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National Review Internship Led Democratic (Almost) Candidate for Governor To Go From Pro-Life Conservative Republican To Liberal Democrat, She Says

Danielle Allen was a conservative pro-life Republican in college before she did an internship at National Review, she told an interviewer Sunday. Allen, a Harvard professor who is exploring a run for governor of Massachusetts, said her family was conservative and that her father even ran for U.S. Senate

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Two Massachusetts Democratic State Reps Called For Their Party To Not Repeal The Hyde Amendment Last Year

If President Joe Biden has it his way, Congress will repeal the Hyde Amendment — and at least a couple of Democrats in the Massachusetts legislature won't be happy about it. President Biden proposed a $6 trillion federal budget on Friday, May 28 that does not include the Hyde

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State Auditor Candidate Grilled Judge Nominee On Religion, Said She Has Seen Catholic Faith ‘Actually Interfere With People’s Judgment’

A Democratic candidate for Massachusetts state auditor once asked a judicial nominee probing questions about his religious faith and described the Roman Catholic Church as a discriminatory organization. Eileen Duff, a member of the Governor's Council, asked the questions in October 2016 of James Gavin Reardon Jr., who

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Screens Are Damaging Our Kids – Childhood 2.0 Shows Us How

There's been a flurry of films in the past few years about kids and the screen-based life they now live. There was Screenagers in 2016, Like in 2018, The Social Dilemma in 2020, and now Childhood 2.0. This likely isn't an exhaustive list, either, and

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Green-Rainbow Party Interested In Running A Candidate For State Auditor Again

What does the Green-Rainbow Party have planned for 2022? Could the left-wing, pro-environment, and socially progressive party run some candidates for statewide office? Will the party run a candidate for state auditor with Democrat Suzanne Bump announcing that she won't seek a fourth term?

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Massachusetts News Reporters Donate To Democratic Politicians At The State Level, Too

It turns out that people who work in news also make political contributions in state elections — to Democrats. NewBostonPost has previously covered how members of the mainstream media in Massachusetts make political donations, and how they skew heavily to the Democratic side — including in the 2021 U.S. Senate runoff

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Ireland Calling? Abortion Advocate Claire Cronin Mum As Colleagues Congratulate Her On Possible Appointment

Could Massachusetts state Representative Claire Cronin (D-Easton) be the next U.S. ambassador to Ireland? Cronin, the prime mover in the state Legislature of the ROE Act abortion expansion bill last year, is not saying, although some fellow state legislators are congratulating her on a report that says she'

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MassHealth Taking Up Almost 40 Percent of Proposed State Budget

What's the biggest expense in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts's proposed state budget? MassHealth.