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Kamala Harris Expected To Make New Hampshire Appearance On Friday, April 23

Vice President Kamala Harris plans to be in New Hampshire on Friday this week. Harris will make at least one stop, possibly more, in the Laconia-Plymouth area, as WMUR reports. It would be the first visit to New Hampshire for Harris since September 2019 when she was running for president.

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Ed Markey Says Republicans Stole Two Supreme Court Seats

Is the Republican Party guilty of theft? According to the mind of U.S. Senator Ed Markey, that is the case. He claims that Republicans stole two Supreme Court justices and therefore, the Democratic Party must add four more in response.

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No Reenactments at Lexington and Concord This Year

For the second year in a row, there will be no in-person reenactments of the skirmishes that began the American Revolution at Lexington and Concord. The coronavirus emergency has led reenactors to cancel in-person events, which usually occur on third Monday of the month, which is a state holiday known

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Homosexuality-Affirming Boston Pride Ridding Itself of ‘Individual, Interpersonal, Institutional and Structural Racism’

An organization that runs Boston's annual homosexuality-affirming parade has announced the appointment of seven members to a new committee designed to rid the organization of racism. "Boston Pride is dismantling the systemic oppression and individual, interpersonal, institutional, and structural racism within its own organization," Boston Pride

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Give Puerto Ricans The Say On Whether To Become 51st State, Ayanna Pressley Says

Puerto Ricans should be able to decide whether to join the union as a state, said U.S. Representative Ayanna Pressley (D-Dorchester). Article IV, Section 3 of the United States Constitution states:  "New States may be admitted by the Congress into this Union …"

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New Hampshire Mask Mandate Expires Friday, April 16

Don't want to wear a mask when you're out in public? If you go to New Hampshire any time soon, you will be in luck.

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Ed Markey Wants 13 U.S. Supreme Court Justices

U.S. Senator Ed Markey (D-Malden) wants to expand the federal Supreme Court by adding four more people to it. Markey is among a group of Democrats who introduced a bill (Judiciary Act of 2021) in Congress to try to expand the court from nine people to 13, as Fox

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Rent Control Popular In Boston Again

Rent-controlled apartments are no longer a thing in Massachusetts, but the people of Boston overwhelmingly support the idea, according to a new poll. Nearly three-quarters of Bostonians said they would support rent control, according to a poll released by WBUR earlier this week.