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Union membership took a slight dip in Massachusetts last year. Union members accounted for 12.6 percent of wage and salary workers in the Bay State in 2023 — a 0.1 percent drop from 12.7 percent in 2022, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Young black Massachusetts residents are far more likely to be arrested than other groups, according to a new study from Columbia University. The study, published February 1, 2024, notes that despite amounting to just 8 percent of the population under 21 in Massachusetts, black Bay Staters in that age range
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Democrats have won every presidential election in New Hampshire since 2004, but President Joe Biden still plans to campaign in the Granite State this year. U.S. Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-New Hampshire) revealed that on the social media platform widely known as Twitter this week.
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In 1980, Mike Eruzione took down the Soviet Union. The Winthrop, Massachusetts native was captain of the 1980 Winter Olympics Team USA men's ice hockey team. He scored the go-ahead goal with 10 minutes left in the third period of the team's 4-3 win over the
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Protesters greeted Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey and Boston Mayor Michelle Wu on Wednesday as they toured a Roxbury community center that is being converted into temporary housing to make room for more homeless families who are eligible for shelter services. About a dozen protesters, some of whom were Roxbury residents,
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Great Barrington's board of selectmen plans to hire a law firm to investigate a police investigation at a local public middle school seeking a graphic novel called Gender Queer. The teacher at the center of the police investigation wants to know who told police to investigate the presence
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By Chris Lisinski State House News Service
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The Boston Red Sox plan to begin spring training this month, according to the team's web site. Pitchers and catchers are supposed to report to spring training on Wednesday, February 14. The rest of the team follows suit on Monday, February 19. The team's first spring