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When It Was Enacted 40 Years Ago, Massachusetts Right-To-Shelter Law Primarily Benefited Those With Special Needs

Massachusetts has had a right-to-shelter law since 1983 — but its beneficiaries in the early years looked much different from how they look now. The statute guarantees emergency assistance shelter at state government expense for families and pregnant women.

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Cape Cod State Rep Says Massachusetts Is Being Taken Advantage Of Due To Right-To-Shelter Law

Massachusetts is being taken advantage of due to the lack of a residency requirement on the state's right-to-shelter law, a state legislator from Cape Cod recently said. State Representative Steve Xiarhos (R-Barnstable), who supports amending the right-to-shelter law in Massachusetts to include a residency requirement, said the law

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John Kerry Receives Presidential Medal of Freedom

John Kerry received a prestigious honor from the White House this week. President Joe Biden announced 19 Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients on Friday, May 3, including Kerry.

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Maura Healey Says She Has No Plans To Raise Taxes This Year Despite Proposing Local-Option Municipal Tax Increases

Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey recently told business leaders that she doesn't support raising taxes — despite announcing a proposal earlier this year that would raise taxes in at least some places in the state. While giving a speech to the New England Council at the Boston Harbor Hotel on

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Massachusetts Lawmakers Have No Love For Ballot Questions, Particularly The One Calling For Audit of State Legislature

By Bruce Mohl CommonWealth Beacon A special committee of eight Massachusetts House and Senate lawmakers on Wednesday issued a series of reports on the state's pending ballot questions and in each case determined that the proposals ought not to be approved as new laws by the Legislature.

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Government Failures During Coronavirus Pandemic Were Even Worse Than Mainstream Media Types Feel Safe Saying: Book Review of The Big Fail

The Big Fail: What the Pandemic Revealed About Who America Protects and Who It Leaves Behind by Joseph Nocera and Bethany Lee McLean Penguin Random House 448 pages October 2023 This book describes the business aspects of the Covid-19 pandemic, and the problems that resulted in multiple failures, both in

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Maine Transgender High School Skiier Named To Girls’ All-Conference Team

A male transgender skier earned all-league honors in Maine this school year. Maine Coast Waldorf School sophomore Soren Stark-Chessa was named to the Western Maine Conference girls' Nordic skiing all-conference team for the winter 2023-2024 season, as The Lewiston Sun-Journal first reported.

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Art Institute Student Loan Debt Relief Affects 3,500 In Massachusetts

By Sam Drysdale State House News Service