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States Deploy About 2,500 National Guard Troops To U.S.-Mexico Border

By Christian Wade The Center Square

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Two South Shore Newspapers Cut Sports Coverage

A pair of weekly newspapers on the South Shore of Massachusetts have gutted their sports coverage. The Whitman-Hanson Express and The Plympton-Halifax-Kingston Express will no longer be covering sports for the foreseeable future, according to internal memos reviewed by NewBostonPost. The two papers are a part of the same company:

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Maura Healey Endorses Ayanna Pressley For Congress

Massachusetts attorney general Maura Healey made an endorsement in a Massachusetts congressional race this week. Healey, the Democratic nominee for governor, endorsed U.S. Representative Ayanna Pressley (D-Hyde Park) in her election bid. Pressley's campaign team announced the news to Politico on Wednesday, October 5. Neither Healey nor

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Andrea Campbell Voted For 12 Weeks of Paid Abortion Leave In Boston

Which candidate running statewide in Massachusetts voted to grant 12 weeks of paid abortion leave to both women and men in the candidate's previous elected position? The answer:  former Boston city councilor Andrea Campbell, the Democratic nominee for attorney general of Massachusetts.

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Massachusetts Gas Prices Tumbles 30 Cents Below National Average

By Sam Drysdale State House News Service

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Ed Markey Still Wants To Expand U.S. Supreme Court

U.S. Senator Ed Markey (D-Malden) still wants to expand the federal Supreme Court. Markey put out a tweet vouching support for this idea once again.

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Rhode Island Congressional Candidate Compares Himself To Charlie Baker

What type of Republican is Cranston mayor Allan Fung? Fung, who is running for the U.S. House of Representatives seat in Rhode Island's Second Congressional District, recently said he is more of a Charlie Baker Republican than a conservative.

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Brandon Griffin Hoping To Bring Socialist Perspective To Beacon Hill

Brandon Griffin is tired of the way politics is normally done on Beacon Hill. The 41-year-old Whitman resident, who works in financial adjustments for a tech company, doesn't think that the Democratic and Republican parties represent the interests of working people.