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SNL Skit Mocks Liberal Agenda
To quote National Review, " How did this send-up of sappy leftist commercials make it through quality control?"
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Fiscal Watchdog Group Blasts Beacon Hill Dems Over Pay Hikes, Talk Of Tax Increases
BOSTON — One of the state's leading fiscal responsibility watchdogs is hopping mad after leaders on Beacon Hill broached the possibility of raising taxes in order to meet budget demands, weeks after lawmakers rammed through a series of legislative pay raises. House Speaker Robert DeLeo (D-Winthrop) told reporters earlier
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Questions Remain About Covering Costs of Judicial Pay Raises
STATE HOUSE – Whether the judicial branch can fund the salary increases awarded by lawmakers last week appears to be a somewhat open question. The judiciary accounts for the bulk of the cost of the nearly $18 million package, which doles out raises to top members of the House and Senate,
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Mayor Walsh’s Version of Nullification
In 1832, South Carolina held a state convention which adopted the Ordinance of Nullification. This Ordinance declared that the Federal Tariff of 1832 was "null and void." In effect, South Carolina was stating formally that a federal law dealing with a tariff law, which was felt to be
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Boston Symphony Celebrates 9th Grammy Award
BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Symphony Orchestra is celebrating its ninth Grammy Award. The acclaimed orchestra now under the direction of Andris Nelsons won for best orchestral performance for its rendition of "Shostakovich Under Stalin's Shadow: Symphonies Nos. 5, 8, and 9."
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Michael Flynn Resigns: National Security Adviser Gone Over Pre-Inauguration Contact With Russia
WASHINGTON (AP) — National security adviser Michael Flynn resigned late Monday night. The Justice Department warned the Trump administration weeks ago that embattled national security adviser Michael Flynn's contacts with Russia could leave him in a compromised position, an administration official and two other people with knowledge of the
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Trump Faces Foreign Policy Choices on Eve of Netanyahu Visit
With Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arriving in Washington this week to meet with President Donald Trump and the press full of headlines about turmoil at the National Security Council, the president faces some big decisions. Among them:
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Diehl Weighing Senate Run: ‘Liz Warren Doesn’t Seem To Understand Presidential Campaign Is Over’
BOSTON — State Representative Geoff Diehl was unable to defeat a well-connected Beacon Hill Democrat from Brockton in his bid to land a seat in the state Senate, so what makes the Whitman Republican think he can dethrone U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren? "There was a WBUR poll a little
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