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BOSTON – Massachusetts voters may soon get a chance to decide whether to raise state revenue by taxing the rich, legalizing and taxing marijuana, or both. Supporters of two ballot initiatives, one that would impose a state "millionaire tax" and one that would legalize recreational use of marijuana, both
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More than 12,000 runners gathered in Woods Hole on Sunday for the 43d annual Falmouth Road Race, sponsored by New Balance. The race, an annual Cape Cod tradition, started off as a race between two Falmouth bars. [Best_Wordpress_Gallery id="30" gal_title="Falmouth Road
Massachusetts
Halloween is in the air, and what better way to spread spooky holiday cheer while learning about early American superstitions and the origins of the holiday, than with a trip to Salem, Massachusetts. Known as the "Witch City," because of the infamous witch trials of 1692, Salem offers
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BOSTON – Mayor Marty Walsh isn't folding yet in his fight against an Everett casino planned by Wynn Resorts, even after a Suffolk Superior Court judge tossed out a lawsuit seeking to block the $1.7 billion development. "I'm not going to roll over," Boston&
Immigration
BOSTON – Asylum seekers who fraudulently claim persecution in their home countries may easily escape discovery by U.S. immigration authorities, according to a report from the investigative arm of Congress. Agencies charged with ferreting out phony stories "have limited capabilities to detect asylum fraud," the Government Accountability Office,
Massachusetts
Boston's residential real-estate market showed gains in September while single-family home sales statewide jumped 25 percent, the best performance for the month in 10 years, data released Tuesday show. Home sales in the Hub climbed almost 15 percent during the quarter that ended in September compared with the
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Who would you like to see become the next president of the United States? Take our poll! This is the first in a series of NewBostonPost packages depicting where leading presidential candidates stand on the issues. For more information on GOP candidates and immigration, read our infographic here and our
Pro-life
Throughout the month of November, the NewBostonPost included a poll in several of its articles asking readers to weigh in on whether physician-assisted suicide should be legal in Massachusetts. While this is not a scientific survey and a small sample size, we wanted to share the results with you.