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Maura Healey Orders State Agencies To Scrap Minimum Education Level For Hiring
By Sam Doran State House News Service
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Boston Red Sox Begin Spring Training Next Month
Baseball season is not all that far away. The Boston Red Sox are scheduled to begin spring training next month, according to the team's web site. Pitchers and catchers are supposed t0 report to spring training on Wednesday, February 14, and the rest of the team is scheduled
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Pro-Life Democratic Presidential Candidate Got 99 Votes In New Hampshire
A pro-life Democrat ran in the 2024 New Hampshire presidential primary. She didn't win, but she got 99 votes, according to The Associated Press.
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Here Come The Maura Healey Tax Increases
Remember when Maura Healey ran for governor on cutting taxes and delivered a pitiful tax cut bill that only upped the rental deduction by $50 per year? Well, now she's back with a tax increase proposal.
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Concord Prison To Close — Where Malcolm X, Joe ‘The Animal’ Barboza Once Lived
The state prison off Route 2 in Concord is slated to close during the summer of 2024 because of declining prison population. The medium security prison is currently operating at about half capacity, according to a statement from the Massachusetts Department of Correction reported by WBUR.
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GOP’s Matthew Muratore Joins Democrat Dylan Fernandes In Open Massachusetts Senate Seat Race On Cape and Plymouth Area
By Sam Doran State House News Service
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Massachusetts Has 11th Highest Corporate Tax Rate, Report Says
The Tax Foundation, a right-of-center think tank, released a report this week that found that Massachusetts had the 11th highest corporate tax rate in the country. It's a tax that 48 states impose (Wyoming and South Dakota don't), and the top Massachusetts rate is 8 percent.
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Nikki Haley Flips Dixville Notch, But Trump and Biden Win New Hampshire
The first town to vote in the first-in-the-nation primary went to former United Nations ambassador Nikki Haley, but she wasn't able to win the state of New Hampshire. Haley got all six votes in Dixville Notch; this came after its five residents (at the time) voted for Joe