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BOSTON — Call it punishment by association. A day after the Boston Globe reported that Gov. Charlie Baker would be speaking at a meeting of the Republican Jewish Coalition along with several conservative leaders, the National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce, which had proudly billed Baker as one of its
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It seems that the Massachusetts Secretary and Commissioner of Education do not think Bay State students should learn about their civic or literary heritage any more. The Secretary once did as chair of the state board of education in 2001 when he voted for the 2001 Massachusetts English Language Arts
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STATE HOUSE — Land takings that would serve to benefit only private development would be restricted in Massachusetts under a proposed change to the state constitution advanced Wednesday with no debate. North Reading Republican Minority Leader Brad Jones said the proposal is a response to the 2005 Kelo v. New London
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BOSTON – A spate of vandalism directed at Catholic religious icons around Easter weekend has provoked ire mixed with forgiveness from parishioners at affected congregations in Greater Boston and has left law enforcement officers scratching their heads. Vandals struck in Billerica, Burlington and Norwood, including two statues of the Virgin Mary.
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BOSTON (AP) — Dozens of text messages that a teenage girl sent to her boyfriend that encouraged him to kill himself were just words and do not constitute a crime, her lawyer told the state's highest court Thursday. But a prosecutor argued that Michelle Carter pressured Conrad Roy III
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Still in the rippling wake of General Electric's January decision to move its headquarters from Fairfield, Connecticut, to Boston's Seaport District, another nationwide organization is contemplating a move from the Nutmeg State. According to documents obtained by an open records request with the city of Boston
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STATE HOUSE — For more than five hours Thursday a small group of immigrant rights activists camped outside Speaker Robert DeLeo's office, saying they wanted a meeting with the top House Democrat whose influence they believe is blocking a bill they support. At an event at Suffolk University, DeLeo
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BOSTON — Residents across the commonwealth may soon face what shoppers in 20 Bay State municipalities already experience every time they go to the store — a ban on disposable plastic shopping bags. The latest shot fired in the war on plastic takes the form of proposed legislation, the Plastic Bag Reduction
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