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State Senator Marc Pacheco Explains Why He Won’t Run For Auditor

By Michael P. Norton State House News Service

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Boston Red Sox To Face Houston Astros In American League Championship Series

The season continues for the Boston Red Sox. The Red Sox will face the Houston Astros in the American League Championship Series, which starts this weekend. The Red Sox beat the Tampa Bay Rays in the American League Division Series in four games on Monday to advance to this round.

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Coronavirus Vaccine Mandate Polls Well In Massachusetts

Vaccine mandates poll well in Massachusetts. That was made clear by research published last week by the COVID-19 Consortium for Understanding the Public's Policy Preferences Across States. It found that 75 percent of adults in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts support a universal vaccine mandate against coronavirus.

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Geoff Diehl To Baker Administration: End The Vaccine Mandate

Massachusetts Republican gubernatorial candidate and former state representative Geoff Diehl (R-Whitman) has a message for incumbent Republican governor Charlie Baker:  end the vaccine mandate. The Baker administration issued a coronavirus vaccine mandate for all executive branch employees  on August 19; it gave these employees until Sunday, October 17 to be

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Pittsfield Democratic State Senator To Run For Lieutenant Governor

By Michael P. Norton State House News Service

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Joe Biden Coming to Connecticut

The President of the United States plans to be in New England on Friday, October 15. Although the White House is not giving away much detail on the matter, President Joe Biden is scheduled to be in the state for a couple of reasons. He is supposed to come to

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Michelle Wu Dominates First Boston Mayoral Poll

The first Boston mayoral election poll is out — and it's not good for at-large city councilor Annissa Essaibi George. She trails fellow at-large city councilor Michelle Wu 57 percent to 25 percent in the poll released by WBUR on Wednesday. That's a 32-point lead for Wu,

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Hopkinton Eligible To End Its High School Mask Mandate; But Will It?

Will any public high school in Massachusetts lift its mask mandate anytime soon?  Hopkinton Public Schools can make that decision for the town's high school.