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At least one member of the Vermont state legislature is proud to be a member of his race. Republican state representative Brian Smith recently told a crowd of people at an event where he discussed his opposition to Critical Race Theory that he is proud of being white.
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Will U.S. Senator Mitt Romney (R-Utah) have an easy path to re-election in 2024? That's unclear.
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Workers at a marijuana dispensary in Somerset are planning to form a union, saying they "have dedicated countless hours of our time and resources to expand and develop our knowledge" of the product in order to help customers. Twelve of the 17 workers at Solar Therapeutics in Somerset
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School districts all over Massachusetts are reflexively reinstating mask mandates for K-12 students and staff as the new school year draws near. Worcester, the second-largest school district in Massachusetts, is mandating masks for all staff and students, vaccinated or not, following the path paved by Boston Public Schools. The city&
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The state's education commissioner is seeking authorization to require all students and staff at public schools in Massachusetts to wear masks indoors at least through October 1. The announcement on Friday, August 20 is an about-face for the administration of Governor Charlie Baker, who has repeatedly in recent
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Bloomsbury Publishing Company is developing a series of books that presents research studies about re-inventing teacher education. Everybody know that teachers need better training than they're getting now. But for some reason many people don't seem to know what sort of training that should be. Most
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A high-ranking GOP member of the Massachusetts Legislature will soon step down, creating an open seat in a left-leaning district — and one that Massachusetts Democratic Party chairman Gus Bickford thinks his party will flip. State Representative Brad Hill (R-Ipswich) will step down from his post as Assistant Minority Leader of
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If you are a executive branch state employee in Massachusetts, you have to get vaccinated against coronavirus or possibly lose your job. That's the order that came from Governor Charlie Baker on Thursday, August 19.
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