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Massachusetts Unemployment Rate Ticks Upward
By Chris Lisinski State House News Service
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Nearly 3,000 Parents Opt Out of New Graphic Sex Ed Curriculum Implemented By Worcester Public Schools
Nearly 3,000 parents have opted out the new sex education curriculum in the Worcester Public Schools, the superintendent told a local newspaper. The city's school committee voted 5-2 last May to implement a curriculum called Rights, Respect, Responsibility, a sex education program produced by Advocates for Youth.
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Boston Red Sox On The Brink Of Elimination
The Boston Red Sox need two more wins to make it to the World Series, but the Houston Astros only need one more. The Red Sox had their second straight lopsided loss against the Astros on Wednesday evening, dropping the bout 9-1. The Red Sox got just three hits in
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Planned Parenthood Endorses Maggie Hassan’s Re-Election Bid
The race for U.S. Senate in New Hampshire may end up having two people who support legal abortion running against each other next year, but the Planned Parenthood Action Fund is not wasting anytime backing the Democratic incumbent, according to WMUR. The organization will back U.S. Senator Maggie
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Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office Keeps Delaying Decision On Polyamory Legalization
Is it legal for Adam, Eve, and Steve to be a throuple in Massachusetts? Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey's office will decide whether or not towns can recognize polyamorous relationships — eventually.
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Socialist Party Plans To Run Several State Legislature Candidates In Massachusetts Next Year
There will likely be socialists on the statewide ballot next year in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts — and not just in the Democratic Party. While a few Democrats in the state legislature identify as democratic socialists — including state representatives Michael Connolly (D-Cambridge), Erika Uyterhoeven (D-Somerville), and Nika Elugardo (D-Jamaica Plain), a
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Ted Cruz Wants To Process Illegal Immigrants In Nantucket
U.S. SenatorTed Cruz (R-Texas) doesn't want Texas to be the only state to deal with the influx of illegal immigrants at the border. He proposed the Stop the SURGE Act, or the Stop the Surge of Unsafe Rio Grande Encampments Act. The purpose is to relocate illegal
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Charlie Baker Trailing Geoff Diehl In Hypothetical Republican Primary, Poll Shows
Many Republicans in Massachusetts don't like Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker, according to a Public Policy Polling survey shared with Politico on Wednesday morning. It showed that 54 percent of likely 2022 Massachusetts Republican primary voters have an unfavorable opinion of the state's incumbent governor Charlie Baker;
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