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Despite Resistance, Massachusetts State Auditor Diana DiZoglio Reports Some Legislative Audit Meetings
By Colin A. Young State House News Service
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Boston Red Sox To Play First Spring Training Game This Week
The Boston Red Sox are scheduled to play their first spring training game of the season this week. The team's first spring training game is set for Friday, February 23 at JetBlue Park in Fort Myers, Florida, against the Northeastern Huskies (1:05 p.m. start time). They
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Massachusetts Democratic Party Chairman Says Trump’s Reported Abortion Position Threatens Democracy
The Massachusetts Democratic Party is not happy with reports that former President Donald Trump privately supports a federal gestational limit of 16 weeks for elective abortions. Massachusetts Democratic Party chairman Steve Kerrigan claimed that by opposing later elective abortions, Trump is a threat to democracy. He also said that opposing
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Felon Pleads Guilty To Trafficking Firearms From Alabama To Boston
Jahquel Pringle, 26, of Boston, admitted his involvement in the illegal transportation of numerous firearms from Alabama to Massachusetts in federal court this week, according to a press release from the office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts. Pringle pleaded guilty to several charges, including conspiracy
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Massachusetts High School Girls’ Basketball Team Forfeits After Transgender Opponent Injures Its Players
A high school basketball game in Massachusetts was cut short earlier this month after one team forfeited due to injuries caused by a male transgender athlete on the other team — including at least one injury caught on video. Collegiate Charter School of Lowell ended its game against KIPP Academy Lynn
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Largest Foreign-Born Populations in Greater Boston Now Come From China, the Dominican Republic, and India, Report Says
By Chris Lisinski State House News Service
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Western Massachusetts District Attorney Was Disturbed By Reports of Gender Queer in Middle School — Initially
Upon hearing about oral sex illustrations in a graphic novel recommended by an eighth grade teacher to certain students, the district attorney for Berkshire County was disgusted. "This book needs to be out [of] that school forever right now – I don't care if it's artistic
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Riley Gaines Unhappy With Transgender Athlete On 17-1 Vermont High School Girls’ Basketball Team
Riley Gaines is not happy that a male transgender athlete has helped a Vermont High School girls' basketball team go 17-1 so far this season. The former University of Kentucky women's swimmer turned anti-transgender-sports activist reacted to a NewBostonPost story on social media this week.