2016 - NewBostonPost

Judge Stops Sex-Change Obamacare Regulation

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  A federal judge in Texas has blocked a new federal regulation that might have forced doctors to perform sex-change operations and abortions, hours before the measure was going to take effect. On Saturday, December 31, the judge issued a temporary injunction preventing enforcement of the regulation, which the U.S. Department of Health and Human......

The Best of the Worst: 2016 Presidential Election Predictions

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“Victory has a hundred fathers, but defeat is an orphan.” — Count Galeazzo Ciano The Russians did it, right? With President Barack Obama’s administration levying sanctions and ordering the outright dismissal of 35 Russian diplomats on Thursday, it’s arguably clear that the outgoing commander-in-chief has an opinion as to the “why” and “how” fellow Democrat......

Christmas, the New Year, and the Fullness of Time

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  “But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons.” And so wrote St Paul to the Galatians, setting forth his argument that the Old Testament prophecies had......

Boston Meter Maid Supervisors Shafted By Sex Discrimination, Union Says

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BOSTON – A union is claiming the city of Boston is discriminating against women because meter maid supervisors make less than supervisors in other departments with comparable jobs. The union is asking a judge to force the city to study the pay disparity. Parking meter supervisors, who are mostly women, make less than code enforcement......

Horrors of the Courtroom Lead Stenographer To Seek Disability Pension

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A former court stenographer is asking a judge to grant her a disability state pension stemming from the accounts of crimes she had to listen to and record. For 10 years Mary K. Morse heard stories of child abuse, murder, domestic violence, and child pornography while working at Salem Superior Court. The cases depressed her......

State Report Reveals Barriers to Opioid Addiction Treatment

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  BOSTON (AP) — More than half of the adults entering state-licensed, residential addiction treatment centers in Massachusetts do not complete their treatment programs and one in eight are readmitted within a month of being discharged, according to a new state report. The findings from a special commission created to study the state’s network of......

Legal Pot Supporters Are Crying Foul

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BOSTON (AP) — Supporters of the state’s new recreational marijuana law are taking lawmakers to task for approving a six-month delay in key provisions, including the opening of retail pot shops. Members of the Massachusetts Cannabis Reform Coalition and the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) plan to hold a protest outside......

Speaker DeLeo, Senate Prez Rosenberg Agree: Six Months Needed to Rewrite New Marijuana Law

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  STATE HOUSE — The leaders of both the House and Senate are on board with a six-month time frame for rewriting the state’s marijuana laws after voters in November approved regulated sales of the intoxicating plant. In a brief hallway interview on Thursday, House Speaker Robert DeLeo concurred with the six-month goal Senate President Stan......

Full-Court Press: Disabled Jamaica Plain Man Makes Boston-Area Businesses Feel Heat

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  BOSTON — A Jamaica Plain man is suing more than a dozen Hub businesses in federal court, alleging various violations of the Americans With Disabilities Act. Legal filings show that Raoul Marradi, who suffers from cerebral palsy, is no stranger to the court system. Marradi, according to the copies of 15 lawsuits he filed......

Beacon Hill Rushing Bill Through To Attract Pharmaceutical Company To Worcester Site

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STATE HOUSE – Massachusetts lawmakers are fast-tracking legislation to facilitate the expansion of a California biologics company into Worcester. The bill (H 4774), filed just earlier this month, emerged Tuesday morning from the House Ways and Means Committee and was whisked through the House by noon. Senate Majority Leader Harriette Chandler (D-Worcester) said she hoped to......

All The News That’s Fit To Fake

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Glad to hear about the coming crackdown on Fake News. Liberals are right: It’s wrong to take falsehoods and use them to deceive. It’s also wrong to take actual facts and present them in an absurd way designed to deceive. If it’s done just to get someone’s attention, it’s unfortunate. If it’s done in politics......