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A group of Massachusetts voters have filed to remove Donald Trump from the ballot, attempting to replicate efforts in Colorado and Maine. The motion was filed by Free Speech For People and Massachusetts-based civil rights firm Lichten & Liss-Riordan. Free Speech For People is a non-profit advocacy group. Shannon Liss-Riordan
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A recent United Van Lines study found that Massachusetts was the seventh most moved-from state in the country. Now, a report from U-Haul says that it's worse, with Massachusetts only behind California for lost residents in the past year.
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Imagine if over this past Columbus Day weekend then-Harvard president Claudine Gay had issued a statement along these lines: The killing and kidnapping of hundreds of innocent civilians by Hamas in Israel on Saturday, October 7 horrifies me. I condemn it.
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Massachusetts House Speaker Ron Mariano linked the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System test and educational standards on Wednesday. Mariano (D-Quincy), a former teacher, told reporters outside his office at the State House on Wednesday, January 3 that has "never been a big MCAS reformer," according to State House News
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Race-based opposition was a factor in the forced resignation of Harvard president Claudine Gay earlier this week, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu said Wednesday. Wu seemed to acknowledge that Gay made mistakes in the way she handled the university's response to Hamas's invasion of Israel in October
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Massachusetts is a pro-abortion state. There's no doubting that. But that doesn't mean pro-lifers can't create some momentum. Here are the top five Massachusetts pro-life stories of 2023.
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Timeline December 15, 2022Harvard announces Claudine Gay will be next president of the university July 1, 2023Claudine Gay takes office as president of Harvard September 29Gay inaugurated as president of Harvard, highlights in speech "the importance of courage" October 7Hamas invades Israel, killing about 1,200 civilians; a
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By Sam Doran State House News Service