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‘Choose Life’ License Plates Organization Affiliating With Massachusetts Citizens for Life

The organization that sponsors pro-life license plates in Massachusetts is affiliating with Massachusetts Citizens for Life. Choose Life Massachusetts has made "Choose Life" license plates an option in the state since 2010, as NewBostonPost has reported.

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Merit-Based Admissions To Vocational Schools Discriminate Against Racial Minorities, Disabled, Immigrants, and Poor Kids, Massachusetts State Legislators Say

Using grades, attendance, disciplinary record, and interviews to evaluate eighth-graders applying to selective regional vocational high schools discriminates against "students of color," "students with a disability," "English language learners," and "economically disadvantaged students," members of the Gateway Cities Legislative Caucus say. Instead,

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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.