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Wellesley Public Schools Held Non-Whites-Only ‘Healing Space’ Over Zoom Following Atlanta Mass Shooting

Did the Wellesley Public School system break the law when school officials excluded whites from an online event in March? A group called Parents Defending Education thinks so, and the organization has filed a federal civil rights complaint with the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil

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Ed Markey, Lori Trahan Say No To Instagram For Pre-Teens

Facebook wants to start a version of Instagram designed specifically for children, and a pair of Massachusetts lawmakers are among a group of Congressmen who don't like the idea. Facebook, which owns Instagram, has plans to create a version of the photo-sharing app that children under 13 can

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Advocates, Democratic Politicians Want Massachusetts Earned Income Tax Credit For Illegal Immigrants

Picture this: an earned income tax credit for illegal immigrants. That is what one coalition, including the Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center and the Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Center, are pushing for on Beacon Hill, as State House News Service reports.

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Jesse Brown Will Run For Congress In Massachusetts Ninth Congressional District South of Boston

Barring any major redistricting, Plymouth resident and U.S. Marine veteran Jesse Brown will run for Congress in the Massachusetts Ninth Congressional District. The Republican announced in a video on Monday that he plans to run against U.S. Representative Bill Keating (D-Bourne).

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National GOP Wants Chris Sununu To Run For U.S. Senate in New Hampshire

The Republican Party wants Chris Sununu in the U.S. Senate. The governor of New Hampshire has faced increased pressure from members of his party to run for U.S. Senate to help the party take back the chamber. Democrats currently have a 50-50 majority where vice president Kamala Harris

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Massachusetts Senate Plan on Film Tax Credit Met with Bipartisan Opposition

By Chris Lisinski State House News Service

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Massachusetts Congressional Delegation Silent As Squad Members Call Israel An Apartheid State

What's the difference between Israel and South Africa 40 years ago? If you ask some Democratic members of Congress, there's not much difference at all — and none of the 11 members of the Massachusetts Congressional delegation have so far had anything to say about their comments

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Tickets To Tom Brady’s Gillette Stadium Return Going For Well Over $1,000 Apiece

Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are going to make a trip to New England this year. They are set to play the New England Patriots in Foxborough on October 3 this upcoming season, and tickets are expensive, as ESPN's Adam Schefter points out. He noted that