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Massachusetts Lawmakers Have No Love For Ballot Questions, Particularly The One Calling For Audit of State Legislature

By Bruce Mohl CommonWealth Beacon A special committee of eight Massachusetts House and Senate lawmakers on Wednesday issued a series of reports on the state's pending ballot questions and in each case determined that the proposals ought not to be approved as new laws by the Legislature.

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Government Failures During Coronavirus Pandemic Were Even Worse Than Mainstream Media Types Feel Safe Saying: Book Review of The Big Fail

The Big Fail: What the Pandemic Revealed About Who America Protects and Who It Leaves Behind by Joseph Nocera and Bethany Lee McLean Penguin Random House 448 pages October 2023 This book describes the business aspects of the Covid-19 pandemic, and the problems that resulted in multiple failures, both in

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Maine Transgender High School Skiier Named To Girls’ All-Conference Team

A male transgender skier earned all-league honors in Maine this school year. Maine Coast Waldorf School sophomore Soren Stark-Chessa was named to the Western Maine Conference girls' Nordic skiing all-conference team for the winter 2023-2024 season, as The Lewiston Sun-Journal first reported.

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Art Institute Student Loan Debt Relief Affects 3,500 In Massachusetts

By Sam Drysdale State House News Service

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Cambridge City Council Considering Resolution Supporting Pro-Gaza Tent Protesters at Harvard and M.I.T.

Cambridge city councilors are considering a resolution expressing support for students at Harvard College and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who are protesting Israel's invasion of Gaza by living in tents on the campuses. Supporters of the resolution note that the protests on the Cambridge campuses have been

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Massachusetts House Speaker Says Ethics Panel Should Discuss State Rep Chris Flanagan Case

By Sam Drysdale State House News Service Massachusetts House Speaker Ronald Mariano on Tuesday condemned the actions of a freshman Cape Cod lawmaker, after regulators found that state Representative Christopher Flanagan violated state campaign finance law and subsequently lied about it to officials.

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Trying To Ban American Indian Mascots Via A Budget Amendment Is No Way To Govern

If the Massachusetts House of Representatives has its way, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts will ban schools from having American Indian mascots. This wouldn't happen because of a bill that made its way through the legislative process. Instead, the House wants to force its will onto municipalities on this

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Democratic Cape Lawmaker Repeatedly Lied To State Regulators Investigating His 2022 Election, State Officials Say

By Gintautas Dumcius CommonWealth Beacon Campaign finance regulators kept coming back with a question for Chris Flanagan, a freshman House lawmaker who represents part of the Cape: Who is Jeanne Louise?