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As towns and cities see a rise in natural disasters that require greater emergency response than their local resources can support alone, two western Massachusetts lawmakers renewed their call Tuesday to divert a portion of excess capital gains tax...
By SAM DORAN
BOSTON — Gov. Maura Healey’s plan to pardon all misdemeanor marijuana possession convictions will impact hundreds of thousands of people, she told a crowd at the Grand Staircase on Wednesday, and represents “the most sweeping cannabis pardon ever...
By SAM DORAN
As part of her push to boost housing supply, Gov. Maura Healey swore in around 30 members of two panels this week, bringing together groups like developers and builders, advocates for the homeless and people with disabilities, and local officials.A...
By SAM DORAN
BOSTON — Gov. Maura Healey has unveiled an overhaul of the guidelines she will consider for pardon and commutation applications, which her office said “explicitly outline” for the first time how a governor will use executive clemency to “address...
By SAM DORAN
BOSTON — A Governor’s Council meeting that featured approval of four new pardons took an unexpected turn Wednesday as one member persistently rebuked her colleagues, before councilors across the room successfully moved to establish a new Rules...
By SAM DORAN
BOSTON — Top House and Senate Democrats negotiating the fiscal year 2024 state budget, which is now four weeks overdue, announced Friday afternoon they had “reached an agreement in principle” paving the way for final votes at the formal sessions...
By SAM DORAN
BOSTON — A federal judge hadn’t even ruled yet on suspending approval of the abortion pill mifepristone in April when Gov. Maura Healey orchestrated a major reserve shipment of the drug through the state’s flagship university. But despite pledges of...
By SAM DORAN
BOSTON — A proposed pilot program for Massachusetts hospitals could be “game-changing” in identifying medical error cases and the causes behind them, the Betsy Lehman Center’s executive director said Monday, and several hospitals have expressed...
By SAM DORAN
Anti-child abuse advocates on Thursday lined up behind bills they said would crack down on sexual exploitation of children in school settings.Speaking at a webinar held by Massachusetts Citizens for Children and the Enough Abuse Campaign, Sen. Joan...
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