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A 43-year-old abortion supporter who could serve until 2050 is Governor Maura Healey's first nominee to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. Elizabeth Dewar, the state solicitor in the Massachusetts Attorney General's office, is the first nominee to the state's highest court not to have
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Flags are flying at half-staff in Massachusetts in honor of Paul Tracey, a long-time Waltham police officer killed Wednesday while on duty as a roadside work site. A speeding Ford pickup truck driven by a New Hampshire man with a history of mental illness and attacks on police struck and
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Two Republican state legislators from Massachusetts are publicly backing the presidential campaign of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. State Senator Ryan Fattman (R-Sutton) and state Representative Kelly Pease (R-Westfield) have endorsed DeSantis for president, the DeSantis campaign announced, according to The Daily Caller. Politico also confirmed these endorsements.
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A a debate among some of the Republican presidential candidates is scheduled for New Hampshire next month. Though former President Donald Trump, the frontrunner, won't participate, WMUR and ABC News are teaming up to host a debate on Thursday, January 18, 2024 at Saint Anselm College in Manchester.
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A special election has been scheduled to fill the central Massachusetts state representative seat Peter Durant (R-Spencer) vacated after he won a special election in November to become a state senator. The party primaries are scheduled for February 6, 2024 and the special election is scheduled for March 5, 2024,
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The state government will block state funding for public schools, roads, and other items for towns and cities that don't create at least one zoning district that allows multi-family housing as a matter of right, Governor Maura Healey said Thursday. Healey, a Democrat, called housing affordability "the
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Less than a year after assuming office, Maura Healey is taking on a national political role. The Democratic Governors Association named the Massachusetts governor as its chairman of the association's Women Governors Fund this week.
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Kari Macrae, a Bourne School Committee member, will run for Massachusetts Senate in the Plymouth and Barnstable District once again next year, according to Politico. Macrae is running to replace state Senator Susan Moran (D-Falmouth), who won't seek re-election as she pursues a county court job.