Massachusetts in bottom five of nationwide financial rankings

Massachusetts in bottom five of nationwide financial rankings

Can your state pay its bills? In coming years, a surprising number of states may be in trouble.

A new report by the Mercatus Center sheds new light on the state of finances for all 50 states and Puerto Rico. Researchers Eileen Norcross and Olivia Gonzalez looked at several measures of fiscal solvency and uncovered some alarming trends.

Sanders, yet to concede, says he’ll work for Trump’s defeat
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Sanders, yet to concede, says he’ll work for Trump’s defeat

Associated Press

BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — Pressing his "political revolution" to turn its attention to defeating Donald Trump, Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders said he will work with Hillary Clinton to transform the Democratic Party itself and "create the America that we know we can become."

Sanders spoke Thursday night in a livestream address to political supporters two days after the final primary election of the nomination race. The major task they now face is to "make certain" the presumptive Republican nominee loses in November, he said, adding that he plans to begin his role in that process "in a very short period of time."

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