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Seth Moulton Backs Nancy Pelosi For House Speaker, Which He Didn’t Two Years Ago

Congressman Seth Moulton didn't want Nancy Pelosi as Speaker of the House two years ago. Now, he has changed his mind. The Salem Democrat who represents the Sixth Congressional District of Massachusetts was among those seeking a different person for the role in 2018. This time around, he

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Abortion Expansion Bill Likely To Get Massachusetts House Vote This Week

Massachusetts House Speaker Robert DeLeo is green-lighting an amendment to the state budget bill that would expand late-term abortions and either lower the age requiring parental consent for abortion or eliminate it altogether. Current language in the bill is murky on whether a doctor who performs an abortion would still

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Don’t Expect Elizabeth Warren In A Joe Biden Administration, Political Scientists Say

It appears as though U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren wants to be a part of a Joe Biden administration. The Massachusetts Democrat previously indicated that she would accept the vice-presidential nomination if selected, and late last month a Politico report said that Warren wanted to be named Secretary of the

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Is New Hampshire Still A Swing State? Political Scientists Weigh In

For the second straight election, President Donald Trump didn't win New Hampshire. Trump lost the state by fewer than 3,000 votes in 2016, in part because nearly 4,500 people wrote in Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders. This time around, however, Trump received 45.6 percent of the

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Incoming Democratic State Senator in Western Massachusetts Appears To Walk Back Commitment To Single-Payer Health Care

Is Democratic state senator-elect Adam Gomez going to work to bring single-payer health care to Massachusetts? He voiced concerns about that idea during an appearance on state Senator Eric Lesser's (D-Longmeadow) Lunchtime Livestream on Friday afternoon. The hesitation came despite Gomez's running as a supporter of

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Provincetown Is Biden’s Top Massachusetts Town This Year … So Far

Do you think Cambridge was the most pro-Joe Biden municipality in Massachusetts? That's close, but think again. Cambridge was number two on that list with the Democratic nominee receiving 92 percent of the vote in the November general election. However, there is a town farther east where Biden

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Boston Celtics 2020-2021 Season May Start Next Month — Likely Without Social Justice Messages

When will the next Boston Celtics season start? Next month, it appears. The National Basketball Association will start its 2020-2021 season most likely on December 22, as CNN reports.

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Environmental Group Calls Ed Markey Win ‘Cinderella Story’

An environmental group that supported U.S. Senator Ed Markey's re-election this week "the final chapter" in the 44-year member of Congress's "Cinderella story." Environment Massachusetts noted in a written statement that Markey was an early underdog in his primary race against