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Bill Galvin Turns Down 20 Percent Pay Raise
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Elizabeth Warren Won’t Endorse Kamala Harris For Re-Election Yet
U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Cambridge) wants to see President Joe Biden seek re-election. But what about Biden's vice president, Kamala Harris?
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Amy Carnevale Elected As Massachusetts Republican Party Chairman Over Jim Lyons
The Massachusetts Republican Party has a new chairman. State committeewoman and lobbyist Amy Carnevale of Marblehead defeated Jim Lyons in the chairman race on Tuesday night. Carnevale defeated Lyons 37-34; only state committee members were able to vote in the race. Lyons had served as the chairman of the party
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Massachusetts House Bill Would Ban Child Sex Dolls
A bill on Beacon Hill seeks to outlaw sex dolls that look like children, something used by pedophiles across the United States. A proposal in the Massachusetts House of Representatives (HD.1269) filed by state Representative Alyson Sullivan-Almeida (R-Abington) would make the Bay State the fourth state in the country
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New Abortion Hotline In Massachusetts, State Attorney General Announces
The Massachusetts attorney general's office has announced a new abortion hotline to offer free legal advice to women seeking abortions, whether they live in the state or not. "Today's announcement has been in my schedule for the last few weeks, and so I'm
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Electric Car Fires Hard To Put Out, and Sometimes They Reignite, Boston Fire Official Says
Battery fires in electric vehicles are extraordinarily hard to deal with, the leader of the Boston Fire Department said. Paul Burke, Boston's fire commissioner, addressed electric vehicles and electric bicycles after a city councilor, Liz Breadon, asked him if he was aware of a method used in Newton
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Somerville School Health Official Declines To Call For Mask Mandate In City’s Public Schools
Coronavirus is way down this year in the Somerville public schools, a school official said. The school district averages between 30 and 40 cases per weeks, including a surge to about 54 cases during the last week of December and the first week of January, said Elizabeth Quaratiello, the city&
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Ron DeSantis Leads Donald Trump In Hypothetical New Hampshire Presidential Primary
If Florida Governor Ron DeSantis were to run for president, he would have an edge over former President Donald Trump in the New Hampshire Republican primary. DeSantis leads Trump 42 percent to 30 percent in a hypothetical primary among likely New Hampshire primary voters, according to a recently-released University of
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