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Massachusetts governor Charlie Baker suffers from a lack of getup-and-go, one of his predecessors said. "Charlie's a nice guy. I just don't think he has that sense of urgency that I'd like to see in a governor," said former governor Michael Dukakis,
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President Donald Trump deserves more credit than he has gotten for at least one thing — outlasting his critics' prediction of the length of his tenure. In a post-election column published in the November 11, 2016 New York Times, David Brooks wrote, "the guy will probably resign or be
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By Craig Sandler STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE In the wake of Monday's court decision on sports betting, the only thing we can say for sure, ironically, is that all bets are off. For now.
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By Matt Murphy State House News Service Gubernatorial candidates Jay Gonzalez and Bob Massie went hard at Governor Charlie Baker in an early primary debate between the two remaining Democrats in the race, contrasting their leadership experience while agreeing almost uniformly on the issues.
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In honor of Police Week, Facebook has offered a tribute that seems to represent the company perfectly. The company has banned a page that was honoring a fallen police officer. That's right — paying tribute to an officer who died in the line of duty apparently violates Facebook'
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By Matt Murphy STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE Republican State Treasurer candidate Keiko Orrall believes the Lottery should be looking for ways that it can become an "active participant" in sports betting after the Supreme Court this week struck down a federal ban on sports wagering outside of Nevada.
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By Katie Lannan STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE BOSTON — The day after state lawmakers unveiled a compromise criminal justice bill in late March, the architects of that reform package joined Massachusetts court and corrections officials for a trip to Germany to study youth prisons there.
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Legal sports betting could be coming to Massachusetts, now that the U.S. Supreme Court has struck down a federal law banning states from allowing it. The federal Supreme Court issued a ruling Monday morning overturning the federal Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act of 1992 on a 7-2 vote,
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