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Sheltering Foreign Migrants Costing Massachusetts $900 Million-Plus A Year

Providing emergency shelters and other services for migrants coming into the country without a place to stay will cost the Massachusetts state government more than $900 million this fiscal year and a similar amount next fiscal year, state officials said. The state was housing 3,516 families who entered the

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North Shore Judge Picked Public School For Child Over Religious School As Default In Parents’ Dispute

A Massachusetts judge chose a public school for a child as a default over a religious school in a dispute between the child's estranged parents. That decision bothered at least two of the three members of the Massachusetts Appeals Court panel who heard the case Tuesday, who noted

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Endowments, Tax Advantages, and Grants Are Fair Game If Colleges ‘Discriminate Against Conservatives, Christians, Jews’ and ‘Attack Free Speech,’ Trump Says

Former President Donald Trump says if he's elected in 2024 he'll go after the endowments, tax advantages, and grants of colleges and universities if they discriminate against certain segments of society or undermine free speech on their campuses. Trump said certain well-known universities – he called out

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Abortion Supporters In New Hampshire Call For State Constitutional Amendment Allowing Abortions After 24 Weeks Into Pregnancy If Doctor Gives O.K.

Abortion is legal in New Hampshire through 24 weeks of pregnancy, but some abortion supporters are calling for an amendment to the state constitution that would make it legal up until birth if a doctor deems it necessary. The proposed amendment (New Hampshire Constitutional Amendment Concurrent Resolution 23) declares "

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Unitarian Society In Northampton Says Building Is Now Fossil-Fuel-Free

A 10-year effort to remove fossil-fuel sources of heat has ended at the building of the Unitarian Society of Northampton and Florence with the installation of heat pumps, a society member said. Five gas-burning furnaces in the basement, a commercial gas range in the kitchen, and a gas water heater

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Somerville Police Undergo Eight-Hour Training In Implicit Bias, Cultural Competency, and Hate Crimes Concerning Homosexual and Transgender People

Somerville police have gone through training on how to deal with homosexual and transgender people for the past three years, a police official said. "In 2021, we had training on unconscious or implicit bias. In 2022, we had training on cultural competency. In 2023, we focused on hate crimes.

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Ban Taking Books Out of Public Library Collections Aimed At Children Over Sexuality, Gender Identity, Ayana Pressley Says

U.S. Representative Ayanna Pressley (D-Hyde Park) has filed a bill designed to ban public libraries and school libraries from excluding from their collection "books written or illustrated by an individual who is a member of an underrepresented community." "Underrepresented community" includes racial minorities, homosexuals, people

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Massachusetts Attorney General Opposes Arkansas Law Banning Gender Transitioning For Minors

Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell has signed onto a friend-of-the-court brief urging a federal appeals court to quash a state statute in Arkansas that allows minors to sue doctors for providing gender-transitioning surgery or hormone blockers. Arkansas Senate Bill 199 ("An Act Concerning Medical Malpractice and Gender Transition In