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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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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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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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By Sam Doran State House News Service
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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
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A pro-life Democrat ran in the 2024 New Hampshire presidential primary. She didn't win, but she got 99 votes, according to The Associated Press.
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Remember when Maura Healey ran for governor on cutting taxes and delivered a pitiful tax cut bill that only upped the rental deduction by $50 per year? Well, now she's back with a tax increase proposal.
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The state prison off Route 2 in Concord is slated to close during the summer of 2024 because of declining prison population. The medium security prison is currently operating at about half capacity, according to a statement from the Massachusetts Department of Correction reported by WBUR.