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As lawmakers around the country struggle with an over-capacity emergency shelter crisis, Mass. lawmakers wrestle with reform and time limits in the only state in the country that guarantees access to shelter.
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A Massachusetts ballot question is pushing to gradually raise the $6.75 minimum hourly wage for tipped workers to meet the state's overall $15 minimum wage. Tips would still be allowed under the measure.
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The Massachusetts Senate this week takes its second run in three years at a bill to expand access to early education and fortify that sector's workforce.
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Over more than three hours of discussion about a proposal to stop using MCAS exam scores as a high school graduation requirement, lawmakers kept returning to one specific question: if the measure passed, how would Massachusetts ensure that every school district has roughly the same baseline for determining if students have earned their diplomas?
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Voters will cast ballots for a presidential candidate and vote for party representation in many districts across the commonwealth.
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On Thursday, the Massachusetts Senate will take up a bill to reform and codify the state's framework for sexual health education. The chamber has passed similar legislation four times previously.
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The Massachusetts state senate will vote on passing a bill that will update the state's guidelines for sexual education for the first time since 1999. Under the bill, sexual health programs would have to include quote medically accurate and age appropriate information.
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The towns closest to the reservoir can't access it, and several are now experiencing significant water quality issues.
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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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In a social media post Tuesday morning,state Rep. Smitty Pignatelli wrote, "It’s not a retirement but the close of one chapter and the opening of a new one. More to come."