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The Massachusetts fiscal year 2024 budget set aside $325 million for the state's emergency shelter system. However, the state has allocated more than $1 billion for it during the past year.
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By Jennifer Smith CommonWealth Beacon Six years since Massachusetts opened the first legal recreational marijuana stores on the East Coast, residents are still by and large pleased with cannabis legalization. But they aren't taking a lax stance on regulations.
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By Alison Kuznitz State House News Service
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Welfare fraud continues to be a problem in Massachusetts. Investigators in state Auditor Diana DiZoglio's office found nearly $2.9 million worth of public benefits fraud from October 2023 through December 2023, according to a press release from her office. Most of that welfare fraud occurred via MassHealth,
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The Massachusetts legislature and Governor Maura Healey put a new restriction on the state's emergency shelter system, but it won't fix the problem. While pouring another $426 million into the system, on Thursday state legislators and the governor also imposed a nine-month limit on how long
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By Michael P. Norton State House News Service The Massachusetts House of Representatives voted 117-36 and the Massachusetts Senate 29-9 to approve a supplemental budget steering $251 million more into the family shelter system and calling for new limits on how long families may stay in shelters. The agreement announced
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With injuries behind him, Boston Red Sox relief pitcher Zack Kelly looks to pick up where he left off in the big leagues. Kelly, 29, cracked the Red Sox Opening Day roster last year but missed much of the 2023 season due to a right elbow injury. He returned to
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Some Massachusetts gas stations are already seeing the cost for a gallon of gasoline exceed $4, but will that be the norm this summer? Many gas stations will likely reach that benchmark, and it's possible the average price for a gallon of gas could exceed $4 per gallon
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