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John Kingston’s War on Corn Dogs: Weekly Recap of Beacon Hill
By Matt Murphy STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE Flip on the Red Sox game and there's Lori Trahan, gabbing with Third District voters in a diner.
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Feds To Cambridge Man: You Can’t Call for Murdering ICE Agents
By Andy Metzger State House News Service A Cambridge man who allegedly repeatedly posted online about his desire to "slit" the throat of Arizona U.S. Senator John McCain caught the attention of federal authorities when he Tweeted an offer to pay someone to kill immigration agents.
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Democrats Scrambling To Find New Taxes in Massachusetts Governor’s Race
By Michael P. Norton STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE When the state's highest court on June 18 knocked off the 2018 ballot a proposed surtax on the wealthy the court also torpedoed a core element of the campaign platforms of the two Democrats running for governor this year, Jay
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Failure of Massachusetts Education Funding Increase Bill Ticks Off Activists
By Katie Lannan and Michael P. Norton STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE Massachusetts House Speaker Robert DeLeo is shrugging off the state Legislature's unsuccessful attempts to address education funding inequities, but others are using this week's collapsed talks on Beacon Hill as an election-year rallying call for
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Massachusetts Dead-Letter Anti-Abortion Laws Repealed
By Katie Lannan STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE Signing into law a repeal of old anti-abortion statutes Friday, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker said he was doing so "partly to make a statement but also to make clear that here in Massachusetts we will not compromise on a woman's
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Massachusetts Legislature Considering Requiring Civics in Schools
By Michael P. Norton STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE Civics education would become more prominent in public schools across Massachusetts, under a bill filed Tuesday night by negotiators.
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Speaker: Massachusetts Communities Can Adopt Their Own Sanctuary Policies Without State Law
By Michael P. Norton STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE With activists furious about the failure of an immigration law enforcement measure, Massachusetts House Speaker Robert DeLeo expects the House will spend the coming months evaluating legislative options.
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Saran-Wrap Sex-Ed Bill Supporters Make Late-Session Push for Vote
By Michael P. Norton STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE With time running out again on comprehensive sex education legislation, state Representative James O'Day says he's trying to convince his Massachusetts House colleagues that the bill is not about encouraging young people to be sexually active.