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Massachusetts Lieutenant Governor: ‘Let’s Do “All That We Can’ To Prevent Teacher Strikes
By Chris Lisinski State House News Service
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New Hampshire Transgender Track Athlete Favored To Win State Championship Meet This Upcoming Weekend
If betting on high school sports were legal, then it would make sense to bet on the male competing on the girls' side of the New Hampshire Interscholastic Athletic Association Division 2 state championship meet next weekend. That's not a hunch. Going into the Division 2 state
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New Hampshire House Scuttles Proposed Pro-Abortion State Constitutional Amendment
The New Hampshire House of Representatives has voted down a proposed measure that sought to enshrine a right to abortion in the state constitution. The House voted 193-184 in favor of the measure, but that's less than half of the 400-member body. A state constitutional amendment in New
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Anti-Trump Columnist Equates No College Degree With Being ‘Stupid’
A Connecticut columnist who opposes former president Donald Trump noted that Trump's base "lies with followers who don't have college degrees." Then he added: "I've always said you'd have to be really stupid to fall for all his scams.
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Massachusetts Senate Passes Gun Control Bill; House and Senate To Confer On Working Out Differences
By Sam Drysdale State House News Service
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Massachusetts Union Membership Takes Slight Dip
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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Black and Hispanic Massachusetts Under 21 Residents Far More Likely To Be Arrested Than White and Asian Counterparts, Study Says
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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Joe Biden Plans To Campaign In New Hampshire This Year
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.