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Extended vote-counting, protracted litigation, and President Donald Trump's reluctance to concede the 2020 presidential election have held the Republican Party back from the usual work of losers in a national election, which is self-examination. Part of this may be the result of the better-than-expected showing of Republicans in
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Massachusetts state legislators worked out a budget for the state government for the current fiscal year recently. With $45.9 billion in the budget and various non-monetary provisions, the budget is far from perfect. On the bright side, state Representative Nika Elugardo (D-Jamaica Plain) successfully sponsored a provision that removes
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When it comes to Christmas presents, it's possible that the Massachusetts State Lottery makes them — but that doesn't make giving the Lottery's product to friends and family is a good idea. During the 2019 fiscal year, Bay Staters spent more than $5.5 billion
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Will Massachusetts have a great option to succeed departing state Representative Robert DeLeo (D-Winthrop) as House Speaker? Unlikely.
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Anyone under the illusion that Joe Biden's victory over Bernie Sanders in the Democratic presidential primary had vanquished the threat of socialism from American shores can get a reality check by picking up the Sunday New York Times, which features four articles pressing the anti-capitalist agenda. "Boeing&
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Joe Biden is a believing, praying, church-going, deeply committed Roman Catholic who believes the government should allow babies to be killed before they're born and should force other people to pay for it through their tax dollars. That's a fair summation of a 2,166-word news
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The recent announcement by the Standard and Poor's 500 Index that Tesla Inc. would join the index of large U.S. stocks is the latest reminder of the importance of immigrants to America's success. Tesla's founder and CEO, Elon Musk, is now the third-richest
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What an unsatisfying election. Opponents of President Donald Trump were denied what they had long sought — a resounding rejection of Trump and Trumpism by the American electorate. Hoped-for Democratic gains in congressional contests, high-profile U.S. Senate races, and state legislatures largely failed to materialize. Trump won roughly 10 million
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