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Massachusetts

Student loan relief sought by AG Healey

BOSTON – In an effort to help borrowers struggling to repay student debt, Attorney General Maura Healey on Tuesday announced a new student loan assistance unit and a crackdown on unlawful debt relief companies. "These are so similar to some of the problems we saw and some of the practices

Massachusetts

Church leaders urge Baker to welcome more Syrian refugees

BOSTON – Bay State church leaders are taking a stand on the Syrian refugee crisis, sending a clear message to Gov. Charlie Baker that they want Massachusetts to welcome those fleeing civil war in the Middle Eastern country. To that end, eight leaders from the Massachusetts Council of Churches requested that

Massachusetts

Public-records reform bill passes Mass. House

BOSTON – Ahead of the unanimous passage of what they said was the first Massachusetts public records overhaul in more than four decades on Wednesday, a key lawmaker in the House of Representatives said the measure would increase transparency without adding an unfunded mandate on cities and towns. "As a

Massachusetts

Transgender ‘Bathroom Bill’ stalls amid Democrats’ questions

BOSTON – Democrats appear to be hesitant to pass anti-discrimination measures that would protect transgender people's access to public facilities such as restrooms and changing areas based on their sexual identification rather than their physical gender. "There are a lot of members who have reservations," state Rep.

Massachusetts

Baker rolls out first steps to reforming child welfare agency

BOSTON – Gov. Charlie Baker on Tuesday took the first steps toward reforming the troubled Department of Children and Families with measures to improve client-tracking procedures and to ensure that social workers don't miss warning signs of abuse or neglect. Baker's actions came several months after the

Abortion

Abortion clinic rules in Texas get Supreme Court review

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is giving an election-year hearing to a dispute over state regulation of abortion clinics in the court's first abortion case in eight years. The justices said Friday they will hear arguments, probably in March, over a Texas law that would leave about 10

Maura Healey

DraftKings a ‘skill’ to Baker while Healey terms it ‘gambling’

BOSTON – In the wake of the New York attorney general's cease and desist order shutting down daily fantasy sports sites like DraftKings and FanDuel in that neighboring state, Gov. Charlie Baker and Attorney General Maura Healey appear to be at odds over whether playing daily fantasy sports is

transgender

Chorus for and against ‘Bathroom Bills’ builds on Beacon Hill

BOSTON – The Massachusetts Family Institute, an advocacy group, and Attorney General Maura Healey added their voices this week to the chorus gathering around lawmakers urging action on bills that would mandate access to public restrooms and other accommodations for transgender individuals and protect them from harassment. On Tuesday, the state&