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As part of an effort to clamp shelter spending, negotiators opted for a new nine-month limit on how long families can stay in the emergency assistance program in the compromise supplemental budget bill. The bill also features two time-sensitive sections after temporary state allowances expired this spring for streamlined outdoor dining permitting and take-out cocktail orders.
Bay State and Taiwanese officials celebrated the 45th anniversary of the Taiwan Relations Act on Thursday at the State House. Taiwan is Massachusetts' eighth-largest trading partner, according to Ambassador Alexander Yui, Taiwan's newly-seated representative in the U.S. Massachusetts was the first stop on Yui's tour of the states since arriving in Washington.
BOSTON — As Bay State and Taiwanese officials celebrated the 45th anniversary of the Taiwan Relations Act on Thursday, they reflected not just on geopolitics but on "limitless" possibilities for
s Bay State and Taiwanese officials celebrated the 45th anniversary of the Taiwan Relations Act, they reflected not just on geopolitics but on "limitless" possibilities for international trade expansion between the two states.