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Population Surge Points to ‘Significant’ District Changes in Massachusetts

By Colin Young State House News Service

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Maine’s Trump-Leaning Congressional District May Get A Little Less Conservative Because of Census Shift

Maine's Trump-supporting Second Congressional District in the central and northern parts of the state may become marginally more Democratic next year, because of a shift in population that will require a redrawing of district lines. About 23,000 people who currently live in what The Bangor Daily News

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Boston Firefighters Union Calls City’s Proposed Vaccine Mandate A Human Rights Violation

The Boston Teachers Union is all for it, but how about the Boston Firefighters Local 718? The firefighters union has a different opinion on coronavirus vaccine mandates from the teachers union — the firefighters union's president labeled them as a "violation of an individual's human rights&

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Sales Tax Holidays Taking Place In Massachusetts This Weekend

A lot of items won't have sales tax on them in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts this upcoming weekend. The sales tax holiday gives consumers an opportunity to save 6.25 percent on Saturday, August 14 and Sunday, August 15 on many items that ordinarily come with a sales

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White Population Declining In Massachusetts, U.S. Census Data Shows

The U.S. Census Bureau released data from its 2020 Census on Thursday — and it shows a substantial decline in the percentage of people who identify as non-Hispanic white in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. As of 2010, "white" described 76.1 percent of the state's residents.

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Most Massachusetts Residents Support Exemptions, Parental Rights On Coronavirus Vaccine, Poll Shows

Most Bay Staters eligible for the coronavirus vaccine are vaccinated, but they support people's right to not get the vaccine in many circumstances, a recent poll shows. Emerson College conducted a poll commissioned by the Coalition for Parental Choice called "Massachusetts Public Opinion Survey of Vaccination Attitudes.

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RMV Employee Fired Over Neglect In Case of Licensed Driver Who Crashed Into Seven Motorcyclists Running For Braintree Town Council Again

Thomas Bowes has experience working in government, and he wants one of his old posts back.  The former Braintree town councilor, who unsuccessfully ran for mayor in 2019 after being fired from the Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles amid a scandal, is running for a seat in Braintree's

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Massachusetts Lawmakers Need To Stop Ignoring Election Results When Conservatives Win

When the people speak, lawmakers ought to respect those decisions. Unfortunately, that doesn't always happen on Beacon Hill.