Gov. Maura Healey wants happy hour back in Mass., but the push to revive discounted drinks is hitting a wall. 🛑
House leaders and the restaurant industry itself are fighting to keep the 1984 ban in place. Here is why it's so hard to kill.
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A showdown is brewing on Beacon Hill over your energy bills. ⚡️
The Mass. Senate just dropped a plan promising over $10B in savings over a decade—setting up a clash with the House over cuts to climate programs like Mass Save.
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Gov. Maura Healey isn’t holding back on Trump’s threat to pull custom agents from Logan Airport, calling it "pretty stupid." With the World Cup weeks away, she insists federal immigration enforcement has zero business at the matches. ⚽✈️
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DiZoglio isn't buying the Senate's sudden willingness to hand over audit records. "The court is about to lay down the law," she said — and she's not done asking for more.
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DiZoglio will narrow her legislative audit lawsuit to four document categories — but warns it's just the opening move. The concession clears the way for the SJC to finally rule on whether lawmakers are subject to her oversight.
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Shooting just now in #SavinHill by Columbia Road. Fight spilled into gunfire, one maybe two victims by Mt. Vernon Park. Lots of witnesses, grey vehicle fled. We hear multiple gunshots.
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Harvard faculty are voting on limiting “A” grades as concerns over grade inflation hit a tipping point.
Boston reporter Mike Deehan joined @LindseyReiser to break down the proposal.
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We are announcing today that The American Revolution will stream for free in its entirety on all PBS platforms from May 25th through July 12. Hope you have a chance to watch, ideally with friends and family, as you think about our 250th anniversary this July 4th. pbs.org/kenburns/the-america…
On its third attempt tonight, Marblehead Town Meeting approved an “MBTA Communities–compliant” district largely centered on the 125-year-old Tedesco Country Club, meeting 3A requirements on paper while all but assuring no new housing would be built.
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Maura Healey is backing Barney Frank's dying message to Democrats. Frank, in hospice in Maine, is arguing the party must ditch progressive litmus tests on polarizing issues if it wants to win. Healey says she agrees.
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Healey backs Barney Frank's Democratic warning.
The governor calls the ailing congressman a personal role model and aligns with his push for pragmatic politics over progressive litmus tests.
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NEW: Senate Democrats plan to pass their version of the PROTECT Act next Thursday. Amendments are due Monday. The House version passed 134-21 on March 25. #mapoli
You know things are bad for media in Boston when the @apnews.com thinks the MBTA stands for the "Metro Boston Transit Authority."
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Nearly five years after the Haymarket bus terminal closed, seven MBTA bus routes are still stuck on temporary stops, the subway head house is a construction site and no reopening date is in sight.
Boston's most chaotic construction zone isn't done yet.
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