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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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The Massachusetts Joint Committee on the Judiciary is giving itself more time to consider a bill that would amend the state's charitable immunity law so that it does not apply to lawsuits for sexual or physical abuse of a minor.
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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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A prosecutor who oversees animal mistreatment cases says animal control officers are stretched thin, and there aren't enough shelters to care for animals in police custody.
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The new regulations for the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, or NAGPRA, require institutions like museums and schools to obtain "free, prior, and informed consent" before exhibiting human remains and cultural objects, or giving people access to them or conducting research on them.
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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.