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While negotiators remain at odds over how much they want to draw from state savings and exactly what kind of time limits to place on shelter stays — plus whether restaurants should resume takeout drink sales — funding could run out in less than two weeks, a Healey administration official confirmed Thursday ..read more
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The Massachusetts House voted 153-4 late Friday to pass a $58 billion fiscal 2025 budget that invests in K-12 education, child care and public transit, shifting debate on spending priorities to the Senate ..read more
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Both the federal government and the state have taken efforts to streamline the process to approve new immigrants to work in the U.S. Here's an inside look at that process. ..read more
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After 86 years on earth, I’m entitled to worry, but what does worrying accomplish? My climate worry stems from the possibility that my children, grandchildren, per stirpes, would not be able to enjoy the natural world as I have and in fact might be hard pressed to survive in ways I never had to experience ..read more
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The official acrimony in Sandisfield's Town Hall certainly has its uniquely local contours, but by our lights it fits into a concerning countywide trend: As small towns in overlooked regions like ours need responsible and competent local leaders more than ever, it's getting more and more difficult to find — and retain — capable leaders ..read more
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Former Boston Symphony CEO Mark Volpe cites changing audience expectations focusing on "total experiences ..read more
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Let’s stop making fun of the elderly man accused of odor in the court. It is normal for humans of all ages to toot their own horns, whisper sweet nothings, embrace the wind beneath their wings. And where’s the shame in that ..read more
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the first of May was celebrated by dancing around a maypole , part of a fertility ritual. By the Middle Ages, a maypole was erected in most villages. Puritans considered those festivities pagan, licentious, and so forbade them. That’s why maypoles are not a New England tradition ..read more
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Maybe it’s a bit of a stretch, but I think the human impulse toward art-making and the varied beauty of animal creations have their roots in the same soil ..read more
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When scholars discovered the early text of "Hamlet" known as the "First Quarto," most were unimpressed with the quality of work they found. Here are some other (made up) first drafts ..read more