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A Third of U.S. Small Businesses Can’t Pay Rent Because of Inflation
By Casey Harper The Center Square
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Ayanna Pressley Tells People Help Fund Abortions
U.S. Representative Ayanna Pressley (D-Hyde Park) wants her Twitter followers to help pay for abortions. The representative told her followers to donate to various abortion funds; abortion funds are organizations that help women pay for an abortion if they don't have health insurance that covers abortion.
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Mitt Romney Calls Joe Biden ‘A Geniunely Good Man’
Do you like Joe Biden? On a personal level, U.S. Senator Mitt Romney (R-Utah) does; he likes Biden better than he likes former president Donald Trump.
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Ayanna Pressley Wants To Expand U.S. Supreme Court
It's not just U.S. Senator Ed Markey (D-Malden) who wants to expand the federal Supreme Court to make abortion legal nationwide. U.S. Representative Ayanna Pressley (D-Hyde Park) recently tweeted in support of the idea.
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Construction Organization Endorses Paul LePage for Governor of Maine
Paul LePage received an endorsement in the race for governor in Maine recently. The Republican, who served as the state's governor from 2011 to 2019, got the endorsement of the Maine Associated Builders and Contractors — a construction industry association.
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Gun Licenses Now Harder To Turn Down In Massachusetts After U.S. Supreme Court Ruling, State Officials Say
Massachusetts police chiefs can no longer deny a firearms license because an applicant lacks what a chief considers a good reason to have it, state officials say. While gun owners still need a license, less is left up to the discretion of license-issuing authorities in the wake of a recent
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Six Reasons Why Massachusetts Should Legalize Fireworks
Fireworks have been illegal in Massachusetts since 1943. Along with bonfires, they were outlawed during World War II to keep the night sky dark, making the prospect of German airplanes bombing American cities during the war more difficult. That never happened, but the ban has stayed in place ever since.
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Amherst Moves Forward With Reparations
A push by reparations activists in Amherst to start a public fund for black people has been greenlit by the town council. The money is scheduled to come annually, roughly matching Amherst's current local marijuana tax revenue, which is about $205,000. The council set a ceiling at
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