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Clinton delegates ‘feel the Bern’ of angry Sanders backers

WASHINGTON (AP) – Nancy Schumacher says she just wanted to do her civic duty, and so she heeded the call to become a superdelegate for Hillary Clinton. But in the year of the angry voter, not even an administrative assistant from Elk River, Minnesota, can escape the outrage. "Some of

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Bay State growth gains as U.S. 1st-quarter rate sags

BOSTON – Hours after the Massachusetts House of Representatives approved an annual budget bill calling for modest spending increases, federal officials reported Thursday that the U.S. economy nearly stalled last winter, declining from relatively modest growth rates over the past two years. By contrast, a local assessment showed that Bay

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Old school outreach and the limits of progressive politics

If only the outwardly progressive candidates seeking the Democratic nomination for the Suffolk and Middlesex state senate seat had looked to history, one of their own might have begun a new Boston dynasty. The special election earlier this month to replace outgoing state Senator Anthony Petruccelli of East Boston will

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Bulger’s girlfriend faces more prison time for contempt

BOSTON (AP) — Prosecutors will ask a judge to sentence the longtime girlfriend of Boston gangster James "Whitey" Bulger to three more years in prison for refusing to testify about whether anyone else helped Bulger after he fled the city. Catherine Greig already is serving an 8-year sentence for

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Brothers under a Mystic roof

"So why do you think people find the choice you've made to be such a novelty, even a kind of scandal?" "I think, it's because this is a hidden life," Brother John Braught says, "Many people don't even know

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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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Speliotis sees momentum for handheld cellphone ban for drivers

When the House finishes its deliberations on the state budget this week, the Legislature will have 13 weeks left to finish its formal business for the two-year session. A ban on using a hand-held devices while driving appears to be among the select items on the House's agenda

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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.