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By BOB SALSBERG and STEVE LeBLANC

BOSTON — Massachusetts lawmakers approved a compromise $40.2 billion state budget Friday that reduces spending levels to account for lower expectations for tax revenues.The budget trims spending about $400 million to $500 million from spending plans...

By BOB SALSBERG and STEVE LeBLANC

BOSTON — Lawmakers wrestled Friday with a proposal to make Massachusetts a so-called sanctuary state where cooperation between federal immigration officials and state and local law enforcement agencies would, by law, be sharply limited.Hundreds of...

By BOB SALSBERG and STEVE LeBLANC

BOSTON — The last time Massachusetts updated its wiretapping law, pay phones dotted the sidewalks and a text typically referred to a book — not a lightning-quick digital message.Republican Gov. Charlie Baker and Democratic Attorney General Maura...