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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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Mass. lawmakers were unable to muster a quorum for the third straight day. Efforts to advance a $3.1 billion supplemental budget bill will begin again Monday.
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The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court on Monday will hear a case seeking to overturn the state's mid-20th century switchblade law on Second Amendment grounds.
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With most lawmakers headed home for the holiday break, members of the conference committee continue to try to work out differences between spending bills approved by the Massachusetts House and Senate. The bills hold funds for the state's emergency shelters.
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Massachusetts House and Senate Democrats failed to negotiate a compromise before their holiday break that would send hundreds of millions of dollars to the state's emergency shelters. The spending bill was presented to the Legislature in September.
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While Massachusetts House lawmakers have passed a version of new, strict gun regulations, the Massachusetts Senate has yet to finish crafting their own bill.
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A recent out migration trend has researchers and lawmakers in Massachusetts concerned.
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Edward Wright has been in prison for four decades. In his sixth petition for a new trial, his lawyers claim new DNA evidence and signs of official misconduct.
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Many employers use background checks, known as CORI's, in the hiring process. And it's not just convictions that appear on the reports, but also cases that were dismissed.
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Two months remain in the state legislative year, and tax relief legislation remains unfinished.