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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts exempts food from sales tax. While prepared meals in restaurants have a 6.25 percent meals tax and many communities tack on an additional 0.75 percent local option tax, shoppers don't pay sales tax on the food they buy during a typical trip
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By Sam Doran State House News Service
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New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced Tuesday he is planning to resign in a couple of weeks in the wake of a report finding that he sexually harassed 11 women. His grabby, smutty, demeaning behavior with subordinates (as described in the New York Attorney General's report, and essentially
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Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker hasn't made any pronouncement that would attempt to force public school children to wear masks in school this upcoming fall, but Massachusetts Senate President Karen Spilka (D-Ashland) would like to see it happen regardless of vaccination status. Although Baker has said that he doesn&
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By Katie Lannan State House News Service
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He's the climate czar for the United States of America, but his wife's private jet takes frequent trips. Former U.S. Senator John Kerry (D-Massachusetts) has a Gulfstream G-IV private jet that has taken 18 trips so far this year, , as global flight tracker FlightAware reports.
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Should most guns be illegal in Massachusetts? That's what at least two members of the Massachusetts Legislature think.
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Students at Wheaton College in Norton will have to wear masks indoors even if they are already vaccinated, school officials say. The mask mandate, which the school announced on Monday, August 2, is scheduled to take effect on Monday, August 9. The school will require masks or face coverings in
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