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Massachusetts State Government Creates Vaccine Passport App — But It’s Not Mandatory

Starting today, vaccinated residents of Massachusetts can access a digital coronavirus vaccine passport, including a scannable Quick Response code, that they can use at businesses in places that require people be vaccinated to enter. Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker's administration is rolling out the "COVID-19 SMART Health Care&

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Franklin Using Gender Unicorn To Teach Sixth Graders There Are Infinite Genders

How many genders are there? The Franklin Public School system is teaching sixth-graders that there's no limit.

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Legal Brief Challenges Biden Vaccine and Mask Mandate; Massachusetts Family Institute A Signer

The Massachusetts Family Institute is one of 30 right-of-center pro-family state organizations that signed a friend-of-the-court brief encouraging the U.S. Supreme Court to quash President Joe Biden's coronavirus vaccine mandate. "My office has been flooded with calls from people seeking help in requesting religious exemptions to

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Charlie Baker Names Democrat To Replace Rachael Rollins As Suffolk County District Attorney

Massachusetts will soon have a new district attorney in Suffolk County. Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker gets to fill a vacancy shortly, but his isn't going with a fellow Republican.

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Non-Binary Student Population Almost Triples In Two Years In Massachusetts Public Schools

It's becoming more common for students to be identify as non-binary in Massachusetts public schools. The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education's public school enrollment data used to break down gender into two categories: male and female. However, since the start of the 2019-2020 school

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Jake Auchincloss Says America Is In ‘The Middle Of A Constitutional Crisis’

U.S. Representative Jake Auchincloss (D-Newton) was in a good mood onthe morning on January 6, 2021. His party picked up a pair of U.S. Senate seats in runoff elections in Georgia the day before. However, it's memorable for Auchincloss now for a different reason:  the Capitol

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Public Safety Employees Rally Against Boston Mayor’s Vaccine Mandate

Firefighters, cops, and emergency medical technicians rallied against Boston Mayor Michelle Wu's vaccine mandate on Wednesday. "Making it that we either get the vaccine or we lose our jobs is not how we're going to stop this pandemic," said Shana Cottone, president of Boston

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Wilmington Students Told To Pretend To Play Instruments Due To Coronavirus

Is it O.K. for students in band to play their instruments at school? It depends upon what the meaning of the word "play" is.