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BOSTON – Republican Gov. Charlie Baker has joined forces with Democratic leaders Robert DeLeo, the Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, and Boston Mayor Marty Walsh to oppose a likely ballot question asking voters to make retail marijuana sales legal in the state. The three officials have previously voiced opposition
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STATE HOUSE — For more than five hours Thursday a small group of immigrant rights activists camped outside Speaker Robert DeLeo's office, saying they wanted a meeting with the top House Democrat whose influence they believe is blocking a bill they support. At an event at Suffolk University, DeLeo
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BOSTON – Donald Trump's decisive Republican primary victory shows Bay State voters are "disgusted with government," according to Speaker Robert DeLeo, the House of Representatives leader who said Friday it's unclear whether that distaste for Washington will trickle down to the state level. The New
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BOSTON – While Gov. Charlie Baker this week repeatedly cited a daily death toll from the opioid epidemic, Speaker Robert DeLeo, the leader of the state House of Representatives, said he couldn't ensure that a measure to help contain it would be completed any time soon. The state Senate
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BOSTON – Speaker Robert DeLeo, the leader of the state House of Representatives, said Wednesday he attributes Donald Trump's success in Republican presidential contests to dissatisfaction among voters, though he doesn't agree that the billionaire businessman represents change in the political system. "I, quite frankly, think
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House Speaker Robert DeLeo not so subtly sided with Gov. Charlie Baker this week as the high-stakes, election year debate over charter school expansion unfolds. With charter advocates pressing forward with an initiative petition to greatly expand access to charter schools, DeLeo in a public address to the House on
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BOSTON – Massachusetts school districts should be allowed to pursue charter schools if they want, Speaker Robert DeLeo told his colleagues in the House of Representatives Wednesday, stirring up an issue in his annual address to the House that has been mired in the Senate where charters are viewed with skepticism.
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STATE HOUSE — After Boston Mayor Marty Walsh proposed studying a $15-per-hour minimum wage for the state's largest city, House Speaker Robert DeLeo has expressed reluctance to see such a policy become law. Facing pressure from a ballot campaign, lawmakers in 2014 hiked the hourly minimum wage throughout the
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