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Sonja Farak, of Northampton, a former chemist at the state crime lab in Amherst, appears before Hampshire Superior Court Judge C. Jeffrey Kinder in Northampton on Monday, April 24, 2013, for her arraignment.

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Drug defendants splitting $14M in state lab scandal settlement

by Chris Lisinski State House News ServiceJune 2, 2022

Transportation Secretary Jamey Tesler (left) and Energy and Environmental Affairs Secretary Beth Card pitch lawmakers on the governor's more than $9.7 billion infrastructure bond bill during a State House hearing Wednesday.

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Legislature’s approach to East-West Rail Authority remains clouded

by Chris Lisinski State House News Service June 1, 2022

Activists, including some from the Pioneer Valley Workers Center, camp out in front of the Statehouse in Boston on Sunday, July 26, 2020, to demand the passage of the Work and Family Mobility Act, which would make Massachusetts the 18th state to grant undocumented immigrants the right to obtain a driver’s license.

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Baker vetoes immigrant driver’s licenses bill, but Legislature poised to overrule the governor

by Chris Lisinski State House News ServiceMay 27, 2022

Sen. Jamie Eldridge of Acton embraces Chrystel Murrieta Ruiz of 32BJ SEIU, a co-chair of the Driving Families Forward coalition, as activists stream out of the Senate Gallery after passage of the driver's license bill on Thursday afternoon.

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Veto not a threat as state Senate approves licensing reform

by Chris Lisinski State House News ServiceMay 5, 2022

The Massachusetts state flag

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State urged to allow remote meetings permanently

by Chris Lisinski State House News ServiceApril 22, 2022

The Massachusetts State House in Boston

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With climate bill, Senate starts ‘traveling down the road’ to net-zero

by Chris Lisinski State House News ServiceApril 15, 2022

University of Massachusetts students leave the Franklin Dining Commons on the Amherst campus on Tuesday afternoon, Nov. 30, 2021.

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UMass tuition rising this fall after two-year freeze

by Chris Lisinski State House News ServiceApril 14, 2022

FILE -A display of the fentanyl and meth that was seized by Customs and Border Protection officers over the weekend at the Nogales Port of Entry is shown during a press conference Thursday, Jan. 31, 2019, in Nogales, Ariz. As the number of U.S. overdose deaths continues to soar, states are trying to take steps to combat a flood of the drug that has proved the most lethal -- illicitly produced fentanyl.(Mamta Popat/Arizona Daily Star via AP, File)

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Opioid settlement to provide state $525M for treatment, prevention

by Chris Lisinski State House News ServiceApril 5, 2022

The Massachusetts State House in Boston

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Hybrid hearings part of House’s long-term plan

by Chris Lisinski State House News ServiceMarch 23, 2022

An ambulance arrives at the Soldiers’ Home in Holyoke on Tuesday, March 31, 2020.

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Senate vote inches state closer to Soldiers’ Home changes

by Chris Lisinski State House News ServiceMarch 11, 2022