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Deliberations on hundreds of amendments to the $57.9 billion Mass. House Ways and Means committee budget for fiscal 2025 are set to consume attention this week.
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The Massachusetts House budget makes $500 million available to cover emergency assistance shelter costs for FY'25. The House budget debate is set for Wednesday, April 24.
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While an expected Massachusetts House budget redraft is expected, and talks are ongoing over a FY'24 spending bill, the solar eclipse might distract lawmakers, if only for a few moments, from focus on these and other pressing legislation.
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Many Massachusetts municipalities inked host community agreements with cannabis companies that included payment of an "impact" fee. By law that amount is capped at 3% of the gross sales of the marijuana business. Now some cannabis retailers are demanding refunds.
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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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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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During oral arguments before the Supreme Judicial Court, Attorney Jason Bolio contended despite police finding the dog near death after a complaint was filed, the dog was well cared for and not being abused.
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The confirmation hearing for Gabrielle R. Wolohojian on Wednesday will be the second Supreme Judicial Court pick by Gov. Maura Healey of a nominee from eastern Mass. The last SJC justice from western Mass, Francis Spina, stepped down in 2016.
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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.