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Biden Administration To Stop Deporting Immigrants Convicted Of A State Crime In Connecticut If They Get A Pardon

The Biden administration's Department of Homeland Security will stop deporting immigrants on the basis of crimes committed in Connecticut if they get a pardon, the state's attorney general said. Under former President Donald Trump, federal officials did not recognize Connecticut pardons when deciding whether to deport

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Joe Biden ‘Turns Around Presidency,’ Boston Globe Claims

Joe Biden is doing so well as president lately that Democrats may keep both chambers of Congress after the November elections, The Boston Globe reported. The news story is headlined: " 'A bit of a superhero.' Biden turns around presidency with recent successes that buoy Democrats ahead of

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Bill Galvin Challenger Targets Pro-Life Lobbyists In Massachusetts Secretary of State’s Race

A left-wing challenger to Bill Galvin says she'd "activate" all aspects of the Massachusetts Secretary of State's office to promote abortion. "Some have asked, what does the secretary of state have to do with abortion rights? And isn't this an office

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Rockport School Committee Canceled Field Trip To Gordon College Because of Its Policy On Homosexuality

This past June, Rockport school officials planned a seventh-grade field trip to a rock gym and challenge course day camp at Gordon College, a Christian school of higher learning in Wenham. But the trip never happened.

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Charlie Baker Signs Climate Change Bill Despite ‘Deep Misgivings’ About Effects On Cost of Housing in Massachusetts

Governor Charlie Baker signed a climate change bill despite having "deep misgivings" about aspects of it, including a measure that will allow 10 municipalities in Massachusetts to ban the use of oil, natural gas, and coal in the construction of new buildings and major renovations of existing ones.

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Less Demand Fuels National Gas Price Drop To Below $4 Per Gallon

By Richie Malouf The Center Square

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One-Day-Only Pot Shop Worker In Dorchester Helped Armed Robbers Find The Goods, Prosecutors Say

A Roxbury woman who used a fake name to get work at a marijuana shop in Dorchester helped two armed men steal $27,000 in cash and drugs during her only day on the job, prosecutors say. The 27-year-old woman claimed that the two men held up the store Monday,

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Reparations? Anti-Racist Training? Amherst Officials Demanding Changes In Town’s Police Department Over Late-Night Interaction With Teen-Agers

A late-night interaction between police and teen-agers in Amherst over a noise complaint and a broken-down car has led some town officials to demand reparations for victims of police harassment. The town's Community Safety & Social Justice Committee has called for creating a victims compensation fund under the