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BOSTON — Bay Staters of all stripes finally got the chance Tuesday to tell a panel of state representatives how they feel about a proposed overhaul of the state’s gun laws, and they poured out hours of impassioned commentary that sets the stage for a...

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BOSTON — Twenty months elapsed between Republican Gov. Charlie Baker using his final State of the Commonwealth address in January 2022 to ignite debate about slashing taxes and the final enactment of a roughly $1 billion package.So what was the...

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BOSTON — More than half of the land covered by parking lots in Massachusetts could host solar panel canopies, and almost four times that much rooftop space is also viable, according to a new report that urges policymakers to balance solar expansion...

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BOSTON — Many Massachusetts employers would need to provide an estimated salary range in job postings under newly-moving legislation that top lawmakers pitched as a way to close gender and racial wage gaps.The Labor and Workforce Development Committee...

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BOSTON — Gov. Maura Healey has proposed using nearly $300 million in one-time funds to infuse the state’s strained emergency assistance shelter system and close a tax revenue shortfall.Healey filed a more than $2 billion budget last week to close the...

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BOSTON — Lawmakers have given no indication they are any closer to compromise on the tax relief they promised more than a year ago, and they continue to be buffeted by competing affordability crosswinds.Beacon Hill received another pair of pitches in...

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State and federal regulators appear to have made a breakthrough to move forward with a voter-approved vehicle repair data law after legal battles and safety concerns stalled its implementation.A bit more than two months after the National Highway...

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BOSTON — Community Action Pioneer Valley is looking at scaling back a host of programs that support low-income residents throughout the Valley after Gov. Maura Healey this month vetoed significant funding for the state’s 23 community action...

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In her most significant legislative action since taking office in January, Gov. Maura Healey on Wednesday signed into law her first annual state budget.Healey approved a $56 billion budget for fiscal year 2024 that increases spending roughly 6.2% over...

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BOSTON — A national research group continues to see Massachusetts as ahead of the curve and improving when it comes to electric vehicle adoption, even though the Bay State has a long way to go to meet its own rollout goals.The American Council for an...

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BOSTON — Lawmakers intend to schedule this year’s mandatory sales tax holiday for the weekend of Aug. 12-13, Senate President Karen Spilka said Monday.With a Thursday deadline to set the dates approaching, Spilka told reporters the Legislature intends...

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Lawmakers have been unable to reach informal agreement on an annual local road and bridge funding bill for more than two months, and now they’ll ask a formal negotiating team to try and unjam the process.The House and Senate on Thursday created a...

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BOSTON — The annual state budget season moved to the next phase Thursday evening as the Senate unanimously approved a nearly $56 billion spending plan that ramps up spending while setting aside hundreds of millions of dollars for a tax relief plan...

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Under the terms of a new law, Massachusetts car dealerships and sellers can now start issuing temporary registration plates to out-of-state residents who purchase vehicles here.Rep. Smitty Pignatelli of Lenox, who co-filed the original version of a...

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City and town leaders are thankful that lawmakers tacked another $150 million onto a road and bridge maintenance funding bill, but they still want the Legislature to authorize more funding specifically for the Chapter 90 program.Massachusetts...

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BOSTON — Gov. Maura Healey checked off one long-unanswered priority for municipal leaders by proposing two years’ worth of road and bridge maintenance funding in a single bill, but after years of inflation, city and town leaders are worried this...

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BOSTON — What’s the first step in dealing with an overflowing bathtub?That’s the question MASSPIRG legislative director Deirdre Cummings asks to make her pitch for a sweeping new bill aimed at wrangling the presence of PFAS chemicals in food...

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BOSTON — Attempting to restart a debate that skidded out last summer, the Healey administration on Monday rolled out an $859 million tax relief proposal that would offer new breaks to hundreds of thousands of Bay Staters while reforming the estate tax...

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BOSTON — The first-ever state budget season for Gov. Maura Healey will feature a pair of addresses before audiences eager for her and the Legislature to enact long-sought tax reform.Healey will be the headlining guest at two regional business group...

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-The Healey administration is “putting the final touches” on tax legislation with a plan to roll it out alongside the annual state budget bill due March 1, Gov. Maura Healey said Wednesday.In a live radio interview that also touched on the nascent...