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Gas Prices Reach $4 Per Gallon At Many Massachusetts Gas Stations

At some Massachusetts gas stations, it's 2008 all over again. The average price of a gallon of regular gasoline in the Commonwealth is $3.391 and climbing upward, according to AAA. However, there are parts of the state where the cost exceeds $4 per gallon — sometimes well over

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Michelle Wu’s Campaign Manager Hung ‘Black Lives Matter’ Poster In Her Classroom

The woman who ran Michelle Wu's successful campaign for mayor of Boston hung a Black Lives Matter poster in her classroom when she taught at a public school in Louisiana. A profile of Mary Lou Akai-Ferguson published in The Boston Globe on Sunday, November 7 includes the following

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Several Massachusetts Cities Elected Socialists Last Week

It wasn't a bad week to be a socialist in Massachusetts last week. That's because political candidates who identified as socialists enjoyed some electoral success in some of the more left-wing cities in the state.

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Massachusetts Looking At Ways To Make Gender Transitioning On Taxpayers’ Dime Easier

What should the Massachusetts government do to promote transgenderism? It's a question that the state's Division of Insurance has been looking at over the past several months; state officials are looking at adding more mandates for insurance companies for what they have to cover to ease

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Elizabeth Warren Says No To Raising Regressive State and Local Tax Deduction For Income Taxes

Many Democrats in Congress want to lift or raise the cap on the State and Local Tax Deduction — but not U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Cambridge). As a result of the federal Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, an individual can only deduct $10,000 of state income tax

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Chris Sununu May Announce Whether Or Not He’ll Run For U.S. Senate This Week

Will New Hampshire governor Chris Sununu run for U.S. Senate next year? He'll make the announcement soon.

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Massachusetts Can ‘Punch Above Our Weight’ When It Comes To Climate Change, Baker Administration Official Says

Wind turbines in the ocean and state grants for infrastructure improvements in local communities are among the policies a Baker administration official plans to discuss next week during a climate change conference in Glasgow, Scotland. "This is the kind of opportunity where solutions that have worked in Massachusetts can

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State Representative Spends Thousands Per Year In Campaign Funds At Bars, Campaign Finance Data Shows

If you donate to state Representative Mark Cusack (D-Braintree), you may be buying him a beer — or a drink of some sort. Cusack's campaign finance reports filed with the Massachusetts Office of Campaign and Political Finance show that he frequents bars and restaurants that serve alcohol with campaign