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Massachusetts Pension Fund Rebound Continued In First Quarter

By Michael P. Norton State House News Service

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Ayanna Pressley Says Dianne Feinstein Should Resign From U.S. Senate

U.S. Representative Ayanna Pressley (D-Hyde Park) is calling on U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-California) to resign. Feinstein, 89, has been away from the U.S. Senate for about two months as she recovers from shingles. The former San Francisco mayor is in her final Senate term, as she

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Manchester Mayor Considering Run for Governor of New Hampshire

The mayor of Manchester, New Hampshire may run for governor in 2024. Manchester mayor Joyce Craig formed an exploratory committee looking at a potential 2024 run for governor, according to NHPR.

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Keep Masks In Hospitals and Doctor’s Offices, Two Dem State Reps Say

Two Massachusetts Democratic state representatives are asking the state's public health agency to keep requiring people to wear masks in hospitals and other medical settings despite a dwindling number of coronavirus cases.   "We strongly believe that masking is an effective and relatively inexpensive protective measure to protect

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Zero Coronavirus Patients At Boston Hospital; State and Feds Ending ‘Public Health Emergency’ Next Week

Tufts Medical Center has announced that for the first time since March 2020 the hospital does not have any coronavirus inpatients.   The announcement came from a spokesman for the hospital, according to New England Cable News, and nine days before Governor Maura Healey has scheduled the end of Massachusetts'

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RFK Jr. Says No Males In Girls’ Sports

Should males who identify as transgender girls be allowed to compete in girls' sports? One Democratic presidential candidate says no.   Environmental lawyer Robert F. Kennedy Jr. expressed his opposition to allowing biological males to compete in girls' sports this past weekend.   "I am against people participating in

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Donald Trump Going To New Hampshire — To Appear On CNN

Former President Donald Trump is coming to the Granite State this month — to make an appearance on CNN.    Trump is scheduled to do a CNN presidential race town hall next week where he is to answer questions from Republicans and independents who plan to vote in the 2024 primary.   CNN

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Bernie Sanders Says Government Should Tax Income Exceeding $1 Billion At 100 Percent Rate

The government should take through taxation all individual income exceeding $1 billion a year, U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders said.   "You may disagree with me but, fine, I think people can make it on $999 million," Sanders told Chris Wallace on Friday, April 28 on HBO Max, according