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Zika talks to end soon, Republican negotiators promise
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans in control of negotiations on long-delayed funding to combat the Zika virus are promising a quick agreement. Behind-…
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Federal Joyce probe reaches into state House with subpoena
BOSTON – U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts Carmen Ortiz subpoenaed records from the Massachusetts House of Representatives as part of an investigation into…
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Warren faults Senate GOP for fostering Trump ‘extremism’
BOSTON – U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, the senior senator from Massachusetts, kept up her attacks on Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential…
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Senate votes to bar tobacco to under-21 buyers in Mass.
The Massachusetts Senate voted 32 to 2 Thursday to raise the minimum age to buy tobacco in the state to 21 from 18 to 21, passing legislation that supporters said would cut down youth smoking and nicotine addiction.
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Trump urges Rubio to seek reelection to Senate
WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump is adding his voice to the growing chorus of Republicans encouraging Marco Rubio to run for re-election…
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Senate passes $39 billion state spending plan
BOSTON – The Massachusetts Senate wrapped up three days of fiscal 2017 budget deliberations around 11 p.m. Thursday, voting unanimously to pass…
