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By Jay FitzgeraldFriday, March 12, 2010 – Massachusetts’ top universities and hospitals are getting a healthy dose of federal stimulus spending, leaving some hard-hit blue-collar workers wondering where the money… Read more »

Post-surgery, Marlie Casseus celebrates with Mickey Mouse.  Doctors removed massive growth from Haitian teen’s face several years ago

(Registered Nurse Response Network) to get volunteer nurses into Haiti and to also support our Haitian nurse partners in the relief work they do every day. Haiti lost over 1,000… Read more »

Legislators say cities to blame for benefits By Sean P. Murphy, Globe Staff  |  March 10, 2010 A group of Massachusetts mayors, fed up with what they say is legislative… Read more »

By Scot Lehigh, Globe Columnist  |  March 10, 2010 LABOR LEADERS are in a lather. So deep runs their indignation that Governor Patrick canceled an appearance at a recent AFL-CIO… Read more »

Technology, changes in test sites drive rise By Liz Kowalczyk, Globe Staff  |  March 11, 2010 In just two years, spending on MRIs, mammograms, and other imaging tests climbed by… Read more »

By John R. Ellement, Globe Staff In a victory for law enforcement and gun control advocates, the state’s high court today said state law requiring gun owners to use trigger… Read more »

TAUNTON, MA — In the wake of ongoing concerns about unsafe staffing/working conditions and the lack of progress in negotiations with management to address the situation, the registered nurses and… Read more »

By Peter Schworm, Globe Staff  |  March 8, 2010 Grocery workers approved new contracts yesterday with Stop & Shop Supermarket Co., ending months of tense negotiations and averting a threatened… Read more »

Budget woes strain relations By Brian C. Mooney, Globe Staff  |  March 8, 2010 First in an occasional series. Of all the daunting challenges facing Deval Patrick this reelection year,… Read more »