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A mentally ill man in state prison who pleaded guilty to second degree murder in 2004 is entitled to have state funds pay for a social-services advocate to put together a pre-release plan for his application for parole, the state's highest court has ruled. Quasim Hastings is indigent,
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Chloe Barnes is excelling at girls' outdoor track and field this spring. Barnes, a male who identifies as transgender, is a senior at Brookline High School. As of the start of this week, Barnes had competed in five Brookline High girls' track meets so far this season. At
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By Gintautas Dumcius CommonWealth Beacon An increasing number of Bay State voters view the state as on the wrong track, leading to some slippage in elected officials' approval ratings, according to a web-based poll conducted for the Retailers Association of Massachusetts.
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Massachusetts has had a right-to-shelter law since 1983 — but its beneficiaries in the early years looked much different from how they look now. The statute guarantees emergency assistance shelter at state government expense for families and pregnant women.
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Vaughn Grissom hopes to help the Boston Red Sox address their infield problems. The Red Sox activated the 23-year-old second baseman from the Injured List on May 2, after he missedthe first month of the season with a groin injury. Grissom is new to the organization; the Red Sox traded
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Massachusetts is being taken advantage of due to the lack of a residency requirement on the state's right-to-shelter law, a state legislator from Cape Cod recently said. State Representative Steve Xiarhos (R-Barnstable), who supports amending the right-to-shelter law in Massachusetts to include a residency requirement, said the law
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John Kerry received a prestigious honor from the White House this week. President Joe Biden announced 19 Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients on Friday, May 3, including Kerry.
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Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey recently told business leaders that she doesn't support raising taxes — despite announcing a proposal earlier this year that would raise taxes in at least some places in the state. While giving a speech to the New England Council at the Boston Harbor Hotel on
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