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Can Massachusetts towns recognize polyamorous relationships and grant domestic partnership benefits to more than two people? Yes, the Massachusetts Attorney General's office says.
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Rayla Campbell wants Bill Galvin's winning streak to come to an end. The Republican from Whitman (and formerly Randolph) is running for Secretary of the Commonwealth against the entrenched Democratic incumbent. Galvin has served as the Secretary of the Commonwealth since 1995 — and other than four years out
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"Once in Royal David's City" is one of my favorite Christmas carols. When I was eight, my class sang it in the school Christmas concert … and I've loved it ever since. David's City is, of course, Bethlehem, the town where Jesus was
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Some Democratic lawmakers in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts want to raise the corporate tax rate. Several spoke on behalf of a pair of bills that would do just that on Wednesday. The Joint Committee on Revenue of the Massachusetts Legislature held a hearing Wednesday, December 22 on bills that would
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This fall, I struggled through 850 pages of Little Dorrit – a novel written by Charles Dickens, who wrote 15 novels in all. By many accounts, this was one of his worst. And, as much as I love the most Dickens novels, I must agree. It was, indeed, painful to get
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If you want to have a non-essential, elective surgery in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts anytime soon, that may be a challenge — unless it's an elective surgical abortion. Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker's administration's Department of Public Health issued guidance to hospitals on Tuesday on how
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Stateline, an initiative of The Pew Charitable Trusts. By Jenni Bergal The nation's snow belt is facing a severe snowplow driver shortage: Montana is down half its temporary snowplow drivers this year. Kansas is missing nearly a third of all snowplow operators. Pennsylvania needs almost 60 percent more
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Many elected liberals in Massachusetts support more restrictions on activity to prevent the spread of the virus. Here is a look at five of those policy proposals: 1. Going Back To Remote Learning
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