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A Democratic candidate for state representative from Martha's Vineyard has expressed support for abolishing prisons. Arielle Reid Faria, a Democrat from West Tisbury, said in 2020 that prisons should be abolished. She is now running for state representative in the Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket District.
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Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey and the next four in line behind her are planning to be out of state much of next week, likely leaving state auditor Diana DiZoglio in charge as acting governor. Neither Healey nor DiZoglio would directly confirm that apparent fact when asked by MassLive.com, but
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People applying for jobs and internships on the Kamala Harris presidential campaign have plenty of options to share their preferred pronouns on their applications. Eleven, to be exact.
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By Colin A. Young State House News Service
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A trip to Newport, Rhode Island netted plenty of cash for the Harris-Walz campaign. Vice President Tim Walz attended a fund-raiser in Newport on Thursday, August 15, that raised over $650,000, according to WJAR. The event had more than 300 attendees, the report said, meaning the average attendee donated
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How much is a home in Massachusetts? The average home value in Massachusetts is about $635,000, according to Zillow, and rising.
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A woman planning a protest in Boston this upcoming weekend in favor of allowing women to go topless in public has compared her fight to Rosa Parks's effort to integrate public buses in Alabama in the 1950s. Katrina Brees, founder of a group called Equaltitty, plans to lead
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By Michael P. Norton State House News Service