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A partisan showdown over a gas tax relief appears likely when the House takes up a spending bill (H5699) Wednesday afternoon as the entire GOP caucus backs an amendment to give drivers a 60-day break from the 24-cent-per-gallon levy. But representatives have added myriad other ideas to the hopper that could also generate chatter during the first formal session since July.

As lobbying around the issue heats up, House Speaker Ronald Mariano on Wednesday defended the House's support for expanding gambling options to include machines similar to slot machines at simulcasting centers, saying the approach represents a key source of new healthcare funding.

The federal government this week authorized the release of up to about 45% of the home heating oil held in reserve in New England to add to the available supply

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State officials have charged a judge who has since retired with "willful judicial misconduct that brought the judicial office into disrepute" stemming from an incident in which the judge had

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Six years to the day that 14-year-old David Almond died of starvation and neglect after being found in a Fall River apartment, a case that prompted an "incredibly damning" report

The settlement agreement was announced Wednesday, six years to the day after 14-year-old died of starvation and neglect after being found in a Fall River apartment. His death prompted an "incredibly damning" report and " sweeping changes " at agencies serving children.

David Almond, 14, was found in October 2020 emaciated, bruised and unresponsive at his father’s Fall River home, an apartment that the Office of the Child Advocate said was in “deplorable condition.”

The Massachusetts Lottery is giving new meaning to the phrase scratch and sniff.