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The Daily Free Press

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Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker signs a bill Monday allocating $8 million to help maintain the operations of women’s healthcare and family planning centers that could lose federal Title X funding. COURTESY BRENDAN MOSS/ OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR

Baker signs bill to fund family planning programs

Joel Lau April 3, 2019
Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker signed a bill into law Friday that dedicates $8 million in funding for women’s healthcare programs in the Commonwealth. The select programs are slated to lose federal Title X funding under new, more conservative guidelines announced by the Trump administration in February.
The “Work and Family Mobility Act,” introduced on Beacon Hill last week, would allow undocumented immigrants residing in the Commonwealth to get a standard driver’s license. COURTESY OF 32BJ SEIU

Bill proposed to grant driver’s licenses to undocumented immigrants

Joel Lau January 27, 2019
Several Massachusetts lawmakers and advocacy groups introduced a bill in the state Legislature last week that, if passed, would allow undocumented immigrants living in the Commonwealth to obtain a driver’s license.
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