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John Kerry Receives Presidential Medal of Freedom

John Kerry received a prestigious honor from the White House this week.  President Joe Biden announced 19 Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients on Friday, May 3, including Kerry.

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Massachusetts Family Institute Announces Leadership Changes

The Massachusetts Family Institute has announced a change in leadership. Ian Huyett, who had served as president of the organization since September 2023, has accepted a new role at Cornerstone, a conservative family values organization in New Hampshire, as its associate director.

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Guatemalan Illegal Immigrant Convicted of Manslaughter Set For Deportation

Federal immigration authorities arrested a Guatemalan illegal immigrant convicted of first-degree manslaughter in Connecticut. Enforcement and Removal Operations deportation officers arrested the 35-year-old man in Somers, a Connecticut town of about 2,200 on the Massachusetts border, about 12 miles southeast of Springfield, Massachusetts, after state officials released him after

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Maura Healey Says She Has No Plans To Raise Taxes This Year Despite Proposing Local-Option Municipal Tax Increases

Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey recently told business leaders that she doesn't support raising taxes — despite announcing a proposal earlier this year that would raise taxes in at least some places in the state. While giving a speech to the New England Council at the Boston Harbor Hotel on

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Massachusetts Lawmakers Have No Love For Ballot Questions, Particularly The One Calling For Audit of State Legislature

By Bruce Mohl CommonWealth Beacon A special committee of eight Massachusetts House and Senate lawmakers on Wednesday issued a series of reports on the state's pending ballot questions and in each case determined that the proposals ought not to be approved as new laws by the Legislature.

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Bernie Sanders Says Young People Aren’t Anti-Trump Enough

U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) worries that younger Americans are not anti-Trump enough. Sanders said that while he understands their frustrations with the failings of President Joe Biden, he still wants people to vote for Biden.

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Bay Staters Overwhelmingly Support Transparency Measures, Poll Shows

Massachusetts voters overwhelmingly support transparency measures, according to a recent Boston Globe/Suffolk University poll. The poll found that 76.8 percent of Bay Staters think that the Massachusetts state legislature, governor's office, and judiciary should allow public records requests, while just 18 percent opposed the idea. Massachusetts

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Dracut Selectman Candidate Pledges Food Bank Donations For Facebook Likes

A candidate for selectman in Dracut has made a campaign promise:  the more followers he gets on Facebook, the more he will donate to the Dracut Food Pantry. Dave Martin made the announcement via a press release this week.