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Poll shows support for adding charters, rejecting legal pot

BOSTON – Among potential ballot measures that may go before voters in November, raising the cap on charter schools won the most support in a recently released survey of Massachusetts voters. The proposed initiative asks voters to allow the creation of up to 12 new charter schools each year, with emphasis

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House passes $39.6 billion Mass. budget bill

BOSTON – The Massachusetts House of Representatives unanimously passed a $39.6 billion fiscal 2017 budget bill Wednesday afternoon, shipping its spending plan to the Senate where a debate is planned in May to shape its vision of what state outlays should look like beginning July 1. The budget bill was

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Ayotte joins bid for federal campus assault bill

WASHINGTON – A bipartisan group of federal lawmakers began a push Tuesday to pass a bill that seeks to create uniform procedures for the adjudication by college bureaucrats of campus sexual assault charges. Flanked by a group of fellow lawmakers along with several victim advocates, U.S. Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-New

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GOP succeeds with surprise bid for ‘secure’ Mass. IDs

BOSTON – Lawmakers in the House of Representatives attached to the annual state spending bill a section sponsored by the Republican leadership that would bring Massachusetts into compliance with the federal Real ID Act, over the objections of some Democrats who were caught off guard Wednesday by the major policy decision.

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Youthful protest over job funding disrupts budget debate

BOSTON – Protesters backing an amendment to increase funding for youth jobs programs were escorted out of the gallery in the House of Representatives during the budget debate Tuesday after they began chanting at lawmakers and displayed a banner reading, "What you fund can build or ruin lives." The

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House rejects film credit cap, gas tax increase

BOSTON – The Massachusetts House of Representatives on Monday shot down proposals to increase the state gas tax and to cap the state's film tax credit program as they began to dispense with more than 1,300 amendments to a state budget bill. The House swiftly took care of

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Uber bill would commit tax money to taxi firms, study says

BOSTON – Using taxpayer money to prop up taxi companies shouldn't be included in legislation to regulate ride-sharing services in Massachusetts, a Pioneer Institute study recommends, pointing out that other provisions in a pending bill could also put a publicly financed fund on the hook to cover taxi company

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Schilling fired by ESPN over post about ‘bathroom bills’

BRISTOL, Conn. (AP) — ESPN fired Curt Schilling, a baseball analyst and former Boston Red Sox star pitcher, following his comments on Facebook about legislation to assure access to bathrooms and other facilities for transgender people. In a statement Wednesday, ESPN said "Curt Schilling has been advised that his conduct