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Opioid settlement funds in Mass go unspent as deaths mount

Less than 5 percent of the money paid to cities and towns has been deployed to combat the epidemic.

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Shelter crisis: Souring tax picture complicates more funding

House Speaker Ronald Mariano suggests that fallout from the budget woes may extend beyond recent spending cuts.

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The Massachusetts Senate has unanimously voted to make fentanyl test strips legal

The Senate voted Thursday to make a drug overdose prevention tool legal, but some senators said there s more to do as Massachusetts continues to grapple with a devastating opioid epidemic.

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Glock switches : 3-D printing fuels more fully automatic pistols

The rising number of street crimes involving machine guns is a throwback to the gangster era of 1920s and 1930s.

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Mass lawmakers at odds over shelter funding with formals ending

Massachusetts senators passed a $2.8 billion bill Tuesday evening that includes $250 million for the state's shelter system.

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