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A sex education bill approved by the Massachusetts Senate last week "would encourage minors to engage in sexual behaviors which previous generations would have condemned, rightly, as depraved and obscene," the Catholic Action League of Massachusetts said. The bill, which the state Senate approved on a voice vote
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By Chris Lisinski State House News Service
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Gas prices are up nationwide in the past week, but that's not the case in Massachusetts. The average gas price has remained steady in Massachusetts at $3.18 per gallon, according to AAA. That's the same price it was last week.
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Massachusetts has more unenrolled voters than it did at this time four years ago. As of February 2024, 63.6 percent of the states 4.96 million registered voters were unenrolled, according to the Secretary of the Commonwealth's office. Meanwhile, 8.3 percent were Republicans and 27 percent
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Gas could become a little more expensive in many Massachusetts communities if a bill filed by one state legislator from the western part of the state becomes law. The bill seeks to allow cities and towns in the state to charge a local option fuel tax of 3 cents per
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U.S. Senator Ed Markey (D-Malden) says the American health care industry emits too much greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. Markey even said that the health care system is making people sicker because of its emissions.
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U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) is up for re-election this year — if he decides to run again. The 82-year-old self-described democratic socialist has not yet announced whether or not he will seek re-election, according to The Washington Post.
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President Joe Biden has picked two Massachusetts residents with an interest in climate change to serve on the federal panel that regulates interstate oil pipelines, interstate natural gas pipelines, and much of the nation's electricity grid. The nominations come at a time when climate activists are trying to