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U.S. Representative Katherine Clark (D-Revere) says she thinks abortion is the biggest political issue in 2024, and she slammed Republican lawmakers who want to restrict it. "Wherever we travel across the country, whoever we talk to, abortion is top of mind for our constituents and for voters. Millions
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Most Massachusetts residents still approve of Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey, according to a poll released by Suffolk University this week. The poll found that 54 percent of Massachusetts residents approve of the job that the governor has done thus far, while 31 percent disapprove of how she has handled the
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A public school can't celebrate transgenderism with flags, posters, and teaching material and then censor the other side, a lawyer for a Middleborough student who wore a T-shirt saying "There are only two genders" told a federal appeals court Thursday. "The school decided this subject
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Riley Gaines is not happy that a male transgender athlete could win a girls' track state championship in New Hampshire this upcoming weekend. The former University of Kentucky women's swimmer turned anti-transgender sports activist reacted to a NewBostonPost story on social media this week.
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Total compensation for private sector workers in the Boston-Worcester-Providence area increased by 3.1 percent for the 12-month period that ended in December 2023, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That means real wages declined again last year, since, according to the White House, the country endured
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An Edgartown man was sentenced to 8 1/2 years in prison after pleading guilty to robbing a bank in Falmouth last spring. Petar Petyoshin, 40, zip-tied both bank employees and customers, brandished a firearm, and placed a fake bomb on the counter before making a getaway in a bank