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Jeff Flake Took the Cake in Boston — Weekly Recap of Beacon Hill

By Matt Murphy STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE With the eyes of a nation upon him, he might have flaked. But Arizona's retiring U.S. senator kept his word and brought the Kavanaugh confirmation circus to Boston this week, a traveling production that may have inspired a future president.

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Governor Charlie Baker An Advocate of Pro-Homosexuality Policies, But Not All in the Movement Are Convinced

By Matt Murphy STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE Charlie Baker in 2010 tapped an openly gay state senator from Wakefield as his running mate, and though they lost, Baker now says that it makes him "so happy" to know that it was his fault, and not prejudice against Richard

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Charlie Baker vs. Republican Party — Weekly Roundup of Beacon Hill

By Craig Sandler State House News Service (Review and analysis of the week in state government) Nothing could match the surrealism of the scene in Washington this week, but the dynamic around this state's governor's race has its own strange feel — and poll numbers early this

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Charlie Baker Says He Believes Kavanaugh Accuser, Wants Confirmation Halted

By Matt Murphy and Colin A. Young STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE Governor Charlie Baker, for the first time on Thursday, said he believes Judge Brett Kavanaugh's accuser Christine Blasey Ford, who testified before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee about her memories of being sexually assaulted by Kavanaugh

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Charlie Baker Wants Kavanaugh Vote Delayed for Investigation

By Matt Murphy State House News Service On the eve of a U.S. Senate hearing where a woman who has accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her will testify, Governor Charlie Baker said Senate Republicans should postpone a vote on Kavanaugh's nomination until after

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Charlie Baker Says Jay Gonzalez’s Harvard Tax Reminds Him of Someone — Weekly Roundup

For weeks, Jay Gonzalez has been trying to hang Donald Trump around the governor's neck like a weighted tie, four inches too long. This week it was Baker's turn to repay the favor. Gonzalez and his running mate Quentin Palfrey stepped off the Red Line and

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GOP’s Amore Rips Massachusetts Secretary of State Galvin For Not Sharing Voter Data With Other States

By Matt Murphy STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE A day after New Hampshire's attorney general charged a couple with voting in two states during the 2016 presidential election, Republican Anthony Amore knocked Secretary of State William Galvin for withdrawing Massachusetts from the interstate data sharing program used to uncover

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Jay Gonzalez: Tax Harvard; Charlie Baker: Bad Idea

By Matt Murphy STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE Democrat for governor Jay Gonzalez said his plan to tax the endowments of wealthy private universities should not inhibit schools like Harvard University from funding research and financial aid, two reasons Democrats like U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren opposed the idea when President