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Mayor Walsh announces update on plan to house homeless veterans

BOSTON — Following up on his commitment to end veterans homelessness by the end of 2015, Mayor Martin J. Walsh announced Thursday that 367 homeless veterans have been housed since his Administration launched the program in July 2014. "No veteran should have to sleep on the street, and Boston is

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Baker, Congressional delegation write to NOAA to fund fish monitors

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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Daring to daydream at ‘Stickwork’ in Salem

How long has it been since you allowed your imagination to branch out into an all-out daydream? Maurice Sendak, throughout his lifetime of writing, theorized, "There is no such thing as fantasy unrelated to reality."

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Lobster population shifting north to cooler water

Written by Patrick Whittle PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The lobster population has crashed to the lowest levels on record in southern New England while climbing to heights never before seen in the cold waters off Maine and other northern reaches — a geographic shift that scientists attribute in large part to the

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Farmers: Animal welfare ballot initiative would mean higher prices

STATE HOUSE — The ballot initiative seeking to eliminate the "extreme confinement" and "lifelong immobilization" of farm animals is unnecessary and would lead to a sharp rise in food prices for Massachusetts residents, the head of a state farmers association said. "The people of Massachusetts have

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‘Deflategate’ judge says Brady suspension in jeopardy

Written by Larry Neumeister and Tom Hays NEW YORK (AP) — Tom Brady might have reason to practice more intensely after a federal judge made clear Wednesday that the NFL's four-game suspension of the New England Patriots quarterback over "Deflategate" is in jeopardy.

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The forgotten art of self-government

Harkening back to the days when Massachusetts was known derisively as "Taxachusetts," a liberal coalition is pushing to amend the state constitution to impose a 9 percent tax on incomes above $1 million. The amendment would override the state constitution's current prohibition on graduated income taxes.

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Olympics boosters refute Brattle Group analysis

Written by Colin A. Young STATE HOUSE — The group that sought to bring the 2024 Summer Olympic Games to Boston said Tuesday the state-commissioned report that identified sources of risk to state taxpayers contains "several" errors and misrepresentations.