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No Boston Bruins player will ever wear Number 22 ever again. That's because the Bruins will retire the number before their Tuesday night game against the Carolina Hurricanes (formerly the Hartford Whalers), as the NHL's web site reports. They're retiring it in honor of
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Quincy Republican Kim Duffy is no longer in the race to be the next governor of Massachusetts. Duffy withdrew the remaining $193.67 from her campaign account on December 10, 2021, according to the Massachusetts Office of Campaign and Political Finance. Under purpose, the withdrawal said "ACCOUNT CLOSED."
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How do candidates for statewide office in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts feel about Boston's vaccine passport mandate that went into effect over the weekend? One candidate for lieutenant governor not only supports it but pushed for one in her own city.
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U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Cambridge) is no fan of the filibuster in the U.S. Senate. Warren would prefer a simple majority to pass all bills in the U.S. Senate, rather than requiring 60 votes to pass major pieces of legislation.
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Did President Joe Biden have a bad week last week? U.S. Senator Mitt Romney (R-Utah), who served as governor of Massachusetts from 2003 to 2007, thinks so.
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Boston will take a further step to try to prevent the spread of coronavirus starting this weekend — and some say it will hurt businesses in the city. Last month, the city's mayor Michelle Wu announced a coronavirus vaccine passport mandate would go into effect starting on Saturday, January
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Incumbent Secretary of the Commonwealth Bill Galvin hasn't said for sure whether or not he plans to seek another term, but he suggested that his work isn't finished yet in a recent interview. "I believe I still have work to do," Galvin told Politico