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<v Speaker 1>This is WBZ Boston's news radio, redefining local.

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<v Speaker 2>News, sixty five degrees and Sonny in Boston at four

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<v Speaker 2>o'clock good Saturday afternoon. I'm Madison Rogers, and let's go

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<v Speaker 2>to the polls. Today is day one. Massachusetts voters are

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<v Speaker 2>the first day rather that base staid voters are able

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<v Speaker 2>to cast their ballots in person ahead of the presidential election,

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<v Speaker 2>and there is more and more attention on those five

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<v Speaker 2>ballot questions. WBZ Sherry Small has a rundown.

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<v Speaker 3>The state auditor ensures that state agencies follow existing laws

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<v Speaker 3>and regulations. Question one on the ballot asks whether the

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<v Speaker 3>auditor should be allowed to investigate the state legislature and

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<v Speaker 3>oversee and evaluate at least some of its activities. Question two,

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<v Speaker 3>if past, would eliminate the state's requirement to pass the

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<v Speaker 3>MCAST exam in order to graduate. Question three a union

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<v Speaker 3>for rideshare drivers. Under current law, uber and lyft drivers

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<v Speaker 3>here in Massachusetts cannot readily form unions. A yes on

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<v Speaker 3>three would change that. Legalizing psychedelic drugs, A yes on

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<v Speaker 3>four would allow the use of naturally occurring psychedelic drugs

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<v Speaker 3>found in plants, things like psilocybin, mescaline, DMT and others,

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<v Speaker 3>allowing them to be grown, shared, used at home, and

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<v Speaker 3>offered by licensed professionals for medicinal use. And Question five

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<v Speaker 3>minimum wage for tipped workers. Waitstaff, bartenders, and others who

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<v Speaker 3>rely heavily on tips are currently guaranteed minimum wage in

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<v Speaker 3>Massachusetts fifteen dollars an hour, but employees can pay as

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<v Speaker 3>little as six seventy five an hour if tips make

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<v Speaker 3>up the difference. A yes on five would require employees

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<v Speaker 3>to pay the full minimum wage. It would also allow

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<v Speaker 3>restaurants to pool and share tips with cooks, bookkeepers, and

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<v Speaker 3>others who don't interact with customers. Sherry Small WBZ, Boston's

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<v Speaker 3>news radio.

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<v Speaker 2>Early voting goes through Friday, November first. It's also the

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<v Speaker 2>first day of early voting in Detroit, and Vice President

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<v Speaker 2>Kamala Harris spend some time getting out the vote there

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<v Speaker 2>this after noon. Political analysts are placing a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>weight on Michigan and Wisconsin.

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<v Speaker 4>If she can't put away the Upper Midwest, Wisconsin, Michigan,

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<v Speaker 4>the whole rest of the map just gets so much

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<v Speaker 4>harder for her. And you also just think about the issues.

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<v Speaker 4>You know, there's a lot of money being spent in

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<v Speaker 4>that area from oil and gas companies trying to push

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<v Speaker 4>back against her campaign. She has to contend with that,

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<v Speaker 4>but look, this is the industrial hub the Midwest, a

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<v Speaker 4>sort of manufacturing hub of the country. So it's really

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<v Speaker 4>a test to see whether her economic message about building

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<v Speaker 4>an economy of the future is breaking through.

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<v Speaker 2>This evening, the Vice president has a rally in Atlanta, Georgia.

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<v Speaker 2>Former President Trump will be in Leatro, Pennsylvania. Meantime, Democrats

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<v Speaker 2>in Congress also just put out a report accusing mister

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<v Speaker 2>Trump of overcharging secret service agents for hotel rooms. This

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<v Speaker 2>is back when he was in office.

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<v Speaker 5>This is a report compiled by Democrats on the House

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<v Speaker 5>Oversight Committee. They accused the Trump organization of consistently jacking

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<v Speaker 5>up the price of hotel rooms for Secret Service agents

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<v Speaker 5>in Trump's then DC hotel. Example they give is when

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<v Speaker 5>the agency approved a waiver for a room that was

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<v Speaker 5>allegedly priced up above three hundred percent above the standard

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<v Speaker 5>government right. The Trump organization denies all of this, and

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<v Speaker 5>they have said they don't profit on hotel room sales

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<v Speaker 5>or any kind of sales to government employees staying at

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<v Speaker 5>their property.

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<v Speaker 2>That's ABC's j O'Brien looking at the four day forecast. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>it's a mainly clear night ahead with a lower round

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<v Speaker 2>forty nine in Boston, cooler inland. Tomorrow is even warmer

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<v Speaker 2>in the afternoon, seventy one to seventy five for the

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<v Speaker 2>high and staying mostly sunny. Tomorrow night, it's mainly clear.

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<v Speaker 2>We have more sunshine and warm temps for Monday, a

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<v Speaker 2>higher around seventy seven degrees, not as warm, but still sunny. Tuesday,

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<v Speaker 2>we're looking at a high in the mid upper sixties.

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<v Speaker 2>Right now, it is seventy in newbury Port. It's sixty

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<v Speaker 2>eight in Attleborough. Here in Boston sixty five degrees with

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<v Speaker 2>a blue sky overhead. At four oh five. It was

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<v Speaker 2>the home opener for the Boston College men's hockey team

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<v Speaker 2>last night. The teams and fans took a moment to.

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<v Speaker 6>More, a powerful moment of silence and stillness inside Conti

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<v Speaker 6>Forum Friday, remembering the immeasurable losses of three hockey heroes.

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<v Speaker 6>BC legends Tony Voss and brothers Johnny and Matthew Goudreau

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<v Speaker 6>died tragically this summer.

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<v Speaker 5>Three stellar players that played up here that were class acts.

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<v Speaker 6>I'm great Gentlemen.

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<v Speaker 2>That report from WBZTVS Julie MacDonald. This season, the Eagles

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<v Speaker 2>are donning special patches on their jerseys with the initials

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<v Speaker 2>the Foss and the Goodrose. The Eagles won the game

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<v Speaker 2>five zero over Aic. Some encouraging news from federal health officials.

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<v Speaker 2>Drug overdose deats have now been falling for six months straight.

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<v Speaker 2>CBS's Michael Tuscano reports there are some questions as to

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<v Speaker 2>what's driving the change.

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<v Speaker 1>Preliminary numbers from the CDC say drug overdose deaths fell

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<v Speaker 1>twelve point seven percent in the twelve months ending in May.

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<v Speaker 1>While welcome, the drop is puzzling to the public health

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<v Speaker 1>experts who have been working for years to stop the

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<v Speaker 1>increase in opioid depths, driven primarily by fentanyl overdose reduction

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<v Speaker 1>strategies like the increased availability of narcon, the rescue medication

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<v Speaker 1>that can reverse opioid overdoses, or in use long before

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<v Speaker 1>the abrupt decrease. Michael Toscano, CBS News Washington.

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