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Democratic presidential candidate and U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., center, poses with U.S. Sen. Ed Markey, left, and U.S. Rep. Joe Kennedy III during a Rally Against Separation on June 30, 2018, in Boston.

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Markey, Kennedy campaigns shift to next gear in new year

by Steve LeBlanc Associated PressJanuary 2, 2020

FILE - In this Monday, Sept. 16, 2019 file photo Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker speaks with reporters at the Statehouse, in Boston. Baker is declaring a public health emergency and ordering a four-month temporary ban on all vaping products in the state. The Republican governor made the announcement Tuesday, Sept. 24, amid growing concern about the health effects of vaping products. The ban must be approved by a health council that is nearly certain to do so. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

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Baker signs bill on distracted driving

by Steve LeBlanc Associated PressNovember 25, 2019

FILE - In this Dec. 14, 2011, file photo, a driver talks on a cell phone while driving through the Financial District of Boston. Massachusetts drivers would no longer be able to use hand-held cellphones behind the wheel under a bill approved in the House on Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2019, and coming up for a vote in the Senate on Wednesday before heading to Republican Gov. Charlie Baker's desk. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

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Lawmakers approve ban on drivers using hand-held cellphones

by Steve LeBlanc Associated PressNovember 20, 2019

The Massachusetts State House in Boston

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Advocates call for return of rent control in Massachusetts

by Steve LeBlanc Associated PressOctober 29, 2019

Esther Duflo, left, and Abhijit Banerjee speak during a news conference at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Mass., Monday, Oct. 14, 2019. Banerjee and Duflo, along with Harvard's Michael Kremer, were awarded the 2019 Nobel Prize in economics for pioneering new ways to alleviate global poverty. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

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Three economists who study poverty win Nobel Prize

by Paul Wiseman Associated Press, Aleksandar Ljubojevic Associated Press, and Steve LeBlanc Associated PressOctober 14, 2019

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Massachusetts bans sale of vaping products for 4 months

by Steve LeBlanc Associated PressSeptember 24, 2019

FILE - In this June 26, 2018, file photo, Rep. Joe Kennedy, D-Mass., speaks in front of the Supreme Court in Washington.(AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

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Kennedy to challenge Markey in 2020

by Steve LeBlanc Associated PressSeptember 18, 2019

FILE- In this Feb. 20, 2014 file photo, Talia Eisenberg, co-founder of the Henley Vaporium, uses her vaping device in New York. Commenting that "people should not be using vaping products, period," New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Saturday, Sept. 7, 2019, the state's health department will issue guidance echoing recent federal warnings about the habit. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

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State collecting data on possible vaping illnesses

by Steve LeBlanc Associated PressSeptember 12, 2019

FILE - In this April 24, 2018, file photo, Bryon Hefner, estranged husband of former Massachusetts Senate President Stan Rosenberg, departs after arraignment on sexual assault and other charges at Suffolk Superior Court in Boston. Hefner pleaded guilty to indecent assault on Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2019. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)

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Rosenberg’s estranged husband pleads guilty to indecent assault, distributing nude photo

by Steve LeBlanc Associated PressSeptember 10, 2019

Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey is seen June 17 at a public hearing at the Statehouse.

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Healey OKs a dozen ballot questions

by Steve LeBlanc Associated PressSeptember 5, 2019