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McDonald: Audit a big issue in Senate race

MALDEN — Twin votes this past week suggest a growing divide in the 5th Middlesex State Senate race between candidates on transparency and an audit of the state legislature. Kate Lipper-Garabedian, a state representative running for a seat in…

Gas prices are on the decline. Hopefully the cost of other essentials will follow.

According to the regional office of AAA in Westwood, gasoline prices in the northeast are falling as markets react to the weekend announcement of a tentative peace agreement between the U.S. and Iran that could reopen the critical Strait of Hormuz…

By COLIN A. YOUNG
State House News Service

BOSTON — As the legal landscape shifts around them and a national fight increasingly spills into the states, Massachusetts lawmakers are hoping that business groups, banks, credit card companies and payment processors will help them cut a path through the thicket of credit card swipe fees.

In…

WAKEFIELD — Wakefield Community Access Television (WCAT) has seen another drop in cable television subscribers which will result in a significant cut in revenue for the upcoming fiscal year. Every year, WCAT receives franchise fees from Wakefield’s cable providers: Astound (formerly RCN), Verizon and Comcast to fund its operations.

For the year 2025 (the most…