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ACA mandate gone, but a few states still require coverage
The mandate directing individuals to obtain health insurance or face tax penalties ends on Tuesday for most, but not all Americans. In Massachusetts, an individual mandate that has been on the books since 2006 will continue in the absence of the...
Green Tuesday: Crowds line up at 1st East Coast pot shops
LEICESTER, Mass. (AP) — Customers waited in long lines, sometimes for hours, on a cold and rainy New England day to be among the first people to legally buy recreational marijuana on the U.S. East Coast. More than two years after Massachusetts voters...
Dukakis: Global accord needed on use of AI by governments
BOSTON (AP) — Is self-driving government in the future? Michael Dukakis, the former Massachusetts governor and erstwhile presidential candidate, doesn't think so. But he's jumping into the debate over artificial intelligence in an effort to ensure t...
AP analysis: Blacks largely left out among high-paying jobs
BOSTON (AP) — Jonathan Garland's fascination with architecture started early: He spent much of his childhood designing Lego houses and gazing at Boston buildings on rides with his father away from their largely minority neighborhood. But when G...
Survey: Mayors view climate change as pressing urban issue
BOSTON (AP) — U.S. mayors increasingly view climate change as a pressing urban issue, so much so that many advocate policies that could inconvenience residents or even hurt their cities financially. The annual survey of big-city executives, released...
State officials critical of shift in federal pot policy
BOSTON (AP) — Regulators pledged on Thursday they would push ahead with implementation of the state's voter-approved recreational marijuana law despite potential confusion stemming from a shift in official U.S. policy on enforcement of federal l...
Panel hears emotional appeals on medical aid in dying bill
BOSTON (AP) — When the time comes, Michael Martignetti isn't sure whether he'll ask his doctor for medication to end his life peacefully. But he wants that option to be there. "If one day I am terminally ill and I am facing a drawn-out, painful d...
Agreement bars ad firm from targeting women entering clinics
BOSTON (AP) — A settlement with a digital advertising company bars the firm from using a technology called geofencing to direct anti-abortion messages toward women entering reproductive health facilities in Massachusetts, the state attorney g...
Survey: Mayors unified on battling poverty, other key issues
BOSTON (AP) — U.S. mayors from blue and red states and regardless of party affiliation share many common concerns about poverty, racial and income inequality and immigration, according to a new survey. The findings, based on interviews with more t...
