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As a member of the Massachusetts legislature, then-state senator Ben Downing took a trip to Israel in 2015, but he didn't pay for it. Downing, a Democrat who lived in Pittsfield at the time, took a heavily subsidized trip to Israel from the Jewish Community Relations Council of
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By Matt Murphy State House News Service
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Rush Limbaugh was often at his best when the country's fortunes were at their worst. During the dark days of the Clinton and Obama presidencies, for instance, Limbaugh shined light on the harmful policies and preposterous pronouncements of the two gifted charlatans. He also did it in hilarious
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A high school football coach fired after raising objections to pro-Black Lives Matter material in his daughter's seventh grade history class has sued school officials in Dedham, claiming they violated his First Amendment right to free speech. Dave Flynn, who had served as head football coach at Dedham
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Benjamin Downing is running for governor of Massachusetts with a promise that differs from his practice when he was a member of the Massachusetts Legislature. The 39-year-old Democrat said on Twitter last week that he will not accept any money from lobbyists or political action committees. He even included a
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Many Democratic politicians in Massachusetts want to raise the gas tax to reduce carbon emissions in Massachusetts. Yet a new Democratic state legislator who identifies as a democratic socialist has come out against it.
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Benjamin Downing says he will run for governor of Massachusetts, and to run an election, he will have to raise money. Downing, a Democrat who served as a state senator from Pittsfield from 2007 to 2017, has experience doing that already. So when he was running in elections in the
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Harvard Professor Danielle Allen may end up running to be governor of Massachusetts — and she is no fan of former President Donald Trump. If she runs, she may end up being the most vocal Trump critic in the race.
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