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Beacon Hill pols mostly due for free rides in November, data shows

BOSTON — More than two-thirds of the 188 state lawmakers seeking re-election in the fall are on track to return to Beacon Hill without a challenge in a legislative election cycle marked by a lack of competition. With 22 uncontested races in the 40-member Senate and 105 in the 160-member House,

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Trump outlines general election pitch in energy speech

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Presumptive Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump unveiled an "America first" energy plan he said would unleash unfettered production of oil, coal, natural gas and other energy sources to push the United States toward energy independence. But the speech, delivered at the annual Williston Basin

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Charter school expansion unlikely to come up, DeLeo says

BOSTON – With Memorial Day weekend around the corner and just two full months of formal sessions left for the Massachusetts Legislature, Speaker Robert DeLeo, who controls the agenda in the state House of Representatives, on Wednesday questioned the propriety of expending time and effort trying to pass a bill expanding

Politics

Left-leaning candidate wins Austria presidency

VIENNA (AP) — A pro-European Union candidate eked out a victory Monday over a right-wing, anti-migrant rival to become Austria's next president, in a tight contest viewed Europe-wide as a proxy fight pitting the continent's political center against its growingly strong populist and anti-establishment movements. European mainstream

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Challenge to union campaign-finance loophole set for trial

BOSTON – A trial date has been set in December for a lawsuit challenging a Massachusetts campaign-finance law that lets unions contribute as much as $15,000 to a candidate for election to a state or local office while barring businesses from making any contributions at all. The action came just

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Baker fires back at marijuana campaign leaders

BOSTON – Labeled a "hypocrite" last week by advocates who said his stance on legalizing retail sales of marijuana is at odds with his position on alcohol, Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker pointed out the dramatic differences between pot and alcohol in wine, beer and booze. "One is legal

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Rosenberg predicts a tough ballot fight over legalizing pot

BOSTON – Senate President Stanley Rosenberg, a no-show at the launch of a campaign to defeat a proposed ballot measure to make marijuana retail sales legal, said Tuesday he still supports a third option that would make it more politically palatable for lawmakers to play a role in legalization if approved

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Charter expansion backed by Bay State majority, poll shows

BOSTON – A slim majority of voters support expanding the cap on charter schools in Massachusetts, a new poll shows. The survey from the Western New England University Polling Institute suggests a proposed ballot question to allow up to 12 new charter schools or expansions each year would pass, if it