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Five Pieces of Pork In The New Massachusetts State Budget
Not on time, over budget, and replete with pork. That is the best way to describe the fiscal year 2024 Massachusetts state budget.
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South Africa Avoided Civil War Through One Man’s Forgiveness – Book Review of Nelson Mandela’s Long Road to Freedom
Recently, I watched the DVD of the 2009 movie Invictus. Starring Morgan Freeman as Nelson Mandela, and Matt Damon as captain of the South African rugby team, and directed by Clint Eastwood, it is a marvelous movie. It tells the story of how South African President Mandela hosted the 1995
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Five Wokest Colleges In Massachusetts
Colleges have a reputation for being liberal in conservative circles, and schools in Massachusetts are among the most. The Bay State has plenty of woke institutions for higher learning, but which are the wokest?
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Regulate Crisis Pregnancy Centers? Checking In With Other Massachusetts Municipalities That Have Considered The Move
Several Massachusetts municipalities have considered passing measures regulating crisis pregnancy centers during the past year and a half, but have pulled back. Is that because the state's chief law enforcement office has told them they won't survive court challenges? Last week, two Worcester officials revealed that
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Massachusetts News Media Donating To Democrats This Year
Some members of the news media from Massachusetts have donated money to politicians in the first half of this year. To which political party did those politicians belong?
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Massachusetts Bill Would Decriminalize Fentanyl Test Strips
Should Massachusetts residents go to prison for possessing fentanyl test strips? A bill (S.926/H.1736) on Beacon Hill would eliminate that penalty, as other states have in recent years.
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Massachusetts Bill Seeks Increased Racial Diversity of State Judges
A proposed bill in the Massachusetts legislature would lay the foundation for increasing the racial diversity of the Massachusetts judiciary. The bill seeks to establish a fifteen-member legislative commission "to study the potential for legislative action to increase racial diversity among the judiciary in the Commonwealth."
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Marijuana Safety Rules Lacking In Many States Where It’s Legal
By Amanda Hernandez Stateline, an initiative of States Newsroom Amid the growing acceptance and legalization of cannabis use across the country, a concerning reality has emerged: The state-by-state patchwork of safety regulations can leave marijuana consumers wandering through a haze of uncertainty, exposing them to potential risks.
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