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Police Immunity Commission Too White, Says White Liberal Legislator

A white liberal state legislator is concerned about the racial makeup of a new state commission studying how much immunity from lawsuits Massachusetts police officers should have. "I do really want to note the composition of this commission. At least in the tiles that I'm seeing, this

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Massachusetts Would Suffer Under Joe Biden Capital Gains Tax Hikes, Tax Foundation Says

President Joe Biden wants to raise the capital gains tax — and opponents say it will not only cost the country jobs but revenue as well. Biden wants to raise the top federal tax rate on long-term capital gains and qualified dividends from 23.8 percent to 39.6 percent for

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Two Boston Mayoral Candidates Have Raised Over $1 Million This Cycle

How much money does it take to become the next mayor of Boston? One could raise more than $1 million and still lose?

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Massachusetts Wants Schools Operating 100 Percent In-Person By May 17

The stateof Elementary and Secondary Education says that school districts in Massachusetts should have all of their students back in the classroom for full-time in person learning by Monday, May 17, as CBS Boston reported earlier this week. So far, 146 school districts have kindergarten through 12th grade doing this

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Elizabeth Warren Praises Joe Biden’s Joint Address

U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Cambridge) was a fan of President Joe Biden's joint address to Congress on Wednesday night. Warren offered praise for her party's president via Twitter in response to the speech.

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Elizabeth Warren Supports Adding Conditions To Foreign Aid To Israel

The United States gives Israel $3.8 billion in foreign aid each year — and U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Cambridge) says that she supports it. However, Warren says that there should be conditions attached to Israel receiving that money. Among them:  she wants Israel to stop building settlements in the

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Wakefield Voters Say Keep Warrior Logo

A majority of voters in the town of Wakefield northwest of Boston want to keep Warrior as the logo of the town's high school. Wakefield voters chose to keep the logo by a margin of about 55 to 45 percent, with some ballots still left to count, according

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Left-Wing Candidates Win Milton School Committee Seats Amid Flap Over Race-and-Sexuality Survey of Students

Left-of-center candidates won two open seats on the Milton School Committee in a hotly contested race Tuesday. Elizabeth Carroll and Beverly Ross Denny, who ran as a tandem, each took about 28 percent of the vote, beating out Susannah Hegarty and Kristin Kociol.