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STATE HOUSE — With a Senate bill aimed at preventing drug abuse teed up for debate next week, Gov. Charlie Baker said Friday that he is on board with encouraging schools to verbally screen students for substance use. Though the governor had previously seemed to disparage the idea by suggesting it
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Green energy enthusiasts are fond of lecturing Americans about the need to turn to cleaner sources of power. But recent calls to close the aging Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station expose the incongruous and irrational energy policy advocated by those who condemn oil and coal, and yet loathe the largest, most
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STATE HOUSE — Hoping to provide relief from an "unacceptable burden" imposed by the state on individuals convicted of drug crimes unrelated to driving, the Senate on Thursday voted unanimously to repeal a 1989 law mandating that those offenders have their licenses suspended. Sen. Kenneth Donnelly, an Arlington Democrat,
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DORCHESTER — Showing off new third rails that will run along the Red Line and touting a new approach to major snowstorms, Gov. Charlie Baker and transit officials spent part of the first day of fall telling reporters they will be ready for winter. Ahead of next winter the MBTA plans
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — A mutt from a Massachusetts animal shelter who got a new life as a K-9 drug-detection dog stars in an upcoming episode of a new PBS series called "Shelter Me: Partners for Life." The Worcester County sheriff's department in central Massachusetts turned to
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STATE HOUSE — Rep. Stephen DiNatale of Fitchburg on Tuesday became the third Beacon Hill lawmaker to top the ticket in a preliminary mayoral election this fall. DiNatale's success comes as four state lawmakers are looking to become chief municipal executives, forays that if successful could trigger a new
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BOSTON — Concerned that the Baker administration's effort to privatize some MBTA services could cost workers their jobs, union members gathered in protest on Wednesday, vowing to continue to call attention to the issue. Wearing matching orange shirts, nearly 80 members of Boston Carmen's Union 589 turned
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An Uber bill pending in the State House would throttle the car-ride service in Massachusetts by saddling drivers with costly insurance requirements and intrusive background checks, according to both the company and a Pioneer Institute analysis. The bill, H.3702, would force drivers for ride-sharing companies to take out $1
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