STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE MEMBERS OF THE Cannabis Control Commission voted to approve a fiscal year 2024 budget request of more than $23.7 million, including 26 new hires and $1.5 […]
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State pension board looking to rebound
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE OFFICIALS AT THE STATE pension fund expect economic cycles and market downturns will periodically affect their investments and the quarter that ended in September “was one […]
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No consensus on timing for fossil fuel heat shift
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE A COMMISSION that spent the last 11 months studying ways to help the state meet its emissions reduction requirements by shifting to cleaner buildings and addressing […]
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Baker talks politics on CNN
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE STEPPING ONTO A STAGE that he usually shuns, outgoing Gov. Charlie Baker recently invited CNN to his State House office so he could share his thoughts […]
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Boncore resigns abruptly at MassBIO
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE Former state senator Joe Boncore is stepping down as CEO of the Massachusetts Biotechnology Council by the end of the year and his second-in-command, Kendalle Burlin […]
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Wind farm raises alarms about its viability
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE A MAJOR OFFSHORE wind project in the Massachusetts pipeline “is no longer viable and would not be able to move forward” under the terms of contracts […]
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State’s largest solar field opens in Ludlow
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE A RENEWABLE ENERGY project in Ludlow will soon start generating enough power for more than 1,500 homes, boosters said as they cut the ribbon Monday on the […]
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Rating agencies praise state, but also issue warning
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE THE BIG THREE credit rating agencies had largely good things to say about Massachusetts this month, but one firm warned that the strong economic fundamentals and […]
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Sports betting could start in late Jan., maybe
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE AN EMERGENCY MEETING called Friday was still not enough for the members of the Gaming Commission to agree on actual dates for the potential launch of […]
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Lottery facing headwinds, sales down
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE AS ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY and an expanding menu of gambling options send lottery sales into a slide in Massachusetts and across the country, Massachusetts officials are thinking […]
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Biden pushes cancer moonshot at JFK Library
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE SIXTY YEARS after President John F. Kennedy challenged the nation to collectively get behind the goal of putting a man on the moon by the end […]
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Baker administration puts tax cap excess at $2.9b
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE GOV. CHARLIE BAKER on Wednesday filed a $1.6 billion supplemental budget to close the books on fiscal year 2022, proposing another $200 million in aid for […]
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Baker vows full-court press for East-West rail
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE FEDERAL AND STATE officials agreed Tuesday that Springfield can play an important role in the revitalization of passenger rail service in America, and Gov. Charlie Baker […]
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Nightclub at Encore hit with $25,000 fine
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE AFTER FIVE separate incidents in which patrons at Encore Boston Harbor’s Memoire nightclub, some of them underage, were served more alcohol than they should have been, […]
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Groggy lawmakers pull the plug on $1b tax package
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE THE HOUSE and Senate pulled an all-nighter to push through approval of a wide assortment of bills before the legislative session ended but ultimately decided Monday […]
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House approves veterans bill, pandemic policy extensions
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE WITH JUST 24 days left to pass significant legislation until the House and Senate hibernate until early 2023, more is being added to the Legislature’s joint […]
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Senate approves pandemic policy extensions bill
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE DURING ITS FIRST session of the final month of serious legislating, the Massachusetts Senate on Tuesday released and passed a bill further extending some pandemic-era policies. […]
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State sets carbon targets for 2025, 2030
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE MASSACHUSETTS IS committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 33 percent compared to 1990 levels by the middle of this decade and by the minimum 50 […]
Posted inCriminal Justice
Judge tosses 2 police questions as out of bounds
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE JUST DAYS before the deadline for thousands of law enforcement officers to be recertified, a judge has ruled that two of the eight questions that the […]
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SJC agrees to hear moot DiMasi case
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE A YEAR AND A DAY after the case was rendered moot by the calendar, the Supreme Judicial Court last week decided that it will nonetheless rule […]
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Mariano outlines legislative priorities, mentions tax relief
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE WITH THE END of the legislative session within sight, House Speaker Ronald Mariano pitched business leaders Thursday on the central pieces of the agenda he hopes […]
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SJC orders discovery into Everett casino land deal
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICES THE ACTIONS OF the Massachusetts Gaming Commission almost a decade ago could be put under a new microscope after the Supreme Judicial Court ruled Monday that […]
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Senate passes sports betting on voice vote
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE AFTER YEARS OF DISCUSSION and pressure from both inside and outside the State House, the Massachusetts Senate voted Thursday to legalize sports wagering, but lawmakers will […]
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Senate plans to take up sports betting next week
THE SENATE IS POISED to debate legislation Thursday to legalize sports betting in Massachusetts, but the bill that emerged Friday afternoon from a Senate committee differs in several important ways […]
