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Advocates to promote English classes in Brockton

BROCKTON, Mass. -- Immigrant advocates are helping Brockton business and community leaders learn to apply for new grants to create English classes for immigrants. Brockton officials and advocates are slated to speak Monday on...

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Push for Ted Kennedy's replacement: ... interim Senator [Now we see!]

Massachusetts voters will have to wait until Jan. 19 to elect a successor to Sen. Edward Kennedy, but Gov. Deval Patrick is pushing to name an interim appointee in the meantime.... Right now, Massachusetts law does not allow...

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Race for Kennedy Seat Generates More Yawns Than Heat

Considering the rough-and-tumble of Massachusetts politics, the campaign to see who will succeed the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy has been an uncharacteristically quiet affair, generating more yawns than heat.

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Sorry Charlie Baker, but hack pensions are baked in the cake

By Howie Carr Sunday, November 22, 2009 - Added 1h ago I wish him only the best, but let’s be honest about GOP candidate Charlie Baker’s plan to cut down on state pension fraud and abuse in Massachusetts. Charlie Baker also...

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SANE important to sex assault victims

Gov. Deval Patrick's recent Section 9C cut to Massachusetts Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner program funding severely threatens patient care services to adult, teen and child victims of sexual assault. While other programs...

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Regional districts on wrong side of cuts

During his campaign, Gov. Deval Patrick repetitively offered the following: It is time we focused less on the left and the right and focused more on the right and the wrong. The governor cut $1,087,000 from the children of the...

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Mass. families adopt 244 foster children

By Associated Press Saturday, November 21, 2009 - Added 3m ago CAMBRIDGE — Dozens of Massachusetts families have opened their homes to more than 240 children as the state marks the seventh annual National Adoption Day. The...

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Boston zoo looks to put teeth in fundraising

Faced with a budget crisis that threatens its survival and under pressure to wean itself from state funding, the beleaguered Franklin Park Zoo would scrap its governor-appointed board in favor of a body with more fund-raising...

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Massachusetts, unions agree to cost cuts

BOSTON (Reuters) - Massachusetts reached agreements with leaders of four major public sector unions on cost-cutting measures aimed at saving the state millions of dollars and preventing hundreds of layoffs, officials said on...

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Mass. Finance Chief Criticizes 'risky' Budget Move

Top Mass. The top budget official in Massachusetts says the Legislature has taken a "risky" approach by adjourning for the remainder of the year without closing a projected $125 million state budget deficit. Administration and...

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