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Barbara Bush Endorses Trump Education Pick

Matt McDonald

The former first lady and sometime Maine resident says Betsy DeVos is committed to literacy and will return authority over education to states and local communities. Bush, 91, is a longtime literacy advocate who has worked with DeVos in the past on education matters.

http://www.pressherald.com/2017/01/13/barbara-bush-devos-should-be-confirmed-secretary-of-education/

Charlie Baker, Donald Trump and the Future of the Massachusetts GOP
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Charlie Baker, Donald Trump and the Future of the Massachusetts GOP

Evan Lips

GEORGETOWN, Mass. — With a little less than two weeks left until Republican State Committee members vote to decide on whether to retain Quincy's Kirsten Hughes as party chairman, one person was noticeably absent from Thursday night's candidate's forum:  Hughes.

Sources close to Hughes said the event, sponsored by the Georgetown Republican Town Committee, was advertised without her input and that Hughes had previously scheduled family commitment that conflicted with the forum.

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