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Five Ways Massachusetts Incentivizes Illegal Immigration
Around 250,000 illegal immigrants live in Massachusetts, Pew Research estimates. Why are these people coming to our state?
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A Great Presidency That Could Have Been? Book Review of James A. Garfield Biography
President Garfield: From Radical to Unifier by C.W. Goodyear Simon & Schuster July 2023 Few people know much about President James Garfield. And this is understandable. He was inaugurated on March 4, 1881 and died less than 200 days later, the victim of an assassin's bullet. But
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Cape Summit Planned For Residents Worried About On-Shore Impacts of Ocean Turbines
Cape Cod residents worried about the effects of apparatus bringing electricity from ocean turbines on shore are organizing a summit in Hyannis later this month. The group, Save Greater Dowses Beach, is calling the event "Close to the Wind."
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Ron DeSantis Done Campaigning In New Hampshire
Good luck trying to find a Ron DeSantis campaign event in New Hampshire. The Florida governor has no events scheduled in the Granite State between now and the New Hampshire primary on Tuesday, January 23, according to NBC 10 Boston's candidate tracker.
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Bernie Sanders Says Trump Supporters Are Not Racist
U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) is no fan of former President Donald Trump. The self-described democratic socialist is supporting Joe Biden's re-election bid. However, he does not hold personal contempt for Trump voters.
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Poll: Trump Up 16 Points On Haley In NH
By Michael P. Norton State House News Service
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Massachusetts Governor’s Office To Re-Open Certain State Contracts To Increase ‘Diversity’ of Vendors
Governor Maura Healey's office has announced it is re-opening certain unspecified state contracts in hopes of increasing the diversity of vendors based on race and sexual orientation, among other things. "Our administration applies an equity lens to everything we do – and that includes the process to award
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Donald Trump To Hold Rally In Manchester, New Hampshire This Weekend
Former President Donald Trump plans to be in the Granite State this weekend ahead of New Hampshire's first-in-the-nation primary. Fresh off a victory at the Iowa Caucuses, Trump plans to hold a rally at SNHU Arena in Manchester, New Hampshire on Saturday, January 20, according to his campaign