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During the debate, former vice president Joe Biden called President Donald Trump "xenophobic" — but contradicted a previous claim he made. On January 31, President Donald Trump enacted a travel ban against those who had been to China in the previous 14 days to mitigate the spread of the
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A day after Pope Francis rocked the Catholic world with the publication of comments supporting civil unions for same-sex couples, Catholic bishops in New England are reacting with questions, nuance, or silence. "What we have to create is a civil union law. That way they are legally covered. I
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Should illegal immigrants be able to drive? Some politicians think so. Some don't. Environmental groups have been silent on the matter — and remain so this week, after being asked the question by New Boston Post.
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Jared Valanzola has spent many years around local politics and wants to use that experience at a higher level in the county. The 32-year-old has served on Rockland's planning board since 2015, and has been on a pair of school building committees in town. He is the vice
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Congressman Bill Keating (D-Bourne) is not happy that Amy Coney Barrett may be the next U.S. Supreme Court justice, but his challengers are accusing him of hypocrisy. Keating debated his two opponents — Brewster resident and pro-life independent Mike Manley and Republican Helen Brady of Concord — on WCAI's
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U.S. Representative Richard Neal (D-Springfield) fended off a primary challenger from his left in Massachusetts's First Congressional District on September 1 — with more than a little financial support from some big companies. Neal, who won the primary with 58.6 percent of the vote to his opponent&
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Outraged that convicted felons can't vote in some states, U.S. Representative Ayanna Pressley is comparing the current situation with government-enforced segregation of blacks in the South between the 1870s and the 1960s. "This is the new Jim Crow," Pressley tweeted Saturday, October 17.
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Democrats dominate the Massachusetts Senate, and that supermajority won't change regardless of the outcomes of this November's general election. Still, a marginal gain or loss is possible either major party. At stake is the Democrats' current nine-to-one majority. Democrats currently have 36 of the 40
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