STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE NOW PARTWAY into the second quarter of a fiscal year that budget managers expect will generate between 4 percent and 12 percent less tax revenue for […]
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Turco, public safety secretary, to retire
STATEHOUSE NEWS SERVICE AFTER TWO YEARS at the top of the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security and more than 30 years working in law enforcement and the justice […]
Posted inCriminal Justice
9 Boston police accused of embezzling $200,000
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE NINE CURRENTÂ current and former Boston police officers were arrested and charged by federal prosecutors Wednesday for allegedly engaging in a years-long scheme to defraud the department […]
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Lottery sales show surprising strength
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE DESPITE SEEING SALES plummet in March and April as the pandemic closed many businesses and changed consumer habits, the Massachusetts Lottery had its third-best year in […]
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Rideshares become ubiquitous in Mass.
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE THE GROWTH OF RIDESHARE trips taken in Massachusetts decelerated in 2019, but the roughly 91.1 million trips taken with services like Lyft and Uber generated more […]
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Outdoor visits OK’d for nursing home residents
STARTING WEDNESDAY, Massachusetts state officials will allow residents of nursing homes, rest homes, and assisted living facilities to receive guests during pre-scheduled outdoor visits. Long-term care facilities have been walloped […]
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Biz group: Delay ed and pension funding
State House News Service DELAYING THE IMPLEMENTATION of a new school funding law and reducing a planned boost in state pension system contributions are among the ideas a business-based budget […]
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Virus notes: Mass. among top states on testing
MASSACHUSETTS IS MOVING into the very top tier of states doing testing for COVID-19. As of Sunday evening, the state had conducted 39,066 tests, placing it fifth among the states […]
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Baker’s executive orders and directives
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE SINCE GOV. CHARLIE BAKER declared a coronavirus state of emergency on March 10, the executive branch has been busy spelling out in orders, advisories and guidance […]
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College dorms seen as surge capacity
GOV. CHARLIE BAKER and Boston Mayor Martin Walsh had “very productive” conversations Saturday with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers around identifying, retrofitting, and using college dorms, closed nursing homes, […]
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Sports betting bill in play on Beacon Hill
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE Adults in Massachusetts would be able to bet on professional and Division I college sports in person and through web or mobile apps under legislation released […]
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Independent ranks in Mass. keep growing
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE SINCE THE LAST PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY election in Massachusetts, the state’s voter rolls have grown by almost 310,000 people, or more than 7 percent, and nearly all […]
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Nangle steps down from House posts
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE FACING A RAFT of federal charges connected to bank fraud and the improper use of campaign funds, Rep. David Nangle appears set to attempt to ride […]
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House revises marijuana law
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE STATE MARIJUANA REGULATORS would be empowered to “review, regulate, and enforce” the legally-required contracts between marijuana businesses and their host communities under legislation adopted by the […]
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Report raises gas utility safety issues
State House News Service and CommonWealth A PANEL REVIEWING the physical integrity and safety of the state’s natural gas distribution system found a gap exists between the way gas utilities […]
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Offshore wind tax credit doesn’t make cut
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE CLIMATE ADVOCATES and industry groups were critical of the US House this week after a long-term extension of a tax credit designed to assist offshore wind […]
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Vaping ban ends with mixed results
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE STATE PUBLIC HEALTH officials acknowledged that they still do not know what is causing lung injuries and illnesses among some people who vape, and reiterated that […]
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What’s behind the legislative budget stalemate
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE LEGISLATIVE LEADERS have been mum about what is keeping them from agreeing on a bill to close the books on the fiscal year that ended almost […]
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Baker mystified by response to vaping ban
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE WITH HIS TEMPORARY BAN on vaping product sales set to end next week when public health officials adopt a new set of vaping rules, Gov. Charlie […]
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Rate of growth in Mass. opioid deaths slows
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICERWE THE RATE OF DEATHS due to opioid overdoses is slowing in Massachusetts, but still nearly 1,500 people died of an overdose in Massachusetts through the first […]
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State Police chief retiring
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE After exactly two years leading the 2,100-member Massachusetts State Police force during a time of scandal and turmoil, Col. Kerry Gilpin will retire as superintendent at […]
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Medical marijuana vaping ban up in air
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE WHEN THE CANNABIS CONTROL COMMISSION meets Thursday, it could determine whether Gov. Charlie Baker’s temporary ban on vaping product sales should apply to medical marijuana patients […]
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SJC to hear Baker vaping ban case
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE THE SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT has agreed to hear arguments related to Gov. Charlie Baker’s emergency ban on vaping products, elevating to the state’s highest court a […]
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Tougher seatbelt law remains longshot
STATE HOUSE NEWS FOR AT LEAST THE SEVENTH consecutive legislative session, lawmakers and driving safety advocates on Tuesday morning asked legislators to give police the ability to pull over and […]
