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Capuano offers conditional support of Iran deal
Written by Antonio Caban STATE HOUSE — Congressman Michael Capuano on Wednesday said that based on what he knows at the present time he would vote in favor of the Iran nuclear agreement.
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New England governors to focus on energy at annual conference
Written by Matt Murphy and Michael Norton STATE HOUSE — As Gov. Charlie Baker prepares to travel to Canada next week to meet with his fellow New England governors, a new report commissioned by business groups suggests that the region will face substantially higher energy costs and lose 52,000 private
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Lawsuit seeks to put business owners and labor unions on equal campaign finance footing
BOSTON – The era of Big Labor dominance in Massachusetts politics may soon be over. Earlier this month, Suffolk County Superior Court Judge Linda Giles heard arguments in a lawsuit that challenges the privileged place of unions under current Massachusetts campaign finance law. Current law allows unincorporated groups, such as labor
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Blue state gone purple: Is Massachusetts liberalism in decline?
Like Danny Zuko in "Grease," progressives in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts have got chills and they're multiplyin'. Modern progressivism — the political movement that relies on Big Labor and Big Government to solve every problem — has, of course, dominated Massachusetts politics for decades.
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Health insurance rates to spike for 300,000 in Mass. merged market
Written by Michael P. Norton STATE HOUSE — Health insurance base rates are poised to spike for about 300,000 people in Massachusetts.
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Costs balloon on Green Line Extension, a Big Dig legacy
The Green Line Extension, one progeny of Boston's $15 billion Big Dig, took on a starker resemblance this week to its figurative parent when its estimated cost ballooned by as much as 50 percent. The latest update from the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority shows the extension may consume
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Common Core opponents distribute video of Baker comments
Written by Matt Murphy STATE HOUSE — Gov. Charlie Baker, who later this year will be forced to take sides in the debate over Common Core, has so far used a light touch as the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education moves closer to a decision over whether to replace the
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New England traffic among country’s worst, study finds
Traffic congestion nationally reached a new peak last year and is greater than ever before, according to a report by the Texas A&M Transportation Institute and INRIX Inc. Their analysis is based on federal data on the number of cars on the road and on traffic speed data
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