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Near-Accidents Spur MBTA Bulletin On Door Protocols For Subway Trains
By Chris Lisinski State House News Service
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Chinese National Student At Berklee College of Music Convicted of Threatening Person Who Put Up Posters For Democracy
A Berklee College of Music student has been convicted by a federal jury in Boston on charges of stalking and threatening an individual who put up fliers in support of democracy in China around the Berklee campus area. Xiaolei Wu, a 26-year-old citizen of the People's Republic of
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Vermont’s The Only GOP Governor Not To Sign Statement Supporting Texas Governor’s Attempts To Stop Illegal Immigrants At State’s Mexico Border
Vermont Governor Phil Scott is the only Republican governors in the country who has not expressed public support for Texas Governor Greg Abbott's claim that he has a right to stop illegal immigrants from coming into the United States over Texas's border with Mexico. The statement,
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Lynn Man Who Trafficked More Than 7,000 Fentanyl Pills Sentenced To 5 Years In Prison
A Lynn man was sentenced in federal court in Boston this week for his role in a North Shore-based drug trafficking organization. The organization manufactured and distributed thousands of counterfeit prescription pills containing narcotics, according to prosecutors. Erick Solis Lopez, 25, was sentenced to 62 months in prison and three
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Five Pieces of Pork In Maura Healey’s Proposed Fiscal Year 2025 Budget For Massachusetts
Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey proposed a state budget this week, clocking in at $58 billion. It's not the final budget. That will have to be approved by the Massachusetts Legislature and will come replete with its own set of local pork projects. But even the budget Healey proposed
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Boston Mayor Names Researchers In $500,000 Search For City’s Ties To Slavery
The city of Boston has hired two teams of researchers to document the city's historical ties to slavery and its effects and to provide a report for the city's Reparations Task Force. One team consists of Kerri Greenidge, a professor at Tufts University; Kendra Field, also
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Maura Healey Orders State Agencies To Scrap Minimum Education Level For Hiring
By Sam Doran State House News Service
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Boston Red Sox Begin Spring Training Next Month
Baseball season is not all that far away. The Boston Red Sox are scheduled to begin spring training next month, according to the team's web site. Pitchers and catchers are supposed t0 report to spring training on Wednesday, February 14, and the rest of the team is scheduled