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Bernie Sanders Minimum Wage Hike Proposal Would Reduce Poverty and Jobs, Congressional Budget Office Says

U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) has a plan that would lift several hundred thousand people out of poverty, while cutting far more jobs altogether. The senator wants to the United States to gradually increase its federal minimum wage from $7.25 an hour to $17 an hour by 2029.

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Chris Sununu Says Trump Would Win Low-Turnout New Hampshire Primary

If only staunch Republicans vote in the 2024 New Hampshire GOP presidential primary, then former President Donald Trump will have no problem winning it, New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu said. Sununu, who supports former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley, thinks his preferred candidate will need a high-turnout race to stand

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Mitt Romney Says His Presidential Endorsement Would Be The ‘Kiss of Death’ For A Candidate

Who does U.S. Senator Mitt Romney (R-Utah) support in the 2024 Republican presidential primary? He won't say, and he doesn't plan on making a public endorsement.

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Endowments, Tax Advantages, and Grants Are Fair Game If Colleges ‘Discriminate Against Conservatives, Christians, Jews’ and ‘Attack Free Speech,’ Trump Says

Former President Donald Trump says if he's elected in 2024 he'll go after the endowments, tax advantages, and grants of colleges and universities if they discriminate against certain segments of society or undermine free speech on their campuses. Trump said certain well-known universities – he called out

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Transgender Brookline High Track Runner Wins Girls’ 55-Meter Dash Event At Conference Meet

A male high school indoor track and field runner won an event at a girls' meet in Boston last week. Brookline High senior Chloe Barnes, who identifies as transgender, came in first place in the opening Bay State Conference meet of the season. It took place on Thursday, December

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Abortion Supporters In New Hampshire Call For State Constitutional Amendment Allowing Abortions After 24 Weeks Into Pregnancy If Doctor Gives O.K.

Abortion is legal in New Hampshire through 24 weeks of pregnancy, but some abortion supporters are calling for an amendment to the state constitution that would make it legal up until birth if a doctor deems it necessary. The proposed amendment (New Hampshire Constitutional Amendment Concurrent Resolution 23) declares "

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Massachusetts Criminal Case Backlog Trimmed To 4,000, Court Officials Say

By Colin A. Young State House News Service

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Trump Holds 15-Point Lead Over Nikki Haley In Latest New Hampshire Primary Poll

Former President Donald Trump has a 15-point lead over former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley in the latest New Hampshire primary poll. It's the closes anyone has gotten to Trump in the early primary states.