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No Ranked-Choice Voting In Amherst This November
Will the town of Amherst use ranked-choice voting in its November election? No. While members of the town council support the idea, it's not on their agenda for this year.
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Race? Sexuality? ‘Equity’?No More Accelerated Math?Nothing To See Here In Milton, Move Along
This past April, NewBostonPost's Tom Joyce reported on a highly controversial 91-question survey of students at Milton's public high school and middle school that probed their feelings about race and human sexuality. Mr. Joyce's reporting included information about how high school students were essentially
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Maine To Implement Online Voter Registration
Soon enough, people will be able to register to vote online in Maine. The state's Democratic governor, Janet Mills, signed a bill that will create a "secure online portal" for people to use to register, as The Associated Press reports.
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Charlie Baker Will Pick Rachael Rollins’s Replacement As Suffolk County District Attorney
President Joe Biden's administration nominated Rachael Rollin, the left-leaning district attorney of Suffolk County, to serve U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts. The question now is: who will replace her, if the U.S. Senate confirms her?
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State Law Should Require Racial Minority On Massachusetts Victims Assistance Board, Bill Supporters Say
A state board designed to help victims and witnesses of crimes needs a member chosen partly on the basis of race, supporters of a bill before the Massachusetts Legislature say. The measure calls for adding a member from what it calls an "underserved community," which refers to "
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At Least Four Massachusetts Public School Districts Recommend Children’s Book Comparing ‘Whiteness’ To The Devil
Is whiteness the Devil? There is a children's book that makes that reference, and several Massachusetts public school districts want elementary schoolers to read it.
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Boston Democrat Russell Holmes Explains His Opposition To Sports Gambling Bill
Every Republican voted in favor of it, and all but three Democrats voted for it, as well. There was bipartisan support for the bill to legalize betting on professional and college sports (H.3993) in the Massachusetts House of Representatives last week. It passed 156-3. Although many social conservatives oppose
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Vermont Public Colleges Mandate Coronavirus Vaccine For This Fall
If you want to go to a state college in Vermont this fall, then being vaccinated is a must — with few exceptions. Castleton University, Northern Vermont University, and Vermont Technical College will require students to be fully-vaccinated against coronavirus to attend school there, as NBC 5 reports.
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