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Illegal Immigrant Driver’s Licenses Launch Will Cost Massachusetts $28 Million
By Sam Drysdale State House News Service
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Merrimack Unfairly Denied Inevitable March Madness Shellacking
A bad NCAA rule kept a Massachusetts college from competing in the Division 1 men's basketball tournament known as March Madness. Merrimack College won the Northeast Conference title this year, beating Fairleigh Dickinson 67-66 in the championship game. Under normal circumstances, this would have automatically granted Merrimack a
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Charlie Baker Fine With Male Transgender NCAA Athletes Competing Against Women
NCAA president and former Massachusetts governor Charlie Baker wants transgender athletes to continue to participate in college sports based on their gender identity rather than their biological sex. Baker explained his thinking on this issue in a recent CNN interview, indicating that he won't change the NCAA'
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Nikki Haley Visiting New Hampshire Later This Month
Former United Nations ambassador and 2024 Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley plans to visit New Hampshire again later this month. Haley has two events scheduled: a town hall at Restoration Church in Dover, New Hampshire on Monday, March 27 (6:30 p.m. start time) and a town hall at
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Meat For Catholics This St. Patrick’s Day? Yes All Over New England, Except For One Place
All four Roman Catholic diocesan bishops in Massachusetts are allowing Catholics to eat meat on Friday, March 17 even though it's a Friday during Lent. So are all the dioceses elsewhere in New England, except for the Diocese of Providence, which covers the entire state of Rhode Island.
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New Massachusetts Lieutenant Governor Open To Rent Control
Where does Governor Maura Healey's administration stand on rent control? Lieutenant Governor Kim Driscoll expressed an openness to it in a recent interview without giving a clear answer.
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Massachusetts Bill Would Allow Noncitizens To Vote
Should Massachusetts communities allow non-citizens to vote in local elections? A bill on Beacon Hill would allow it.
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In Audit Push, Diana DiZoglio Getting No Response From Massachusetts Legislature
By Colin Young State House News Service
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