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At least eight new taxes have appeared on Beacon Hill recently, either as proposals or (in one case) enacted policy. Most have appeared in public during the past month or so, since around mid-December 2018.
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DC Comics plans to release a new comic book in March that depicts Jesus of Nazareth as having failed so badly the first time he came to earth that God the Father sends him back to learn how to do it right from a superhero by sharing a two-bedroom apartment
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By Matt Murphy STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker filed a $42.7 billion budget on Wednesday that features the biggest overhaul to public education funding in decades and proposes new taxes on electronic nicotine products and on pharmaceutical manufacturers to help pay for opioid addiction services.
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Renee Graham's disastrous column on the Covington Catholic incident in Wednesday's issue of The Boston Globe shows no evidence that Graham has seen a long-version video of the event or has any interest in what actually happened. What was Graham doing on Tuesday, the day she
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A leading Massachusetts anti-tax group is condemning Governor Charlie Baker's support for an increase the state's excise tax on property deeds, calling him "a disappointment." "Gov. Baker has an excuse for every betrayal," said Chip Ford, executive director of Citizens for Limited
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WASHINGTON D.C. — Amid tens of thousands at the March for Life, Emanuel Donovan of Wakefield carried one of the two posts holding up the Arlington Catholic sign. "I'm here because I believe in the rights of the unborn. We need to speak for them. We are
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Former state representative Jim Lyons won an upset victory to become chairman of the Massachusetts Republican Party on Thursday night. Lyons, who was the most conservative member of the state Legislature before losing a re-election bid this past November, won the state party committee vote 47-30 over Brent Anderson, the
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Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey committed herself on Wednesday to an ambitious new clean energy goal and promised to fight gun violence, reduce barriers to mental health treatment, and support increased funding for education as many Democrats continue to look to her as the future of the party. Healey, who
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