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Bipartisan Massachusetts Bill Would Abolish Income Tax For Minors
Abolish state income tax? One bill on Beacon Hill would do that for the state's youngest workers.
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Second Republican Running For Massachusetts Senate Seat In Central Massachusetts
State Senator Anne Gobi (D-Spencer) is leaving her position later in June to become the rural affairs director in Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey's administration — and two Republicans are vying for the party nomination to run in the special election. State Representative Peter Durant (R-Spencer), who has represented the
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Joe Biden Attending Pro-Gun Control Conference In Connecticut This Week
President Joe Biden plans to visit Connecticut later this week. The President is the keynote speaker at the National Safer Communities Summit at the University of Hartford in West Hartford on Friday, June 16, according to WTNH. It is a pro-gun control summit.
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Massachusetts Bill Would Let Residents Change Their Gender On Their Marriage Certificate
Should Massachusetts residents be allowed to change their gender on their marriage license once they have been married? A bill on Beacon Hill would make that change.
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Republican State Representative Peter Durant To Run For Massachusetts Senate
State Senator Anne Gobi (D-Spencer) is leaving her position later in June to become the rural affairs director in Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey's administration. On the Democratic side, state Representative Jon Zlotnik (D-Worcester) is running for the post. On the Republican side, another state legislator will run.
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82-Year-Old Transgender Conservative Althea Garrison To Run For Boston City Council Again This Year
Is Althea Garrison running for city council this year? Of course.
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Former Harvard Professor Cornel West Announces Presidential Bid
A former Harvard professor is running for president of the United States. Cornel West, who taught African American studies at Harvard from 1994 to 2002 and again from 2016 to 2021, is running as a member of the People's Party, a left-wing minor political party.
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Salem School Officials Ask For Preferred Pronouns For Incoming Pre-K Students
A Massachusetts school district asks parents to provide their children's preferred pronouns on its pre-kindergarten registration forms. If parents want to enroll their kids to attend public school in the city of Salem, they must fill out a form that asks them to provide their student's