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Tatyana Semyrog wanted to live a quiet life in Duxbury after the death of her husband. The 42-year-old, who came to the United States from the Soviet Union as a refugee in 1988, is a widow and cancer survivor. Her husband died in a car crash in July 2016, around
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By Chris Van Buskirk State House News Service
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Western Massachusetts Congressional candidate Alex Morse came out swinging against U.S. Representative Richard Neal and the Democratic establishment over allegations that Morse pursued sexual hookups with college students. During a debate Monday night Morse, who is running to the left of Neal, attempted to turn the scandal away from
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Congressman Richard Neal (D-Springfield) is the top corporate political action committee donation recipient in the U.S. House of Representatives in this election cycle, and he doesn't see a problem with it. Neal's relationship with corporate PACs has been a frequent attack theme of Holyoke Mayor
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If the Democrats win the presidential election, at least one $14 billion fortune can breathe a sigh of relief. That sum is the endowment, roughly speaking, of the Ford Foundation. Maya Harris, the sister of Democratic vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris, did a stint at the Ford Foundation as vice
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Belmont resident Shiva Ayyadurai has done something many political candidates would never dare to — let alone in a liberal bastion like Massachusetts. Ayyadurai, who is running for U.S. Senate as a Republican, publicly associates with alt-right personalities. The alt-right is a loose term that describes people who eschew mainstream
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Rayla Campbell isn't too happy with a comment U.S. Representative Ayanna Pressley (D-Dorchester) made during an appearance on MSNBC's AM Joy over the weekend. On Saturday, the "Squad" member who represents Massachusetts' Seventh Congressional District, slammed President Donald Trump and his supporters
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With the onset of Common Core, Massachusetts's education standards for public schools have declined. How can the state regain lost ground? It's actually not that hard. Solid standards already exist. What's needed is the will to implement them.
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