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Two Democrats Will Run For Massachusetts Attorney General — On One Condition

Will Massachusetts attorney general Maura Healey run for another term in her current spot or make a run for governor? She hasn't announced that decision yet. However, there are two people who want to run for attorney general with one caveat:  they'll only run if Healey

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Legal Brief Challenges Biden Vaccine and Mask Mandate; Massachusetts Family Institute A Signer

The Massachusetts Family Institute is one of 30 right-of-center pro-family state organizations that signed a friend-of-the-court brief encouraging the U.S. Supreme Court to quash President Joe Biden's coronavirus vaccine mandate. "My office has been flooded with calls from people seeking help in requesting religious exemptions to

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Charlie Baker Names Democrat To Replace Rachael Rollins As Suffolk County District Attorney

Massachusetts will soon have a new district attorney in Suffolk County. Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker gets to fill a vacancy shortly, but his isn't going with a fellow Republican.

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Michelle Wu Wants Possibility of Remote Learning Left Open

Boston mayor Michelle Wu thinks school districts should have the opportunity to return to remote learning if they wish. The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education hasn't allowed remote learning this school year; Wu wants that to change due to the coronavirus pandemic.

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Former Bernie Sanders Campaign Manager Predicts Biden Will Be Primaried

Jeff Weaver served as the campaign manager for U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) in both his 2016 and 2020 presidential campaigns. He thinks President Joe Biden won't be the only Democrat to seek the party's nomination in 2024.

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Non-Binary Student Population Almost Triples In Two Years In Massachusetts Public Schools

It's becoming more common for students to be identify as non-binary in Massachusetts public schools. The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education's public school enrollment data used to break down gender into two categories: male and female. However, since the start of the 2019-2020 school

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Jake Auchincloss Says America Is In ‘The Middle Of A Constitutional Crisis’

U.S. Representative Jake Auchincloss (D-Newton) was in a good mood onthe morning on January 6, 2021. His party picked up a pair of U.S. Senate seats in runoff elections in Georgia the day before. However, it's memorable for Auchincloss now for a different reason:  the Capitol

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Charlie Baker Rips Trump For Last Year’s January 6 Capitol Hill Riot

Massachusetts governor Charlie Baker is no fan of former president Donald Trump — and reiterated that on Thursday this week. On Thursday, January 6, 2022, the one-year anniversary of the January 6, 2021 Capitol Hill riot, Baker issued a statement praising law enforcement's actions on that day — and condemning