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Teen Pregnancy Rate Down
Teen Pregnancy Rate Down
Teen Pregnancy Rate Down
The birth rate among teens in Massachusetts has fallen to its lowest rate since records were kept. That's according to the latest birth report released Friday by the state Department of Public Health. The statistics, for 2013, show 12 births per 1,000 women between the ages of 15-19, down from 14 births per 1,000 women in that age bracket the previous year...
Afghan Soldier Search Continues
Afghan Soldier Search Continues
Afghan Soldier Search Continues
Speculation continues to grow that three Afghanistan National Army officers who disappeared from a Cape Cod shopping mall are trying to defect. Governor Deval Patrick told the "Boston Globe" that seems to be the consensus from military officials...
New Abortion Clinics Law
New Abortion Clinics Law
New Abortion Clinics Law
Gov. Deval Patrick has signed a bill designed to tighten security around abortion clinics in Massachusetts. Wednesday's signing comes a little more than one month after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a 2007 state law that established a protest-free 35-foot ``buffer zone'' around the entrances to abortion clinics...
Gov Says He Has Support
Gov Says He Has Support
Gov Says He Has Support
Governor Deval Patrick says comments to his office are running as high as three-to-one in favor of his offer to shelter unaccompanied children crossing the nation's southern border.
Opiate Abuse Programs
Opiate Abuse Programs
Opiate Abuse Programs
A special state opiate abuse task force is sending several recommendations to Gov. Deval Patrick by next week. Among the suggestions unveiled at a meeting Wednesday is a statewide care management task force to help addicts transition from one type of treatment setting to another, such as moving from a detoxification center to a residential treatment program or from prison back into the community..
$1 Million Grant For North End
$1 Million Grant For North End
$1 Million Grant For North End
Governor Deval Patrick delivers more than $1 million to New Bedford for the North End International Marketplace Project. D-P-I Commissioner Ron Labelle says the money will be used to extend improvements north on Acushnet Avenue, improving neighborhoods along the way...
Governor Weighs In On PIlgrim
Governor Weighs In On PIlgrim
Governor Weighs In On PIlgrim
Gov. Deval Patrick has written the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, expressing concerns about the safety of the Pilgrim nuclear power plant in Plymouth.        Patrick was fulfilling a promise he made earlier this month after meeting with the head of a group of Cape Cod residents hoping to close the plant...
Governor Signs Privacy Bill
Governor Signs Privacy Bill
Governor Signs Privacy Bill
Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick has signed a bill prohibiting ``upskirt'' photos of women.       Patrick's office said the governor signed the measure Friday, two days after the state's highest court ruled that a man who took cellphone photos up the skirts of female subway passengers in Boston wasn't violating state law as it's written.  ...

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