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Latest News in Massachusetts
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May 17, 2019
Trump’s Border Wall Faces Skeptical Calif. Judge
A California federal judge appeared open Friday to blocking the Trump administration from repurposing defense funds to build a wall along the southern border, saying he doesn't know if it is right to let the government build the wall before legal challenges to it are resolved.
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May 17, 2019
Wynn In Talks With MGM To Sell $2.6B Mass. Casino Resort
Wynn Resorts is considering cashing out of its roughly $2.6 billion Encore Boston Harbor casino that is still under construction, noting in a joint statement with MGM International that the two resort casino operators are in the early stages of negotiating a sale.
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May 17, 2019
CBP Outlines Futile Hunt For Wall Contract From Trump Tweet
The American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts has received a declaration under oath from U.S. Customs and Border Protection outlining the agency's fruitless search for evidence of a supposed "115-mile long" border wall contract that President Donald Trump referenced in a tweet on Christmas Eve.
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May 17, 2019
Raytheon Tank-Sighting Design Suit Remains Intact For Now
It seemed for a moment Friday that BAE Systems would escape a trade secrets suit aimed at its subsidiary over the design of a tank-sighting system for the military, but a Virginia federal judge changed her mind mid-hearing and decided to hold off.
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May 17, 2019
IRS Should Use Tax Law To Combat The Opioid Epidemic
The IRS, which enforces anti-trafficking tax laws against state-regulated cannabis businesses, should be fair and apply the same policy against pharmaceutical companies that illegally market their opioids, says Kat Allen at Wykowski Law.
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- AGENCIES
- Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office
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