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Maura Healey Wishes Everyone A Joyous Kwanzaa
Massachusetts governor-elect Maura Healey is pro-Kwanzaa. The Democratic attorney general issued a Tweet on Monday wishing people a joyous Kwanzaa.
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Massachusetts Millionaire’s Tax Going Into Effect Next Week
Starting next week, Massachusetts will tax income differently. As of Sunday, January 1, 2023, Massachusetts will have two income tax brackets. Any income earned under the $1 million threshold will still be taxed at the 5 percent rate. However, the rate on income exceeding $1 million will increase to 9
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Five Social Policy Changes Maura Healey’s Administration May Pursue
We know Maura Healey is a liberal, but what will that look like as governor of Massachusetts? We'll find out in the coming years, but given the research that NewBostonPost has done on Healey in recent years, we expect that she will support some changes to current social
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Maura Healey To Become Governor Next Week
Massachusetts will have a new governor next week. Governor-elect Maura Healey, a Democrat, is set to take office on Thursday, January 5, 2023. She is replacing Governor Charlie Baker, a Republican, who will finish out an eight-year tenure as governor over the next several days.
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Massachusetts To Have $15 Minimum Wage Starting Next Week
The new minimum wage in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts will be $15 an hour next week. The minimum wage is set to increase at the start of the new year — which starts on Sunday, January 1, 2023.
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Weston Private School Library Features Book Encouraging Autoerotic and Same-Sex Experimentation
A school library in Weston has a children's book that features drawings of naked children and encourages masturbation. The school library at The Meadowbrook School features It's Perfectly Normal: Changing Bodies, Growing Up, Sex and Sexual Health by Robie Harris and Michael Emberley, according to the
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Maura Healey Voices Support For Physician-Assisted Suicide
After the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled that there is no right to physician-assisted suicide in the Massachusetts Constitution this week, governor-elect Maura Healey expressed her support for legalizing the practice. Healey is the current attorney general of Massachusetts. The attorney general's office served as the defendant in