Nursing homes challenged by margins, occupancy rates
BOSTON – Even amidst a wave of closures, usage rates at nursing homes in Massachusetts that are still open are declining and operating margins are plunging, according to a new...
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Major highway exits in Mass. to be renumbered
BOSTON – Massachusetts is embarking on a multi-year effort to put new numbers on major highway exits, a change that Highway Administrator Jonathan Gulliver says will help motorists with calculating...
Major bills could reach governor’s desk by end of the day
BOSTON – Major education funding and distracted driving bills could reach Gov. Charlie Baker’s desk later today as lawmakers wrap up formal sessions for 2019. The Senate is also scheduled...
Hands free bill clears house 153-1
BOSTON – The House voted 153-1 Tuesday to approve legislation that bans people from using handheld electronic devices while driving, with lawmakers predicting lives will be saved and remembering people...
Drug companies would be held accountable in new Baker health care proposal
Expanding access to behavioral health and primary care, targeting hidden consumer costs, and holding drug companies accountable for “unjustified” price hikes are major goals of a new health care bill...
![By Michael P. Norton and Chris Lisinski, State House News Service More than 220,000 people without power in Massachusetts may have to wait until the afternoon to get their electricity back after a wind-driven storm tore through the region overnight, downing trees and power lines. “If you live along the coast, it was a pretty […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Bakernc6-e1570705492602-1.jpg?w=140 "By Michael P. Norton and Chris Lisinski, State House News Service More than 220,000 people without power in Massachusetts may have to wait until the afternoon to get their electricity back after a wind-driven storm tore through the region overnight, downing trees and power lines. “If you live along the coast, it was a pretty […]")
Baker: Power Restoration “Job Number One”
By Michael P. Norton and Chris Lisinski, State House News Service More than 220,000 people without power in Massachusetts may have to wait until the afternoon to get their electricity...
State Reports 10 New Vaping Cases to CDC
State officials on Wednesday reported 10 new cases of vaping-associated pulmonary injury.
Date of 2020 state primaries uncertain
BOSTON – Massachusetts politics are all aflutter because Congressman Joe Kennedy III is primarying Sen. Ed Markey. And voters will decide that race, and all the other state primaries …...