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Wind-generated electricity won't provide nearly enough power for Massachusetts in the future and must be augmented by other sources, Governor Charlie Baker said in a message proposing amendments to the state legislature's climate change bill. The governor's amendments — described in 19 pages – throw doubt
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Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker signed into law a bill that expands access to abortion and sex transitions on Friday. The bill seeks to end co-payments and other charges for abortion in health insurance plans. It also expands late-term abortions after 24 weeks to include cases that are "warranted because
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Religious exemptions for vaccinations for public and private school students may be harder to get if a measure state legislators are considering becomes law. That's because part of S.3030, a 194-page state Senate amendment to H.5034, the state's economic development bill, would remove the
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By Chris Lisinski State House News Service
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By Sam Doran State House News Service
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Fifty years ago, European savants and American libertines were fond of labelling American culture and mores "Puritanical." For example, often one would hear the phrase that someone had "come out of the closet," usually meaning that that person was publicly acknowledging to be homosexual, lesbian, or
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By Colin Young State House News Service
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Massachusetts taxpayers are in line for tax relief whether state legislators give it to them or not, thanks to a little-known provision in state law that voters approved in 1986. Estimates on how much vary. But it could be about 7 percent of what taxpayers paid to the state in
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