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Rhode Island House Goes All-Nine-Months On Abortion
The Rhode Island House of Representatives has approved a bill that would effectively legalize abortion up to the moment of birth. Rhode…
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Ayanna Pressley Serious About Lowering Voting Age To 16, But U.S. House Isn’t, For Now
The U.S. House of Representatives has rejected a measure proposed by U.S. Representative Ayanna Pressley (D-Dorchester) to lower the…
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Vermont Eyeing Ranked-Choice Voting, But Response Tepid So Far
A bill that would bring ranked-choice voting to most elections in Vermont has only six co-sponsors in the 150-member…
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Mayor Vetoes Plan To Let Store Owners Clear Homeless From Sidewalks in Front of Their Businesses
The mayor of Manchester, New Hampshire has vetoed a proposed ordinance that would allow store owners to control the area of sidewalk…
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Trump Administration Can’t Yank Federal Money From Planned Parenthood, Massachusetts Attorney General Claims in Lawsuit
Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey is one of 20 Democratic state attorneys general filing a lawsuit in federal court challenging the Trump…
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Feds Offer No Answers on Why Man Got Deceased Father’s Social Security Payments for 17 Years
Federal officials haven't said why it took them 17 years to realize that a central Massachusetts man was keeping Social…
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Alex Trebek Has Pancreatic Cancer
Longtime Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek is asking for prayers while disclosing he has Stage 4 pancreatic cancer. Trebek, 78, says he plans…
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Freedom, Safety, Suicide, and Life: Conversion Therapy Ban Draws Intense Testimony on Beacon Hill
An exchange between two men who have felt same-sex attraction but have sharply different takes on it highlighted nearly three hours…
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Dying Man’s Wish: Contact With President Trump; President Trump Calls Him
Jay Barrett of West Haven, Connecticut is in the end stages of cystic fibrosis, but he had something he wanted to do…
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Cape Cod Police Honor Fallen Officer; Surviving Dog To Lead St. Patrick’s Day Parade
The Yarmouth Police Department police honored fallen Sergeant Sean Gannon with several posthumous awards on Friday. Gannon, 32, was shot and killed…
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Transgender First-Place Finisher of Connecticut Girls Track Event Would Have Finished 120th Among Boys
A biological male who identifies as a female ran the fastest time in the 55-meter dash among competitors defined as girls…
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Only Five Massachusetts Members of Congress Backing Elizabeth Warren for President – If You Count Liz
Five of the 11 members of Congress from Massachusetts have endorsed U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Cambridge) for president – meaning most…
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Maine Won’t Ban Rubber Lures – This Year
A Maine legislative committee has postponed for a year a bill that would require lures to be biodegradable. The proposal would ban…
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John Henry To Boston Globe Union: Take Deal Or Else
John Henry is playing hardball with The Boston Globe's major union, offering a small wage increase and 401(k) retirement…
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Herring Quota Slashed, Lobstermen Scrambling To Find Other Bait Fish for Traps
Herring fishermen in Maine are taking a huge hit, because the federal government has cut the amount of bait fish that can…
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Stephen King Donates A Hotel-Full of Cash To Genealogical Society
Horror writer Stephen King and his wife Tabitha are donating $1.25 million to the New England Historic Genealogical Society. The society,…
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Threatening King of Sweden Not Good Career Move for Maine Man
A Maine man who federal authorities say made hundreds of threatening calls to Sweden's embassy to the United States in…
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Glorious Shrine Closed Forever May Get Second Chance
Fall River Catholics hoping to save one of the prettiest churches in New England are in talks with the local bishop to…
