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Massachusetts Opioid Deaths Hit Record High In 2022

By Chris Lisinski State House News Service

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Chris Christie Tells New Hampshire Voters He Can Prevent Trump-Biden Rematch

Former New Jersey governor Chris Christie says he does not want a repeat of the 2020 presidential election. The Republican presidential nominee, appearing at the Red Arrow Diner in Manchester, New Hampshire on Thursday, June 22, said that he could give voters an alternative to a 2020 election rematch.

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Elizabeth Warren Doing Public Town Hall-Style Event In Holyoke Sunday, June 25

U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Cambridge) plans hold a constituent town hall-style forum that is open to the public this upcoming weekend. Warren is set to hold the event at Holyoke Community College at 1 p.m. Sunday, June 25, according to MassLive.

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Housing Benefits Administrator Will Pay $109,000 In Fraud Case, Massachusetts Inspector General Says

By Michael P. Norton State House News Service

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Maine Senate Votes To Ban Flavored Tobacco

The Maine Senate voted to ban flavored tobacco this week. The state Senate voted 18-16 in favor of the bill (LD 1215), largely along party lines on Wednesday, June 21. Most Democrats supported the proposal, while every Republican rejected it.

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Former Candidate for Governor of Massachusetts Named President of Curry College

Curry College has a new president. Former Massachusetts gubernatorial candidate Jay Gonzalez, currently a partner at Hinckley Allen law firm, will take over as Curry's president on July 31.

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Massachusetts Superintendents Call For Permanent Free Meals

More than 80 Massachusetts superintendents are calling for making free school meals permanent.  The superintendents sent a letter to lawmakers requesting that $160 million from the so-called millionaire's tax go towards the endeavor.

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Left Going Too Far Over Graphic Gender-Identity Book and Enabling Gender Transitioning Behind Parents’ Back, Liberal Columnist Says

Left-wingers demanding extreme positions and ostracizing those who don't agree are driving ordinary people to align with social conservatives, a liberal columnist for The Boston Globe says. Kat Rosenfield, a novelist, uses a conflict over including the book Gender Queer in school libraries as an example.