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Government & Politics
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Sports betting pivoting to regulatory phase for details
August 2, 2022The Massachusetts Gaming Commission plans during a meeting Thursday to start discussing the work it will have ahead if or when Gov. Charlie Baker signs the sports betting bill that lawmakers sent to his desk Monday morning.
August 2, 2022
Lawmakers retreat on economic development bill
August 2, 2022House and Senate negotiators struck early morning agreements Monday on sports betting and mental health access but will keep a significant economic development bill in conference committee as they continue to wrestle with an existing law that could
August 2, 2022
WRRB: Community Preservation Act would improve Worcester’s livability
August 2, 2022Worcester voters will have a chance to vote on the Community Preservation Act, which uses a 1.5% property tax surcharge to fund community projects.
August 2, 2022
Worcester small businesses, property owners, nonprofits eligible for up to $1M in ARPA funds
August 1, 2022The City of Worcester has opened the application window for five business and community programs funded from the $146 million in American Rescue Plan Act money received by the City.
August 1, 2022
State nearing deal on $11B infrastructure improvement financing
August 1, 2022The House and Senate are sending Gov. Charlie Baker a bill to borrow and spend more than $11 billion to improve the state's transportation infrastructure Sunday afternoon and Rep.
August 1, 2022
Mass. legislature agrees on cannabis reform bill
August 1, 2022A compromise bill aimed at helping to grow the legal cannabis industry and making it more equitable emerged just before midnight Sunday after nearly a month of negotiations and quickly passed through both the House and Senate.
August 1, 2022-
Inflation casts shadow over tax relief plans
July 28, 2022Republican lawmakers and a right-leaning advocacy group made their latest pitch Wednesday for Beacon Hill to provide greater tax relief for Bay Staters, pointing to a new study that showed inflation in the energy and transportation sectors has hit
July 28, 2022 
Baker agrees to major spending increase in his final budget
July 28, 2022Gov. Charlie Baker agreed to a major increase in state spending Thursday, signing a $52.7 billion annual budget, vetoing less than half a million dollars of spending, and returning 41 sections to the Legislature with amendments.
July 28, 2022
Kopin has sold $4M worth of helicopter flight displays
July 28, 2022Kopin Corp. has received millions in production orders for a new display system it created for use by helicopter pilots.
July 28, 2022
Five Central Mass. affordable housing projects to benefit from state funding, tax credits
July 27, 2022Five affordable and low-income housing projects in Framingham, Stow, Webster, Westminster, and Worcester will take part of $50 million in direct funding and $90 million in in state and federal tax credits announced by the Massachusetts Executive
July 27, 2022Lottery sets new annual revenue, prize records
July 27, 2022Fiscal year 2022 was another record-setting one for the Massachusetts Lottery with all-time highs for total revenue, prizes paid out and commissions or bonuses paid to retailers, but the agency came up just short of topping its profit record,
July 27, 2022
Restaurant group sour on happy hour
July 27, 2022If lawmakers reach a deal to send Gov. Charlie Baker a bill reviving happy hour in willing Massachusetts cities and towns, they will do so over the opposition of an influential statewide group representing some of the very businesses who would gain
July 27, 2022-
Baker hoping for abortion bill signing ceremony
July 27, 2022Pushed into action by a Supreme Court ruling that overturned 50 years of legal precedent in the United States, the Legislature on Tuesday sent to Gov. Charlie Baker the second major abortion rights bill in less than two years, seeking to shield
July 27, 2022 
New Mass. law bans discrimination based on hairstyle
July 27, 2022As Gov. Charlie Baker signed a ban on school or athletic event discrimination based on hairstyles, Deanna Cook was taken back to the first time she got detention as a high school sophomore because her braids did not conform to her school's policy.
July 27, 2022-
Fail-first therapy crackdown on move in Senate
July 26, 2022The Senate advanced seven pieces of legislation previously passed by the House on Monday morning, getting bills dealing with "fail first" insurance policies and the consequences of student loan debt default into the hopper for the final week of
July 26, 2022 
No deals, and a frustrated Baker to start week
July 26, 2022The final week for major action on Beacon Hill started off much the way last week ended: with lawmakers waiting, waiting and waiting some more for deals to emerge and an irate governor taking rare shots at the Legislature.
July 26, 2022
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