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Sarah Huckabee Sanders Tapped To Give Republican Response To State of The Union

By Kim Jarrett The Center Square Contributor

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Domestic-Violence-Related Homicides Spiked In Massachusetts Last Year

There was an uptick in the number of domestic violence-related homicides that occurred in Massachusetts last year. There were 26 of these homicides in Massachusetts in 2022, according to the Eagle-Tribune. That's more than 40 percent higher than in the previous year; the state had 15 domestic violence-related

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Chris Sununu Says Other Potential GOP Presidential Candidates Not Appealing Enough To Independents

New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu thinks some of the other Republicans who want to run for president are doing something wrong. Sununu knocked Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley, former vice president Mike Pence, and former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo for not doing enough to

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Health Insurance Individual Mandate Costing Massachusetts Residents More Than $35 Million Per Year

If you don't have health insurance in Massachusetts, in theory you must pay a fine. In recent years, tens of thousands of Bay Staters have been paying that fine instead of purchasing health insurance — and the fine costs state residents more than $35 million per year, according to

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Maura Healey Says State Will Examine MBTA Chinese Train Contract

By Sam Drysdale State House News Service

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Maura Healey Open To Changing Millionaire’s Tax In Massachusetts

Should Massachusetts make any changes to the millionaire's tax voters approved via the ballot in 2022? Governor Maura Healey is open to the possibility.

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Lori Trahan Named Congressional Cambodia Caucus Co-Chairman

U.S. Representative Lori Trahan (D-Westford) was recently named the co-chairman of the Congressional Cambodia Caucus. Trahan represents the state's Third District. Her district includes Lowell, Massachusetts, which is home to about 13,000 Cambodian Americans, according a 2018 scholarly article by Purdue University professor Virak Chan.

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Massachusetts House Speaker Sounds Bearish On Tax Cut

A key leader on Beacon Hill sounds even less inclined to support a tax cut in Massachusetts than he was toward the end of last year. Ron Mariano, the speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, supported a modest tax cut package in early July 2022, along with Karen Spilka,