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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

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Boston Mayor-Elect Michelle Wu Still Supports Removing Police From Schools Despite Attack

Should Boston Public Schools have police officers in them? Michelle Wu, the city's mayor-elect, says no.

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Former Red Sox Manager Bobby Valentine Loses Tight Mayoral Race

Former Boston Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine won't be the next mayor of Stamford, Connecticut. The independent lost a tight mayoral race to a Democratic incumbent. Valentine got 14,060 votes (47.5 percent). Meanwhile, the Democrat in the race, Caroline Simmons, got 15,565 votes (52.5

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Mass General Brigham Can Fire More Than 2,000 Workers For Refusing Coronavirus Vaccine, Judge Says

More than 2,000 people employed by Mass General Brigham might not have a job as of Friday. That's because a federal judge has denied a preliminary injunction in a case challenging the Mass General Brigham coronavirus vaccine mandate's medical and religious exemptions.