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BOSTON – A pair of hotly contested ballot proposals came in for some emotional testimony Monday during a public hearing hosted by the Joint Committee on Education, as supporters and opponents voiced their opinions on the initiatives to drop national Common Core standards from public schools and lift the state cap
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BOSTON (AP) — It's like "Guitar Hero" that pays you back, if you're any good. At least, that's the pitch gambling regulators across the country are hearing as they consider whether to let casinos offer slot machines that mimic video and arcade games
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The GOP-led Congress sent legislation to President Barack Obama Wednesday repealing his signature health law, fulfilling a promise to Republican voters in a presidential election year but inviting a certain veto. The nearly party-line vote in the House was 240-181. The legislation already passed the Senate last year
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BOSTON – Several of the state's leading Democrats on Tuesday rushed to back President Barack Obama as he issued an executive order tightening gun controls by beefing up background checks on prospective buyers and imposing new restrictions on sellers. Boston Mayor Marty Walsh traveled to Washington to be one
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BOSTON – Most patients who receive drugs to treat chronic pain and overdose on opioid medications still get the addictive synthetic opiates through their doctors, a new study shows. The 12-year study released Monday by the Boston Medical Center tracked almost 3,000 people who were treated in an emergency room
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BOSTON – Activists marked International Migrants Day at the State House Friday by delivering a declaration pledging support for undocumented immigrants and calling on Beacon Hill leaders to join them in taking up the cause. Representatives of Centro Presente, the Student Immigration Movement and the Brazilian Worker Center brought copies of
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BOSTON – The Massachusetts state income tax rate will fall slightly in January, the third-to-last step in the tax rate's odyssey from 5.95 percent in 1999 to its potential nadir two years from now at the voter-approved level of 5 percent. Gov. Charlie Baker's budget office
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BOSTON – Daily fantasy sports companies DraftKings and FanDuel voiced support Thursday for Massachusetts' approach to regulating their controversial industry as states across the country weigh greater restrictions or outright bans on the games played for money. Speaking before the Massachusetts Gaming Commission, Zakary Cutler, director of product management for
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