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Karen Read Trial, Proctor Keep Focus On State Police
By Sam Doran State House News Service
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Students Will Go, But Migrants Will Stay As Eastern Nazarene College Shuts Down
A private Christian college in Quincy, Massachusetts is shutting its doors to students, but not to migrants. The Board of Trustees of Eastern Nazarene College announced last week that it voted unanimously to start the process of closing the school and transitioning it into a "new educational enterprise"
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Massachusetts Blueberry Season Fast Approaching
It's almost blueberry-picking season in Massachusetts. The state, home to over 80 pick-your-own blueberry farms, is approaching the short window of the year when the local crop is ready to eat, according to Mass.gov.
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Massachusetts State Fire Marshal Delivers Anti-Fireworks Message
Massachusetts is the only state where no form of consumer fireworks is legal — and the state is doubling down on this fact. As Bay Staters purchase fireworks from each of the surrounding five states, plus Maine, State Fire Marshal Jon Davine has a familiar message for the state's
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Ed Markey Pushing For Transgender Bill of Rights; Most Massachusetts Members of Congress Backing The Proposal
Most members of Congress from Massachusetts are backing something called the Transgender Bill of Rights. The bill (S.Res.144), introduced in the U.S. Senate by Ed Markey (D-Malden), would have a broad range of effects, including expanding transgender rights, legalizing elective abortion nationwide, and banning conversion therapy.
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Seth Moulton Says Student Loan Debt Forgiveness Is A Terrible Priority
U.S. Representative Seth Moulton (D-Salem) supports President Joe Biden's 2024 re-election bid, but he fears the Democratic Party's policies are alienating the middle class. Moulton said one of the biggest mistakes he thinks Biden is making is his pursuit of student loan debt forgiveness. Moulton
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Latest Steward Twist: Deal With Optum Is Off
By Colin A. Young State House News Service
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Guatemalan Child Rapist Illegal Immigrant Charged With Unlawful Re-Entry Into United States
A Guatemalan illegal immigrant who is also a child rapist pleaded guilty in federal court in Boston last week to unlawful re-entry into the United States. Wilson Hernandez-Bautista, 34, pled guilty to one count of unlawful re-entry of a deported alien, according to a press release from the U.S.
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