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Gov. Maura Healey talks to a crowd that gathered at the Williams Farm Sugarhouse in Deerfield during a visit last week. Some of the last vestiges of the COVID-19 emergency declaration will end in May when Healey will lift the modified public health emergency.

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Healey lifting COVID health emergency, vaccine mandate

by Chris Lisinski State House News ServiceMarch 15, 2023

Gov. Maura Healey, pictured during inauguration ceremonies in January, 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 change alone will not be enough.

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Municipal officials call for boost in road, bridge money

by Chris Lisinski State House News ServiceMarch 8, 2023

A water researcher tests a sample of water for PFAS at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Center for Environmental Solutions and Emergency Response in Cincinnati. The Environmental Protection Agency is expected to propose restrictions on harmful “forever chemicals” in drinking water after finding they are dangerous in amounts so small as to be undetectable, but experts say removing them will cost billions.

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Ban bill aims to slow spread of PFAS damage

by Chris Lisinski State House News ServiceMarch 5, 2023

The State House in Boston.

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$280M to boost food aid, shelter programs

by Chris Lisinski State House News ServiceMarch 2, 2023

A hiring sign is displayed at a retail store in Chicago on Jan. 5.

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Coalition wants $20 minimum wage in Massachusetts by 2027

by Chris Lisinski State House News ServiceFebruary 12, 2023

Senate President Karen Spilka and House Speaker Ronald Mariano, pictured at a press availability in 2022, are set to see their compensation jump north of $200,000 in the new session under automatically triggered adjustments to the legislative pay scale.

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Base pay just tip of legislative salary iceberg

by Chris Lisinski State House News Service, and Sam Doran State House News ServiceFebruary 1, 2023

The Massachusetts State House in Boston.

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Explicit images bill gets late-session revival in Senate

by Chris Lisinski State House News ServiceDecember 30, 2022

AP FILE PHOTO/STEVEN SENNE

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A decade in the making, road safety bill again heads to Baker’s desk

by Chris Lisinski State House News Service December 29, 2022

The five turbines of America’s first offshore wind farm, owned by the Danish company, Orsted, stand off the coast of Block Island, R.I., in this, Oct. 17, 2022, file photo. The federal government is working on a plan to protect right whales while also developing offshore wind power off the the East Coast.

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Baker leaves Healey, state with new emissions plan

by Chris Lisinski State House News ServiceDecember 23, 2022

The Massachusetts State House in Boston

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Report: Massively expand state rental aid to address housing crisis

by Chris Lisinski State House News ServiceDecember 14, 2022