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Harvard University, Massachusetts General Hospital, the Museum of Fine Arts, and other nonprofit colleges, hospitals, and cultural institutions are indispensable to Boston's identity as a world-class city. But, when it comes to city finances, there's a huge downside. The proliferation of tax-exempt institutions in Boston — at
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A combination of dwindling revenues and soaring costs has put Rhode Island's capital city of Providence in such dire financial straits that some local businessmen think bankruptcy is the only way out. Tax-exempt exempt hospitals and colleges — particularly Brown University — have cut deeply into the city's
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For many Americans, Fidel Castro is a feared figure who brought the United States as close as it's even been to the brink of nuclear war. But few have had as close a brush with the wrath of the former communist leader as former Ambassador J. William Middendorf.
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For most Americans, Thanksgiving is about what author Melanie Kirkpatrick calls the three Fs—family, feasting, and football. But, beyond the well-worn story about that first feast shared by pilgrims and Indians in 1621, few of us know the history of the holiday—or how deeply it is woven into
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The four questions on the Massachusetts state ballot this year address the legalization of marijuana, the opening of a slots parlor, an increase in the number of public charter schools, and current state law regarding the treatment of certain farm animals. Question 4, which would legalize marijuana, is probably the
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It's not just New Hampshire anymore. This presidential election year, Maine joins the Granite State as a New England battleground. Ordinarily, Maine is solidly blue. Not so in 2016.
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The city of Boston's highest paid employees earn on average about $314,000 and are overwhelmingly made up of mid-level officers in the police department, according to data provided by the mayor's office. But the highest paid was a teacher, Emilio Cabanas. His actual salary was
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Colleges with smaller student bodies, a focus on undergraduates, and stellar academic reputations are among the most expensive in Massachusetts, with Amherst College leading the pack, according to a NewBostonPost analysis of federal data. The total cost of attendance at Amherst was $66,572 last year. In order to provide