Gov. Maura Healey unveiled $375 million in budget cuts for her state administration Monday, a change made to help cover a $1 billion tax shortfall. Much of the cuts affect MassHealth, specifically its fee-for-service payments. Here's a look into the program, why the cuts are happening and what we know so far.
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Earlier this year, TikTok livestreamers began mimicking lifeless "nonplayable characters," or NPCs, by repeating motions and phrases like in a video game. Then, people started paying them to keep doing it.
The gun industry is inextricable from the American government and, for many, American identity. But with more than 100 Americans dying from shootings everyday, and even more being wounded, how do we begin to calculate the cost of our country's current relationship with guns?