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STATE HOUSE — The Bay State's Republican governor on Monday signed legislation aimed at shrinking the so-called "gender wage gap," a statistical disparity that activists claim is the product of sexism in the workplace but that free market proponents claim is the result of differences in individual
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The daughter of former Vice President Al Gore is expected to appear in Boston Municipal Court today stemming from charges last month when she and two dozen other activists trespassed to protest a natural gas pipeline that its engineer says will provide reliable energy to the region. While several of
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PROVIDENCE – Two national public interest groups are suing Rhode Island's attorney general, whom the groups claim formed a "secret pact" with climate change lobbyists and other state attorneys general to prosecute those who raise questions about global warming. On Wednesday, Washington, D.C.-based Free Market
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Four police officers in a Pittsburgh suburb are making headlines for all the right reasons. When the cops noticed a man and woman get up and move to the other side of the restaurant so as to not sit near the officers, the policemen from Homestead and Whitaker, Penn., responded
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NBP Editor Jennifer C. Braceras joined Sue O'Connell on NECN's "The Take" Monday to discuss the Republican National Convention, including Ted Cruz's upcoming speech and what the choice of Mike Pence as Vice President does for Trump's conservative credentials.
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Seems even some Democrats are starting to push back against President Barack Obama's attempt to rewrite federal law to allow millions of more workers to qualify for overtime payments. Last week Rep. Kurt Schrader (D-OR) introduced a bill designed to delay implementation of a new Department of Labor
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BOSTON — The Massachusetts House on Thursday unanimously approved a bill supporters claim will narrow the so-called wage gap by increasing transparency and establishing guidelines for courts adjudicating claims of wage discrimination. The measure amends existing state law, which has prohibited wage discrimination since 1945, to outlaw workplace policies that prevent
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BOSTON — A bill that aims to close the so-called wage gap by increasing transparency and establishing guidelines for courts adjudicating claims of wage discrimination could become law this summer. The bill (HB 1733), currently being reviewed by the Massachusetts House Committee on Ways and Means, would outlaw employer policies that