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Make Way for Right Whales: State delays start of lobster season for some rather large reasons From Mary Whitfill at Wicked Local: “The dozens of right whales spotted off South Shore coasts since Sunday have delivered a major blow to the local fishing fleet. The unusually large number of right whales feeding close to the shores of Marshfield and Hull and in Cape Cod Bay this week has led the state Division of Marine Fisheries to implement two emergency regulations – pushing off the start of lobster season in southern Massachusetts.” Wicked Local State failed to pay taxes on state trooper car perks dating back to the ‘70s Another day, another State Police accounting revelation. From Kay Lazar at the Globe: “The state has failed to pay taxes on tens of millions of dollars doled out to state troopers since the 1970s as a reward for driving their own cars to work, leaving Massachusetts vulnerable to a potentially massive bill from the IRS.” Boston Globe FOR PROFIT VULTURE CAPITALISTS KNOW ALL ABOUT 'FOR PROFIT HEALTH CARE' ! HEAVEN HELP OUR VETERANS!  Partners HealthCare quietly advising Trump administration on how to fix VA At a Boston College Chief Executives Club event yesterday, Dr. John Noseworthy, chief executive of the Mayo Clinic, revealed that his organization and Boston’s Partners HealthCare have been quietly advising the Trump administration on how to improve care and services at the much-criticized Department of Veterans Affairs, reports the Globe’s Priyanka Dayal McCluskey. Boston Globe Senate passes bill giving consumers free credit freezes in wake of recent data breaches The state Senate yesterday approved a bill designed to make it easier for consumers to monitor and protect their credit – and to freeze or unfreeze their credit without fees, Shira Schoenberg reports at MassLive. The House has passed similar legislation in reaction to last year’s huge data breach at Equifax. MassLive CLICK ON LINK FOR MORE OR SUBSCRIBE FOR FREE