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Massachusetts

Logan workers call off strike, rally for $15 an hour

STATE HOUSE — Logan International Airport workers rallied outside the State House to push for a $15 an hour minimum wage, after calling off a strike Wednesday morning in the wake of the terrorist bombing at the airport in Brussels on Tuesday. Led by Massachusetts-32BJ SEIU, a union with 18,000

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Single payer backers point to Sanders’ success, health system’s flaws

STATE HOUSE — Ten years after the state passed landmark universal health care legislation, advocates are pushing lawmakers to consider adopting a single-payer system as the next step in efforts to control health costs and expand access to insurance and care in Massachusetts. During a hearing before the Joint Committee on

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Health care access, affordability woes taint high Mass. insured rate

While 95.7 percent of working-age Massachusetts adults have health insurance, almost half are having trouble taking advantage of that benefit, with scores experiencing difficulty getting health care appointments in a timely manner or even finding a provider who will accept them as a new patient and accept their insurance.

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Warren blasts Trump as a loser, bully – and a threat

WASHINGTON (AP) — Elizabeth Warren labeled Donald Trump a loser, a bully and a threat on Monday, continuing a fierce war of words between the iconic liberal senator and the front-running Republican presidential contender that has played out on social media and in the New York Times. "@RealDonaldTrump knows he&

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Justices order new look at Massachusetts stun gun ban

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court came together Monday on the unlikely issue of guns, ordering Massachusetts' top court to look again at the state's ban on stun guns. The justices, with no apparent dissent, issued an unsigned opinion in favor of Jaime Caetano, who was convicted of

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A city with a future is a city for families

A few years ago at a gathering of the region's economists, former city councilor, legal eagle and overall political savant, Lawrence DiCara observed a shift in the city's demographic. After years of worrying about a mass exodus of newly-minted college graduates to other parts, DiCara noted

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Pols trade swipes, sing songs at St. Patrick’s Day ‘love-in’ brunch

Irish Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht Heather Humphreys won applause at Sunday morning's St. Patrick's Day breakfast when she said the Irish in Massachusetts have thrived in politics, business and culture, and called Boston "the Irish capital of America." Noting she'

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Bay State housing proposals detailed in Senate report

BOSTON – Arguing the need for a "revolution in housing production" to keep pace with demand, a report released Wednesday by a Senate committee recommends 19 proposals taking aim at everything from foreclosures to gentrification, homelessness, preservation, production, public housing, support services and zoning. Along with support for housing-related