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Massachusetts Minimum Wage To Increase This Week
On Friday, January 1, 2021, Massachusetts will have a new minimum wage. It won't be $12.75 an hour anymore.…
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Nantucket Memorial Airport Featured In Rand Paul’s 2020 Festivus Waste Report
U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-Kentucky) continued his annual Festivus tradition this year — and gave Massachusetts a shoutout in the process.…
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Lottery Tickets Aren’t The Best Christmas Present
When it comes to Christmas presents, it's possible that the Massachusetts State Lottery makes them — but that doesn't…
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Russell Holmes For Speaker? We Could Do Worse
Will Massachusetts have a great option to succeed departing state Representative Robert DeLeo (D-Winthrop) as House Speaker? Unlikely.…
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Charlie Baker Announces New Grants For Mostly Non-White Businesses
Some Massachusetts businesses will receive help from the state amid the coronavirus emergency. If you're a white man who owns…
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Here’s Why Vermont Didn’t Join the Transportation and Climate Initiative Fee on Gasoline and Diesel
Will Vermont join the Transportation and Climate Initiative? Not right now.…
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Chris Sununu Blasts Members of Congress For Taking Coronavirus Vaccine Ahead of Almost Everyone Else
New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu is not happy with members of Congress who are receiving the coronavirus vaccine. In a tweet over…
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Charlie Baker Signs Carbon-Fee-on-Fuel Memorandum of Understanding With Rhode Island and Connecticut
Gasoline and diesel could soon be more expensive in Massachusetts. On Monday, Massachusetts Republican governor Charlie Baker, Rhode Island Democratic governor Gina…
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Massachusetts Prison Inmates To Receive Coronavirus Vaccine Soon
When will prisoners receive the coronavirus vaccine in Massachusetts? Sooner than most of the general public, as CBS Boston reports.…
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Carbon Fee on Fuel Would Cost Massachusetts Households Hundreds of Dollars a Year, New Study Says
The Massachusetts economy took a hit as a result of government restrictions on businesses amid the coronavirus pandemic. Would enacting the Transportation…
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Democrats For Life of America Condemns Two Democratic State Reps For ROE Act Votes
Two members of the Massachusetts Legislature that Democrats For Life previously supported have been condemned by the organization for supporting an abortion…
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MassGOP Chairman Jim Lyons Condemns Republican State Rep’s Support for Abortion Bill
The Massachusetts Republican Party does not support the abortion expansion bill on Beacon Hill, but one GOP state representative does. The party…
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Massachusetts Senate Rejects Governor’s Abortion Bill Changes on Parental Consent
Massachusetts Republican Governor Charlie Baker wanted to make a change to the abortion expansion bill, but the Massachusetts Senate rejected it. Baker,…
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Coronavirus Cases Projected To Decline In Coming Months In Massachusetts
Experts expect that the coronavirus pandemic in Massachusetts will get worse before it gets better, but that improvement could be not that…
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Marty Walsh Applauds Joe Biden Nominating Pete Buttigieg For Cabinet Position
Joe Biden wants Mayor Pete to be his Secretary of Transportation. Boston Mayor Marty Walsh also supports the move.…
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Robert DeLeo Spokesman (Somewhat) Denies Mister Speaker Is Leaving Massachusetts House
Is Massachusetts House Speaker Robert DeLeo leaving his post for a job at Northeastern University? Some media outlets reported it, but the…
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Summer Schmaling Hints At Another State Representative Run
Could Summer Schmaling run for state representative in the 12th Plymouth district again? She hinted in a Facebook post that it'…
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Cape Republican Ron Beaty Weighing Run For Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts
Outgoing Cape Cod county commissioner Ron Beaty is interested in running for lieutenant governor. Beaty announced over the weekend that he is…
