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Stateline, an initiative of The Pew Charitable Trusts. By Elaine Povich Nearly half the states are joining forces with the Federal Communications Commission to boost the law enforcement fight against scam robocalls.
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By Katie Lannan State House News Service
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Former U.S. Senator Scott Brown (R-Wrentham) isn't done with politics just yet. Brown, 62, says that he sees himself running for public office again — but not right now.
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President Joe Biden doesn't support student loan debt cancellation, and neither does House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. However, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Cambridge) does, and she continues pushing for it to happen.
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If Massachusetts attorney general Maura Healey is the next governor of the Commonwealth, physician-assisted suicide could become legal. The Democrat, who had never weighed in on the issue until this week, came out in favor of it in an interview with GBH Radio.
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Disney decided to get involved with an education issue in politics — and it made a big mistake. Disney came out against the so-called "Don't Say Gay" bill that was passed in Florida — a term used largely by people who didn't read the bill. It&
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U.S. Senator Susan Collins (R-Maine) wants to see Ketanji Brown Jackson on the U.S. Supreme Court. The Republican senator says that she will vote to confirm Jackson, making her the first Republican to make that commitment.
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Stateline, an initiative of The Pew Charitable Trusts. By Jenni Bergal Lawmakers in a handful of states are crafting policies to protect a workforce that they say has been exploited by poverty wages, restrictive contracts, and onerous federal labor laws: minor league baseball players.
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