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Former U.S. Senator Scott Brown appears as though he wants to re-enter the political sphere — in New Hampshire. Brown, who served as a U.S. senator from Massachusetts from 2010 to 2013, resigned from his post as dean and president of New England Law School in Boston. It was
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A pair of bills on Beacon Hill aim to outlaw sex dolls that look like children, something used by pedophiles in many states around the country. Proposals in the Massachusetts House of Representatives (H.3789) and Massachusetts Senate (SD.2716) (filed by state Representative Alyson Sullivan (R-Abington) and state Senator
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Yes, New Hampshire has earthquakes. There was a minor earthquake in the state on Wednesday, August 11. During the morning, there was a reported earthquake centered in Canterbury, north of Concord, which is the state capital.
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The city of Salem, Massachusetts will have an indoor mask mandate for businesses — but it won't start for another couple of weeks. The Salem Board of Health voted 5-0 on Tuesday, August 10 to create the mask mandate.
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts exempts food from sales tax. While prepared meals in restaurants have a 6.25 percent meals tax and many communities tack on an additional 0.75 percent local option tax, shoppers don't pay sales tax on the food they buy during a typical trip
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By Sam Doran State House News Service
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U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Cambridge) wants President Joe Biden to cancel student loan debt — and is continuing to push him on the matter. Warren tweeted in support of cancelling student loan debt on Monday, August 9.
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The city of Taunton will spend money on an election next month that will knock just one candidate off the November 2021 citywide election ballot. Shaunna O'Connell, the current mayor and a Republican, is running unopposed for re-election, while 19 candidates are running for nine seats on the
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