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Union says state contract will get care attendants to $15 an hour

STATE HOUSE — The union representing the state's 35,000 personal care attendants and the Baker administration have agreed to a three-year contract that will provide a 44-cent raise this summer and open a path to a $15 an hour minimum wage for PCAs by 2018, the union announced

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Baker’s team planning new strategies at MassHealth

BOSTON — Seeking federal dollars and more cost-controls, the Baker administration is reworking Medicaid on at least two fronts, moving toward population health and installing independent assessors for people in need of a range of services. The health safety net program receives about half of its funding from the federal government

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Probers uncover record $13.7 million in welfare fraud

BOSTON – State welfare fraud investigators uncovered a record $13.7 million in bogus claims in fiscal 2015, according to state Auditor Suzanne Bump. The amount was up 44 percent from the previous year, Bump told the Legislature's Joint Ways and Means Committee on Tuesday. She said her office&

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Tax changes, MBTA Control Board featured in budget accord

Written by Andy Metzger The annual state budget compromise agreed to Tuesday by a six-member conference committee would eliminate a corporate tax break that has been suspended every year since its inception to pay for increased tax credits to low-income workers.