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Education Bill Faces Uncertain Future
Education Bill Faces Uncertain Future
Education Bill Faces Uncertain Future
BOSTON (AP) _ Of all the bills that stalled out during the Massachusetts Legislature's just-completed formal session, perhaps the one creating the most heartburn is the failure to reach a deal overhauling the state's 25-year-old education funding system...
Pot Bill Nearing Final Vote
Pot Bill Nearing Final Vote
Pot Bill Nearing Final Vote
Boston (AP) - After a week of sharp divisions and heated rhetoric over the future of the Massachusetts' recreational marijuana law, it's now up to a conference committee of six legislators to try and sort everything out. The panel will try over the next week to resolve differences between a House bill that infuriated pro-marijuana activists by proposing a major overhaul of the voter-approved law,
Tanning Bed Ban
Tanning Bed Ban
Tanning Bed Ban
Massachusetts lawmakers are considering a bill that would toughen state regulations for tanning salons by prohibiting all teens under 18 from using the facilities. Current state law allows children between 14 and 17 to visit tanning salons with parental permission...
City Seeks 25 More Liquor Licenses
City Seeks 25 More Liquor Licenses
City Seeks 25 More Liquor Licenses
The City of New Bedford is pushing for more liquor licenses.  Mayor Jon Mitchell announced Tuesday, his administration was preparing to file a home rule petition to expand the number of liquor licenses in the City by 25.  Mayor Mitchell tells WBSM News, there seems to be a pent up demand for restaurants in all business districts of New Bedford...
Former Mass. Attorney General Robert Quinn Dies At 85
Former Mass. Attorney General Robert Quinn Dies At 85
Former Mass. Attorney General Robert Quinn Dies At 85
Former state attorney general and Massachusetts House Speaker Robert Quinn has died. He was 85.       Quinn's law partner James Morris said Quinn died after collapsing early Sunday morning at his Falmouth home.       Morris said Quinn had recently moved back into the two-family home where he was raised in Boston's Dorchester neighborhood.  ...
Lawmakers Face Full Agenda At Statehouse
Lawmakers Face Full Agenda At Statehouse
Lawmakers Face Full Agenda At Statehouse
State lawmakers will have plenty on their plates when they ramp up activity after Labor Day.       The House and Senate have not met formally since the end of July.       Among the high-profile issues the Legislature is likely to grapple with in the fall are gun control, welfare reform and proposals to increase the minimum wage...
Dan Wolf Gets Hearing Before State Ethics Commission
Dan Wolf Gets Hearing Before State Ethics Commission
Dan Wolf Gets Hearing Before State Ethics Commission
State Sen. Dan Wolf has won a temporary reprieve from a state Ethics Commission ruling that could force him to quit the Legislature and end his campaign for governor.       The commission has extended a deadline it gave Wolf, a Harwich Democrat, to choose between his political career or continued ownership interest in Cape Air...
Shoppers, Retailers Gear Up For Tax Free Weekend
Shoppers, Retailers Gear Up For Tax Free Weekend
Shoppers, Retailers Gear Up For Tax Free Weekend
The President of the New Bedford Area Chamber of Commerce says retailers are looking foreward to the tax free weekend this Saturday and Sunday.  Roy Nascimento says consumers are smiling because any purchases made this weekend will not include the state's 6...

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