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Is it the Board of Selectmen or is it the Select Board? That's a question some towns have wrestled with in recent years, with some opting for "Select Board," which they deem gender-neutral and therefore better.
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Will the Rights, Respect and Responsibility sex education curriculum be used in Worcester Public Schools next school year? The Worcester School Committee plans to vote on that proposal later this week, at its meeting scheduled for Thursday, May 6.
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A sex education curriculum that has divided parents and school committee members in Worcester is expected to go to a vote later this week. The Worcester School Committee, which sets policy for the public schools in the second largest city in Massachusetts, is set to decide on whether to adopt
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Editor's Note: A mother in Worcester, Massachusetts addressed school officials about two sex education curriculums under consideration for use in the city's public schools on Monday, April 26, 2021. Her comments were addressed to the Worcester School Committee's Standing Committee on Teaching, Learning, and
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A white liberal state legislator is concerned about the racial makeup of a new state commission studying how much immunity from lawsuits Massachusetts police officers should have. "I do really want to note the composition of this commission. At least in the tiles that I'm seeing, this
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President Joe Biden wants to raise the capital gains tax — and opponents say it will not only cost the country jobs but revenue as well. Biden wants to raise the top federal tax rate on long-term capital gains and qualified dividends from 23.8 percent to 39.6 percent for
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How much money does it take to become the next mayor of Boston? One could raise more than $1 million and still lose?
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We now know how many electoral votes each state will have in the 2024 and 2028 presidential elections–and the changes should help the Republican Party. In a virtual news conference on Monday, Ron Jarmin, the U.S. Census Bureau's acting director, announced changes to the amount of
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