There was a flurry of activity on Beacon Hill in the closing days of the Massachusetts state legislative session, the last for two-term Republican Governor Charlie Baker. Baker signed a nearly $53 billion budget that includes spending increases, and lawmakers sent the governor a series of reforms to how the state oversees soldiers’ homes – following the devastating COVID outbreaks during the height of the pandemic. We break it down with Matt Murphy of Statehouse News Service.
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