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Dementia patients may be denied life-changing drugs by the NHS after a report concluded that the disease’s burden on families need not be factored in.

Both Republican Geoff Diehl and Democrat Maura Healey said Congress needs to act on immigration reform.

One state senator said that during the next legislative session he expects "to see at least one bill that proposes a truly independent transportation safety commission."

U.S. Rep. Stephen Lynch, who serves on the House's transportation committee, has said he is in favor of the feds taking more direct control over the MBTA.