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A man reads a note on a locked door at the New Hampshire Employee Security center, which handles unemployment claims, in Manchester, N.H., Thursday, April 16, 2020. Due to the virus outbreak, a note on the office door requested that all claims be handled remotely either on the phone or online. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

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Jobless benefits now available to contractors, self-employed

by Chris Lisinski State House News ServiceApril 20, 2020

Four out of six negotiators – all Democrats – signed the House-Senate compromise version of a COVID-19 evictions and foreclosures moratorium bill, which a staff member dropped off at the House clerk's office Wednesday afternoon.

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House and Senate Democrats reach deal on evictions

by Chris Lisinski STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICEApril 16, 2020

"For Sale By Owner" and "Closed Due to Virus" signs are displayed in the window of Images On Mack in Grosse Pointe Woods, Mich., Thursday, April 2, 2020. The coronavirus outbreak has triggered a stunning collapse in the U.S. workforce with 10 million people losing their jobs in the past two weeks and economists warn unemployment could reach levels not seen since the Depression, as the economic damage from the crisis piles up around the world. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

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State says it’s catching up with jobless claims

by Chris Lisinski State House News ServiceApril 10, 2020

Public Health Commissioner Monica Bharel was given the power Wednesday to order people quarantined for the novel coronavirus by the state’s Public Health Council.

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State’s Public Health Council delivers updates on quarantines, testing

by Chris Lisinski State House News ServiceMarch 11, 2020

State Rep. Sarah Peake, D-Provincetown, told attendees at the Transportation for Massachusetts “call to action” on Tuesday that she thought a transportation funding bill was “about to pop out of the House Ways and Means Committee.”

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Lawmaker: Transportation bill could be ‘generational game changer’

by Chris Lisinski State House News ServiceFebruary 25, 2020

Cars pass under toll sensor gantries hanging over the Massachusetts Turnpike, Monday, Aug. 22, 2016, in Newton, Mass. The state Department of Transportation is discussing plans for demolishing the tollbooths as it gets ready to implement an all-electronic tolling system on Interstate 90 which runs the length of the state. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

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Mass. Republicans say new transportation revenues unneeded

by Chris Lisinski State House News ServiceJanuary 4, 2020

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Mass. bill allowing straws by request only advances

by Chris Lisinski State House News ServiceJanuary 1, 2020

Protesters rallied Tuesday in front of the State House on Tuesday against the current temporary ban on vaping sales. Opponents of the ban brought their objections to a legally required Department of Public Health hearing on Friday.

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Vape users, businesses rip Baker’s sales ban

by Chris Lisinski State House News ServiceNovember 23, 2019

In this Dec. 19, 2013 photo, a motorist talks on a cell phone while driving on an expressway.

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Mass. ban near on handheld devices while driving

by Chris Lisinski State House News Service, and Michael P. Norton State House News ServiceNovember 20, 2019

Plastic bags

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Senate renews push for single-use plastic bag ban

by Chris Lisinski State House News Service, and Katie Lannan State House News ServiceNovember 18, 2019