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It didn't take long to figure out how a recent executive order from President Donald Trump would affect Massachusetts.
Sports
A male athlete who identifies as transgender may win another high school track state championship in Connecticut next week.
Book Reviews
The Breakdown of Higher Education: How It Happened, the Damage It Does, and What Can Be Done by John M. Ellis Encounter Books March 2020 224 pages John Ellis’s The Breakdown of Higher Education is his cri de coeur about the disastrous decline of higher education in America over
Five Questions
When Alisa Reyes was a teenager, she was on one of America's biggest children’s television shows. Reyes is an original cast member of the hit Nickelodeon show All That. She was one of the seven main cast members during the show's first three seasons (from
State Government
It's becoming increasingly common for boys to play girls' high school field hockey in Massachusetts.
Culture
The Massachusetts Family Institute plans to hold a rally and press conference next week to support a bill it says will protect female athletes from "unfair and unsafe competition” by allowing them to opt out of games against teams with males “without fear of discipline.“
Politics
Massachusetts is the second-best state in the country for animal protection laws, according to the annual U.S. State Animal Protection Laws Ranking Report published by the Animal Legal Defense Fund.
State Government
Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey wants a candy tax -- a proposal that is already facing backlash. Healey included the candy tax proposal in her $61.5 billion proposed fiscal year 2026 budget; the tax would raise about $25 million in revenue annually.
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