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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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Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey said she won't implement new tolls at the state's New Hampshire border, but she also said she won't fire her transportation secretary who called for it. During a radio interview on WBUR on Tuesday, April 23, Healey didn't
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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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By Sam Doran State House News Service
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Kearsarge Regional High girls' track athlete Maelle Jacques, a male who identifies as transgender, recently weighed in on the transgender athlete debate. Jacques, who won the New Hampshire Interscholastic Athletic Association Division 2 state championship in the high jump this past winter, told The Concord Monitor that the athlete
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Massachusetts should have a standardized test graduation requirement, according to Massachusetts Senate President Karen Spilka (D-Ashland). While Spilka said the graduation requirement doesn't have to be passing the MCAS, as the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System is known, she doesn't want to see it repealed unless the
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Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey and Boston Mayor Michelle Wu plan to speak at an international conference on climate change in May. "Pope Francis will preside over the summit," which is "organized by the Pontifical Academy of Sciences and the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences," according to
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By Colin A. Young State House News Service