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U.S. Supreme Court Says City of Boston Violated First Amendment By Not Flying Christian Flag Outside City Hall

Boston violated a Christian group's First Amendment rights by refusing to fly a flag with a cross on it while holding events at city hall, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Monday. The court ruled 9-0 that the rejection of Camp Constitution's request to fly

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Deadly Bird Flu Sweeps States, Straining Farmers And Raising Prices

Stateline, an initiative of The Pew Charitable Trusts. By Aallyah Wright Over the past three months, a highly contagious strain of bird flu has spread rapidly across the United States, infecting and killing millions of chickens, turkeys, and wild birds.

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Charlie Baker Rated The Most Popular Governor In America

Who is the most popular governor in the United States? If you guessed Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker, you would be correct.

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Massachusetts Approval Numbers Spell Trouble For Joe Biden, Pollster Says

President Joe Biden isn't particularly popular in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Biden has a 46 percent approval rating in the state, according to a poll released by Suffolk University over the weekend. Conversely, 46 percent of the state disapproves of the current president.

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Massachusetts House Budget Would Provide $500,000 To Private Abortion Funds

If the Massachusetts House budget passes, it will mean that taxpayers will be on the hook for more abortions. Since a Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruling in 1981, public funding in Massachusetts has paid the full cost of abortion for women whose incomes are low enough to qualify for Medicaid;

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Socialist Candidate Makes Ballot In Massachusetts Seventh Plymouth State Representative Race

A socialist from Whitman has made the ballot in the Massachusetts House of Representatives election in the Seventh Plymouth District. Brandon Griffin, a member of the Workers Party of Massachusetts, has made the ballot in his race against incumbent state Representative Alyson Sullivan (R-Abington), his party announced on social media

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Elizabeth Warren Calls For Regulation Of Speech On Twitter

U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Cambridge) isn't happy that Elon Musk is buying Twitter. Warren told MSNBC that Musk's support of free speech on the platform — including speech he doesn't like — is why the government needs to restrict speech on social media.

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Susan Collins Wants Donald Trump To Get His Twitter Back

Should President Donald Trump get his Twitter account back now that Tesla chief executive officer Elon Musk is buying the web site? U.S. Senator Susan Collins (R-Maine), who is not a fan of the former president, says yes.