetts
BOSTON – Opponents hit Beacon Hill Tuesday to rally against proposals that would mandate access to public bathrooms or changing rooms for individuals based on the gender of their choice, two weeks after the state Senate overwhelmingly passed a so-called bathroom bill and in anticipation of a vote as soon as
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