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Special Interest Groups, Politicians Pushing For More Booze In Massachusetts

By Colin Young State House News Service

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Tim Scott Making Two Public Appearances In New Hampshire In October 2021

U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-South Carolina) plans to make a pair of appearances in the Granite State next month. The lone black Republican U.S. senator is scheduled to appear at a Concord Republican City Committee and Merrimack Republican Committee joint fund raiser on Saturday, October 9.

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Ed Markey Calls Abortion A Human Right

Is the right to life a human right? U.S. Senator Ed Markey (D-Malden) doesn't think so.

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Stephen Lynch Says He’d Still Vote To Ban Sex-Selective Abortion

U.S. Representative Stephen Lynch (D-South Boston) entered Congress 20 years ago as a pro-lifer. The last vote to restrict abortion he took came in 2012. He supported a ban on sex-selective abortion.

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Socialism Is Democracy, Columnist Says

Left-wingers should stop acting defensive when they are called socialists and should embrace the label, a columnist for a western Massachusetts newspaper said. "Let's stop romanticizing capitalism as an ideal. In its most extreme form, it works about as well as extreme patriarchy or white supremacy; in

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Afghan Refugees Likely Coming To Massachusetts

By Matt Murphy State House News Service

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Charlie Baker Says Leave Vaccine Mandates Up To Local School Districts

Should there be a coronavirus vaccine mandate for teachers and other employees in Massachusetts public schools? It's not a decision that Governor Charlie Baker wants to make.

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RFK Killer Recommended For Parole

The man who killed Robert F. Kennedy was recommended for parole this past Friday with the support of two of RFK's sons. Sirhan Sirhan, now 77 years old, shot and killed Robert F. Kennedy at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles on June 5, 1968. It came just