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  State Senate passes $38 billion state budget

  BOSTON (AP) — The Massachusetts Senate passed a $38 billion state budget early Friday that lawmakers say makes critical investments in local...

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  Conn. casino bill now faces uncertain path

  SUSAN HAIGH, Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Legislation creating a two-step process for possibly opening a new tribal casino in Connecticut...

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  Senate Democrats demand more money for Amtrak repair backlog

  JOAN LOWY, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats on Thursday demanded that Republicans provide more money for Amtrak so the railroad...

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  Hernandez sports neck tattoo at court hearing

  DENISE LAVOIE, AP Legal Affairs Writer BOSTON (AP) — Former NFL player Aaron Hernandez, sporting a new neck tattoo while making his...

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  States move to reduce time spent on Common Core-based exam

  KRISTEN WYATT, Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Students in 11 states and the District of Columbia will spend less time next year...

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  State doctors group issues guidelines on pain medications

  BOSTON (AP) — A group representing 25,000 doctors in Massachusetts issued new guidelines Thursday for prescribing pain medication, citing an epidemic of...

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  Unemployment rate falls to 4.7 percent

  BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts gained jobs for an eighth consecutive month in April while the unemployment rate dropped slightly to 4.7 percent,...

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  Review: Hartford Stage’s “Kiss Me, Kate”

  HARTFORD – The advance buzz on Hartford Stage’s new production of “Kiss Me, Kate” has been sizzling. Friends who have caught preview...

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  Establishing trust funds can be one OPEB option

  By TOM RELIHAN Greenfield Recorder DAN CROWLEY and SCOTT MERZBACH Daily Hampshire Gazette Staff Writers Predictions that unfunded health care expenses for...

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  Police Log, May 20, 2015

  WESTFIELD Major crime and incident report Wednesday, May 20, 2015 6:24 a.m.: vandalism, 139 Union St., caller reports rear door damage and...

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  For Airmen, ‘it’s all about collaboration’

  by BONNIE HARPER Second Lieutenant Massachusetts Air National Guard RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany— When it comes to protecting and defending the United...

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  Southampton OKs CPA projects, vehicles

  By CHRIS LINDAHL @cmlindahl Daily Hampshire Gazette SOUTHAMPTON — Voters at the second and final night of Town Meeting on Wednesday approved...