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Massachusetts legislators approved a police reform bill Tuesday that creates a statewide oversight committee and bans chokeholds. SOPHIE PARK/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

State Legislature creates police standards commission, bans chokeholds

Taylor Brokesh December 3, 2020
After months of debate, the Massachusetts Legislature passed a police reform bill banning chokeholds, creating a state-level oversight committee and allowing officers to report each other’s inappropriate or violent conduct.

House-passed tax plan receives veto threat from Gov.

Daily Free Press Admin April 7, 2013

Mass. Gov. Deval Patrick threatened to veto a tax plan approved Thursday by the House of Representatives that would generate less money for transportation maintenance than his proposed budget, according...

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