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By Matt Murphy STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE BOSTON — Massachusetts already has a ban on the ownership of assault weapons, but one Democrat for governor thinks the state could do more to disassociate itself from the types of firearms that have been used to execute multiple mass shootings around the country.
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By Colin A. Young STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE BOSTON — Following the lead of student activists who have carried the flag for gun control since the deadly school shooting last month in Parkland, Florida, high schoolers across Massachusetts plan to join the chorus of voices calling for tougher gun laws Wednesday
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BOSTON — Secretary of State William Galvin's silence following claims made by Lawrence Mayor Dan Rivera that Galvin asserted to have played a role in his winning 2013 mayoral race is "very troubling," the secretary's Democratic opponent Josh Zakim said on Tuesday.
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MAYOR'S ENDORSEMENT OF ZAKIM IGNITES SPAT WITH GALVIN
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By Colin A. Young State House News Service BOSTON — The lead House sponsors of a bill requiring that sexual health education be "medically accurate, age-appropriate" pumped up high school students lobbying for the bill Thursday but acknowledged the bill's prospects in the House this session are
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By Colin A. Young STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE The lead sponsors of a bill that would limit the ability of state and local police to work with federal immigration officials say they've struck a compromise with law enforcement organizations on a redrafted version of the legislation and are