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| TOP STORIES | | | [17 min ago ] BOSTON (AP) - Massachusetts lawmakers are set to receive a 5.5
percent pay hike, even as they prepare to make deep cuts to state
services.
The increase would lift lawmakers' base pay from $58,237 to
$61,440 - an increase of just over $3,200 a... | | | read more  | | | [56 min ago ] (NECN) - Governor Deval Patrick wants Massachusetts to overhaul its laws aimed at keeping public officials honest.
2008 was a tough year for political reputations. Senator Jim Marzilli was arrested on groping charges and then resigned. Senator Dianne... | | | read more | | | [2 hours ago ] (NECN/ABC) - Standing side by side inside the oval office five men who have been elected by the people to serve as president of the United States - former presidents Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, George H.W. Bush, President George W. Bush and... | | | read more | | | | | |
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High gas prices make it SRO on MBTA
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| May 5, 2008 High gas prices make it SRO on MBTA
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(Latoyia Edwards, NECN: Boston, Mass.) - The high cost of gasoline in Greater Boston is bad news for drivers, but continued good news for the MBTA. The agency reports that ridership spiked again in the month of March, rising 5.7% during the month, as high gas prices convince commuters to drive less.
The MBTA reports that trains and park-and-ride lots are packed Monday through Friday. Now the T is going to work to get people more aware of mass transit on the weekends.
NECN's Latoyia Edwards is in Boston with the latest from there.
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