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House Democrats want to temporarily block non-Massachusetts residents from taxpayer-funded shelters

BOSTON — Top House budget writers released a $425 million spending bill to fund state-run shelters that seeks to temporarily cap the emergency assistance program at 4,000 families starting next year and allow state officials to block from the system anyone who is not a Massachusetts resident. The move marks a dramatic policy shift in the Democratic-led House, where chamber leaders have …