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Massachusetts State Police held its 89th "Recruit Training Troop" graduation on Thursday in Springfield. It's been two weeks since half a dozen people, including current and former state troopers, were charged in an alleged bribery conspiracy to give passing scores to commercial driver's license applicants.
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An attempt by Congress to sort out the immigration issue fell apart last week. The question of how Massachusetts' governor will handle the ever increasing number of unhoused families seeking shelter in the Commonwealth, continues to be top-of-mind for many across the Baystate.
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A goal of expanding train service across the state is a "mode shift" — essentially bringing people away from single-occupancy vehicles onto mass transit, where there are efficiencies that are gained. But many hurdles remain for this project.
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There are a number of key differences between the bill approved by the Massachusetts House last fall, and what the Senate passed last week. That could lead to a lot of work for a conference committee between early February and late July.
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Massachusetts Senate lawmakers will put gun safety laws to debate this week, countering the House gun bill passed in October with legislation containing a number of key differences.
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Following her State of the Commonwealth address, Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey has begun offering a sketch of areas where she feels the state still has enough money to deliver critical improvements. She will file her budget with the Legislature by Wednesday.
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Healey’s announcement during Wednesday’s state address comes at a moment of alarm about how Massachusetts students are learning to read, sparked in large part by the critical reappraisal of the ‘balanced literacy’ approach to instruction.
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There have been many reactions to Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey's mid-year spending cuts of $375 million dollars ahead of Healey's "State of the Commonwealth" address this week.
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Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey and her budget team hit the reset button Monday, announcing a plan to cut $375 million from the current year's budget amid flagging tax collections, to downgrade the amount of tax revenue expected this budget year by $1 billion, and to build the next state spending plan on the assumption that even less tax revenue will come in next year.
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A major environmental experiment will require new construction and major renovations to embrace fossil fuel-free infrastructure for heating and cooling in some Massachusetts communities — none yet in the western part of the state.