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A high-profile U.S. Supreme Court decision concerning religious freedom and health insurance today has a Massachusetts connection. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 7-2 on Wednesday that a Roman Catholic religious congregation called the Little Sisters of the Poor does not have to provide health insurance coverage for artificial
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New Boston Post is celebrating five years of publishing this month. The online newspaper, which covers Massachusetts from a conservative point of view, published its first articles on July 3, 2015.
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A statue of the first Republican President of the United States is expected to be removed from Park Square in Boston after a vote from the city's Art Commission — but some are trying to rally support for keeping it. Late last month, the Boston Art Commission voted 8-0
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Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker's administration announced on Wednesday that there will be eight free coronavirus testing sites in the state from July 10 to August 14 in hopes of mitigating the spread of the virus. The "Stop the Spread" initiative will have locations in Chelsea, Everett,
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U.S. Senator Susan Collins of Maine does not appear likely to endorse President Donald Trump's re-election campaign. Collins, a moderate Republican from a state Trump lost in 2016, did not endorse the president last time around. This time? Nothing has changed.
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One progressive group will take a large amount of money and use it to attack U.S. Representative Richard Neal (D-Springfield). A group called Fight Corporate Monopolies plans to spend $300,000 to give people in Neal's First Congressional District (which covers all of western Massachusetts) the impression
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Supporters of a proposed abortion expansion bill known as the ROE Act gathered via a Zoom call on Tuesday afternoon to stump for the measure, which has stalled in the Massachusetts Legislature since being filed in January 2019. Four elected officials spoke. Only two were state legislators.
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Polyamory is now officially recognized in Somerville, Massachusetts. But what about neighboring Cambridge, one of the other most progressive cities in the country? Somerville's city council voted 11-0 on June 25 to approve an ordinance that would allow polyamorous relationships of three or more people that live together
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