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An Athol resident who launched a third-party U.S. Senate campaign earlier this year has died. Lou Marino, 48, died Monday, September 11, according to his obituary. The obituary said that he died unexpectedly "after being stricken ill."
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Massachusetts state agencies will no longer be allowed to buy single-use plastic bottles, Governor Maura Healey announced in a speech at the Clinton Global Initiative in New York on Monday. "In government, we have an obligation to stop contributing to this damage and chart a better path forward,"
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Creating a Women's Rights History Trail will help increase tourism in Massachusetts, a state legislator said. In May 2022, Governor Charlie Baker signed into law a bill creating a Women's Rights History Trail Task Force to come up with a "program … designating properties and sites
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Former Massachusetts governor Jane Swift says she does not want to see a rematch of the 2020 presidential election. Instead, the moderate Republican wants to see both parties nominate different candidates.
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Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie already has an exit plan for the 2024 Republican presidential primary. Christie said that if he does not finish in the top four in the first few states, including New Hampshire, he will drop out.
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By Chris Lisinski State House News Service
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is an underdog in the 2024 Democratic presidential primary. The environmental attorney and anti-vaccine activist is running far behind President Joe Biden in the 2024 primary; Biden is polling at 67.5 percent while Kennedy is at 11.8 percent, according to FiveThirtyEight.
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Cambridge officials are moving toward banning gas-powered leaf blowers, which they hope will help persuade Massachusetts state legislators to do the same thing statewide. "We often hear, especially when it comes to climate action, that we as a city need to follow state action so we don't