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A largely behind-the-scenes campaign to lead the Massachusetts Republican Party culminates in a vote for party chairman this weekend that may help decide where the undermanned GOP goes from here. The Massachusetts State Republican Committee plans to meet at 1 p.m. Sunday, January 3.
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The Cambridge City Council has approved an ordinance banning what it calls "deceptive advertising practices" at crisis pregnancy centers that threatens a $300-a-day fine from the city's licensing commission. The council voted 9-0 on Monday, January 9 in favor of the measure.
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Should boys' bathrooms in Massachusetts public schools offer free tampons? That may happen under a proposal on Beacon Hill.
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Believe it or not, baseball season is not all that far away. The Boston Red Sox are scheduled to begin spring training next month, according to the team's web site. It's not yet clear which dates pitchers and catchers and everyone else will have to report
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The minimum wage in Massachusetts is $15 an hour. The largest labor union federation in the states says that is not sufficient.
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Common Dreams By Brett Wilkins Arguing that "the death penalty is cruel, racist, and fundamentally unjust," U.S. Representative Ayanna Pressley led more than two dozen congressional Democrats in calling on the Biden administration to continue its 18-month pause on federal executions last week.
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An elected official can lobby his former colleagues on Beacon Hill if he has committed a federal crime but not if he has committed a state crime. That's what the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court said last week.
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Given that former Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker is the former chief executive officer of Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare, it's no wonder why his management of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority is about as competent as the American health care system. Now we have a new governor who will have
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