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Maine Governor Wants To Send $850 Stimulus Checks To State Residents
Should Mainers get another stimulus check? Governor Janet Mills thinks so.
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Maura Healey Collects 10,000 Signatures Needed To Qualify For Primary Ballot
Massachusetts attorney general Maura Healey cleared one major hurdle in her run for governor. The Democrat has collected more than 10,000 signatures, as Politico reported on Wednesday morning. That's the number required for a candidate to make the September primary ballot. However, her signatures haven't
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Moderna Says It Has Coronavirus Vaccine That Will Work On Babies
Children under 5 years old aren't eligible for coronavirus vaccines in the United States, but one Cambridge, Massachusetts-based vaccine manufacturer wants to change that. While the vaccine hasn't been approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration yet, Moderna said on Wednesday, March 23 that it
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Needham High Using Biology Class To Teach Students About Changing Genders
What should schools teach in high school biology class? At Needham High School, biology class students learn that people can change their biological sex and are told to not use "gendered terms," according to the school's lesson plan, which is a slideshow.
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Not Just Inflation: Consumers Paying More Through Shrinkflation
By Bethany Blankley The Center Square Contributory
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Bernie Sanders Rips Income Inequality In Russia
U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) isn't happy with Russian president Vladimir Putin and the country's cabal of oligarchs. Sanders recently put out a tweet bringing attention to the wealth that Putin and his cronies have amassed; he said it's part of a greater
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Massachusetts Republican Candidates For Governor Favor Legalized Sports Betting; Democrats Won’t Say What They Think
What do Wrentham businessman Chris Doughty and former state representative Geoff Diehl (R-Whitman) have in common? They're both Republicans running for governor in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts — and they both want to legalize sports betting.
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For Some Liberal Massachusetts Politicians, Women Are ‘Womxn’
What do you call women? Some people, including liberal politicians in Massachusetts, use another term to describe women: "womxn."