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The latest on boosters, ‘Mass and Cass,’ and Boston’s mayoral race | Radio Boston – WBUR

Plus, a re-air of a WBUR CitySpace town hall with Boston mayoral candidate Annissa Essabi George.Google Alert – "marie frances rivera"Read More
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Reviewing The Week From Elections To The Red Sox | Radio Boston – WBUR

We break down the results of preliminary elections statewide including the Boston mayoral race, review the nationwide school bus driver shortage, …Google Alert – "marie frances ...
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Reviewing The Week From Elections To The Red Sox | Radio Boston – WBUR

We break down the results of preliminary elections statewide including the Boston mayoral race, review the nationwide school bus driver shortage, …Google Alert – "marie-frances rivera"Read ...
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Opinion: What to do with billions in surplus and federal relief funds

“The numbers are in: the Massachusetts state budget that ended last month had a surplus of more than $3 billion (yes, with a “B”). We ...
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Federal Infrastructure Bill Could Buy Big Projects, But Not Long-Term Fiscal Stability …

Amassive influx of federal funds (and the looming possibility of a major federal infrastructure bill) is shoring up budgets at the state’s major transit agencies in ...
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Week In Review: Politics And Pandemic Heat Up

Things are heating up everywhere. The delta is turning up the heat on the politics of the pandemic. A UN climate report that has the planet ...
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Week In Review: Politics And Pandemic Heat Up

Things are heating up everywhere. The delta is turning up the heat on the politics of the pandemic. A UN climate report that has the planet ...
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Police recruit appeals delayed due to funding shortage

BOSTON (SHNS) – A lack of funding at the state Civil Service Commission creates substantial backlogs in cases and long delays in police recruits, particularly ...
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Nonprofits slam Legislature for delaying tax breaks for charitable donations

Last week, the Legislature once again delayed the implementation of a 2000 ballot question that was supposed to reward Bay Staters who made charitable contributions ...
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Lawmakers push for free MBTA bus service

BOSTON — Transit advocates and some lawmakers want to make MBTA bus rides free in order to cut travel times, improve service and ease the burden ...
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