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BOSTON – Gov. Charlie Baker, who made dealing with drug addiction a priority as he took office in January, is expected to put forward a proposal for tackling the issue this week with a goal of getting comprehensive legislation passed by early 2016. The recommendations are likely to extend steps to
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STATE HOUSE — Wearing mortarboards and carrying SAT prep books, members of a student immigrant group camped out in Sen. Eileen Donoghue's office on Thursday in hopes of urging the Lowell Democrat to back legislation that would allow undocumented immigrants to pay in-state tuition rates at public colleges in
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BOSTON — U.S. Rep. Joe Kennedy and state Attorney General Maura Healey appeared at a State House hearing Tuesday to support bills that would increase protections for transgender people. Before a packed Gardner Auditorium, supporters and opponents spoke out about the measures, which would govern access to public spaces, including
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Sen. Edward Markey has joined his colleagues in filing legislation raising the smoking age to 21. Markey announced Wednesday that he's joining Sen. Brian Schatz of Hawaii, Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois and Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio to introduce the Tobacco to 21 Act banning the sale
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Written by Matt Murphy A week after calling the policy "ridiculous" and "outrageous" while in Gloucester, Gov. Charlie Baker sent a letter signed by the state's all-Democrat Congressional delegation to the United States commerce secretary and Congressional leaders urging the federal government to pay
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