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Polyamorous relationships are now eligible for more benefits in the town of Arlington, Massachusetts. That's because Article 11 passed at Arlington Town Meeting in May, granting additional employee benefits to registered domestic partnerships of town employees. Those benefits include bereavement leave, sick leave, and parental leave, among others.
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A self-described "queer woman" is now the president of the city council of Providence, Rhode Island. Rachel Miller, who represents Ward 13, which includes Federal Hill, was unanimously elected the council's president on Monday, January 2, 2023, the first day of the new four-year term for
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By Colin Young State House News Service
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Massachusetts and South Carolina have something in common. They are the only two states in the country where revenge porn remains legal.
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Massachusetts will have a new governor this week. Governor-elect Maura Healey, a Democrat, is set to take office this week on Thursday, January 5, 2023. She is replacing Governor Charlie Baker, a Republican, who will finish out an eight-year tenure as governor over the next few days.
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Governor Charlie Baker has signed into law a bill designed to increase safety for bicyclists and pedestrians by adding certain requirements for motor vehicle drivers in Massachusetts. Baker, a Republican, signed the bill on Monday, January 2, 2023, according to the governor's office web site — three days before
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A nonprofit organization that runs health clinics for poor people in southeastern Massachusetts plans to use newly available state funds to offer chemical abortions. Health Imperatives, which serves "low-income or vulnerable families," is using $700,000 from the state to add chemical abortions at clinics in New Bedford,
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Massachusetts state Representative Jamie Zahlaway Belsito (D-Topsfield) is no fan of the State of Israel; she recently accused the government of Israel of committing genocide against the Palestinian people. "The US must acknowledge that the @Israel administration is an apartheid run thuggery terrorist regime on a mission to kill
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