There’s not much left, but Mass. lawmakers still have ARPA funds to spend
While the state’s financial outlook may seem shakier today than it did a year ago, Massachusetts is still sitting on a sizable pot of surplus funds from the revenue and federal grant boom of the early pandemic days. The Massachusetts Taxpayer…
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It can’t be any fun to want to be a loyal backer of President Biden, only to look at the ground and realize you are standing on quicksand. Such has been the situation of Gov. Healey, who is watching the migrant crisis suck the oxygen out of her administration, and whose primary option is to complain. Then…
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Massachusetts Parole Board needs members who spent time in jail, say lawmakers
There are two vacancies on the state Parole Board and criminal justice reform advocates are telling Gov. Maura Healey to pick members who have spent time in jail themselves. “An essential…

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