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Super Bowl Predictions
Super Bowl LIV Sunday, February 2, 2019 6:30 p.m. EST
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Donald Trump To Attend March for Life in Washington — Would Be First-Ever President
President Donald Trump plans to become the first president to address the March for Life in Washington D.C. in person on Friday. Trump announced via Twitter on Wednesday night that he plans to attend the rally on the Washington Mall before the march.
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Massachusetts Bishops Urge Action Against ROE Act Abortion-Expansion Bill
The Roman Catholic bishops of Massachusetts have released a statement opposing the ROE Act abortion-expansion bill in Massachusetts and encouraging Catholics to contact their legislators about it. "We urge all people of good will, regardless of what faith they practice, to vigorously oppose these extreme measures," the bishops
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Tax Real Estate Sales To Build More Below-Market-Rate Housing, Left-of-Center Advocates Say
Below-market-rate housing advocates want the Massachusetts Legislature to allow cities and towns to add up to a 2 percent transfer tax on higher-end real estate sales in order to build more so-called affordable housing. The fee would apply to sale prices above the statewide median sale price and to certain
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Use Gas Tax Increase To Make MBTA Bus Rides Free, New Boston City Council President Says
The new president of the Boston City Council wants to use a proposed increase in the state's gasoline tax to make public-transportation bus rides free throughout the city of Boston. "Let's find new ways to tackle old problems, like free MBTA buses to increase ridership
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Five Massachusetts Conservative Victories of the 2010s
Do you think of Massachusetts as the most left-tilting state in the country? Many people do. Yet during the past decade conservatives in Massachusetts have scored some surprising victories. Here are five:
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Massachusetts Carbon Tax Supporters Should Stop Acting Like Europeans, Opponents Say
Pro-tax planners are acting more like Eurocrats than Americans in their attempt to push a regional tax on carbon through the Transportation and Climate Initiative, opponents of the measure said Wednesday. "TCI is a carbon tax implemented through a gas tax. It's regressive toward the working class.
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Trump Continuing ‘Attack’ on Illegal Immigrants, AG Healey Says, As Sanctuary State Hearing Nears
President Donald Trump and his administration are attacking immigrants in the United States, Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey said this week – days before so-called Sanctuary State legislation is expected to get a hearing on Beacon Hill. Healey made the remarks Tuesday, November 26 at the Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy