![BOSTON – Congress on Thursday sent President Donald Trump a bipartisan bill filed by U.S. Sen. Edward Markey to crack own on robocalls by requiring telecomm carriers to more aggressively use technology to identify spam and block those calls at no cost to the consumer. The TRACED Act cleared the Senate on Thursday, and was […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/LS_100316_TIGERGrant08-1.jpg?w=132 "BOSTON – Congress on Thursday sent President Donald Trump a bipartisan bill filed by U.S. Sen. Edward Markey to crack own on robocalls by requiring telecomm carriers to more aggressively use technology to identify spam and block those calls at no cost to the consumer. The TRACED Act cleared the Senate on Thursday, and was […]")
Markey celebrating passage of anti-robocall bill
BOSTON – Congress on Thursday sent President Donald Trump a bipartisan bill filed by U.S. Sen. Edward Markey to crack own on robocalls by requiring telecomm carriers to more aggressively...
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![BOSTON – Senate leaders have come up with an ambitious plan they believe will help drive down the cost of expensive and unfairly priced drugs. The proposal to improve access to medication arrives three weeks after Gov. Charlie Baker put forward his own sweeping health care bill that seeks to cap the growth of expensive […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Friedman2-1.jpg?w=121 "BOSTON – Senate leaders have come up with an ambitious plan they believe will help drive down the cost of expensive and unfairly priced drugs. The proposal to improve access to medication arrives three weeks after Gov. Charlie Baker put forward his own sweeping health care bill that seeks to cap the growth of expensive […]")
Senate rolling out plan to lower drug prices
BOSTON – Senate leaders have come up with an ambitious plan they believe will help drive down the cost of expensive and unfairly priced drugs. The proposal to improve access...
![BOSTON – With House Speaker Robert DeLeo eyeing a vote in the coming weeks on new transportation revenue, Gov. Charlie Baker on Monday said a “big increase” in the gas tax would be a non-starter for his administration. Baker said he has already proposed policies that would bring more money into the state’s transportation system […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/low-z-tax-1.jpg?w=127 "BOSTON – With House Speaker Robert DeLeo eyeing a vote in the coming weeks on new transportation revenue, Gov. Charlie Baker on Monday said a “big increase” in the gas tax would be a non-starter for his administration. Baker said he has already proposed policies that would bring more money into the state’s transportation system […]")
Baker weighs on on gas tax hike, opposes big increase
BOSTON – With House Speaker Robert DeLeo eyeing a vote in the coming weeks on new transportation revenue, Gov. Charlie Baker on Monday said a “big increase” in the gas...
![BOSTON – Gov. Charlie Baker’s ban on the retail sale of vaping products in Massachusetts is hanging in limbo Thursday after an Appeals Court judge denied the administration’s request to stay a lower court order that Baker amend his ban and reissue it by Monday. The decision by Appeals Court Judge Kenneth Desmond late Wednesday […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/low-l-vaping-1-1.jpg?w=132 "BOSTON – Gov. Charlie Baker’s ban on the retail sale of vaping products in Massachusetts is hanging in limbo Thursday after an Appeals Court judge denied the administration’s request to stay a lower court order that Baker amend his ban and reissue it by Monday. The decision by Appeals Court Judge Kenneth Desmond late Wednesday […]")
Baker’s ban on vaping products in legal limbo
BOSTON – Gov. Charlie Baker’s ban on the retail sale of vaping products in Massachusetts is hanging in limbo Thursday after an Appeals Court judge denied the administration’s request to...
States top judges say ICE deportations interfering with criminal cases
Judges: ICE Deportations Interfering with Criminal Cases BOSTON – The state’s top judges asked federal immigration authorities on Wednesday to stop deporting immigrants facing criminal charges in Massachusetts without notifying...
![BOSTON – Gov. Charlie Baker has appealed a Superior Court judge’s ruling that would lift the governor’s four-month ban on the sale of nicotine vaping products on Monday unless the administration makes changes. The governor’s office and Attorney General Maura Healey’s office confirmed that the appeal had been filed, along with a motion asking the […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/statehousecc15-1.jpg?w=132 "BOSTON – Gov. Charlie Baker has appealed a Superior Court judge’s ruling that would lift the governor’s four-month ban on the sale of nicotine vaping products on Monday unless the administration makes changes. The governor’s office and Attorney General Maura Healey’s office confirmed that the appeal had been filed, along with a motion asking the […]")
Baker appeals judges order to alter vaping ban
BOSTON – Gov. Charlie Baker has appealed a Superior Court judge’s ruling that would lift the governor’s four-month ban on the sale of nicotine vaping products on Monday unless the...
![A Superior Court judge on Monday allowed Gov. Charlie Baker’s ban on the retail sale of vaping products to remain in place, but set deadlines for the administration to amend its order to allow for greater public feedback. The 32-page ruling by Judge Douglas Wilkins sympathized with the plaintiffs, including the Vapor Technology Association, who […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Vaping_Lung_Damage_01248-1-1.jpg?w=132 "A Superior Court judge on Monday allowed Gov. Charlie Baker’s ban on the retail sale of vaping products to remain in place, but set deadlines for the administration to amend its order to allow for greater public feedback. The 32-page ruling by Judge Douglas Wilkins sympathized with the plaintiffs, including the Vapor Technology Association, who […]")
Baker’s ban on vaping products survives legal challenge
A Superior Court judge on Monday allowed Gov. Charlie Baker’s ban on the retail sale of vaping products to remain in place, but set deadlines for the administration to amend...
House approves campaign finance reporting changes
BOSTON – A bill overhauling campaign finance rules for legislative candidates passed the House on Tuesday over the objection of Republicans and a small number of Democrats who saw the...
House to take up Finegold bill
BOSTON – When the state’s top campaign finance regulator Michael Sullivan was reappointed last November, then-Republican Party Chairwoman Kirsten Hughes put his name in nomination. Democratic Party Chairman Gus Bickford...
Selectmen meeting is mostly behind closed doors
SHIRLEY -- The Board of Selectmen's meeting was scheduled for 6:30 p.m. on Monday, with an executive session first. But with only a couple of items on the agenda --...