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By Gintautas Dumcius CommonWealth Beacon The Cape Cod lawmaker who misled campaign finance regulators has resigned from the nonprofit trade association that he has led since 2019.
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Massachusetts state Senator Peter Durant (R-Spencer) ripped Governor Maura Healey over the influx of migrants coming to Massachusetts this week. Durant said there are plenty of actions the state could take to slow the influx of migrants to the Bay State — but Governor Healey refuses to take the necessary actions.
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U.S. immigration authorities have apprehended a Colombian illegal immigrant wanted by authorities in his home country for killing someone, federal officials said. Deportation officers from Enforcement and Removal Operations Boston arrested the 49-year-old illegal immigrant near his residence in Pittsfield on May 6, according to a press release from
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A Mexican man who has previously been deported eight times pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful reentry of a deported alien. Ramon Alfaro-Orona, 39, entered the plea in U.S. District Court in Boston on Monday, May 13.
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Chloe Barnes is excelling at girls' outdoor track and field this spring. Barnes, a male who identifies as transgender, is a senior at Brookline High School. As of the start of this week, Barnes had competed in five Brookline High girls' track meets so far this season. At
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By Gintautas Dumcius CommonWealth Beacon An increasing number of Bay State voters view the state as on the wrong track, leading to some slippage in elected officials' approval ratings, according to a web-based poll conducted for the Retailers Association of Massachusetts.
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Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey and Boston Mayor Michelle Wu plan to speak at a climate change conference in Vatican City this week. The two left-of-center lawmakers are scheduled to speak at the summit called "From Climate Crisis to Climate Resilience." Pope Francis is expected to preside over this
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Deportation officers with Enforcement and Removal Operations Boston have removed a Brazilian illegal immigrant from the United States. Ronaldo Marcos Da Silva, a 37-year-old Brazilian man who was wanted by authorities in Brazil for unlawfully carrying restricted firearms, was sent home April 23, federal officials said.