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 […]
Posted inDrug Addiction
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 […]
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Baker files sweeping health care bill
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS and insurers would be required to boost their spending on addiction services, behavioral health, primary care, and geriatric services by 30 percent over […]
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Woman in her 60s first Mass. vaping fatality
A WOMAN IN HER 60s from Hampshire County has died of a vaping-related lung illness, the first such case in Massachusetts, the Department of Public Health announced Monday afternoon. DPH […]
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Pot store’s flower cupboard is bare
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE THE MARIJUANA STORE closest to Boston is out of marijuana flower for non-medical customers while it waits to get test results back from labs that must […]
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Body cameras will accompany pot deliveries
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE THE STATE’S CANNABIS CONTROL COMMISSION on Tuesday approved home delivery of marijuana by drivers wearing body cameras and also backed the development of establishments where adults […]
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Baker knocks MassGOP for condemning congresswomen
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE THE RIFT BETWEEN the Republican governor and the state Republican party was on full display Thursday when Gov. Charlie Baker denounced the Republican State Committee’s adoption […]
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Polito deals with Governor’s Council anger
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE A RAUCOUS GOVERNOR’S COUNCIL hearing and assembly ended Wednesday with two members walking out of the meeting after a third councilor suggested he’d try to block […]
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Baker wants to sell Hynes, expand BCEC
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE THE BAKER ADMINISTRATION is reviving the idea of expanding the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center in Boston’s Seaport and wants permission to sell the Hynes Convention […]
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Chicago casino magnate: “You lose me.”
THE BILLIONAIRE CASINO developer who has been pushing for years to build a casino in Brockton suggested that he will drop his efforts after the Massachusetts Gaming Commission determined Thursday […]
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Pollack: HOV lanes aren’t working
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE THE HIGH-OCCUPANCY VEHICLE lanes, or carpool lanes, north and south of Boston are not really what they’re cracked up to be. The HOV lanes, which are […]
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Six pot licenses suspended amid drug charges
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE STATE CANNABIS REGULATORS halted all business of a licensee that has locations in Sheffield and Attleboro as they investigate an owner who “allegedly conspired to evade […]
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Over objections, feds approve transfer of Pilgrim station
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE DESPITE THE OBJECTIONS of Attorney General Maura Healey, the Baker administration, and local advocacy groups, federal regulators approved the transfer of the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station […]
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Vineyard Wind review could extend into 2020
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE WITH A CRITICAL permit for the Vineyard Wind project on hold so the federal government can launch a new study of the burgeoning offshore wind industry and […]
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Vineyard Wind vows to move forward despite fed hold-up
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE VINEYARD WIND ON Monday vowed that it will move forward with its $2.8 billion, 84-turbine wind farm project despite a new delay caused by the federal […]
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Bill would hit Netflix, Hulu with fees
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE AS MORE AND MORE Massachusetts residents cut the cord and turn to streaming video services instead of cable TV, a Dedham representative has filed a bill […]
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Lawmakers hike assessment on utilities 50%
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE THOUGH LAWMAKER LEFT a handful of proposed taxes on the cutting room floor when they compromised on a budget, the fiscal year 2020 spending plan being […]
