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The Worcester City Council has asked the city manager to try to get the Atlantic Coast Conference to use Polar Park in Worcester for the conference's baseball championship. The city council's order, which was on the agenda for the council meeting Tuesday, September 12, directs the
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When it comes to vaccines, Massachusetts saw more kindergartners' families than ever get a religious exemption last year. During the 2022-2023 school year, 813 of the 66,041 kindergartners in the Bay State had religious exemptions against being vaccinated; the 1.23 percent religious exemption rate was the highest
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A Worcester city councilor who opposes pro-life crisis pregnancy centers chided the city solicitor for using a U.S. Supreme Court decision as an authority without seeking opposing legal opinions. Thu Nguyen, a councilor-at-large who identifies as non-binary and uses the personal pronouns "they" and "them,"
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The Billerica Board of Selectmen voted 4-1 on Tuesday to allow a pro-life flag to be flown at the Billerica Public Library for two weeks in October in recognition of Pro-Life Month. DeeDee Dorrington, one of the residents who led the push to get the flag flown, told The Lowell
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Boston city councilor Kendra Lara will need a new job next year. The controversial city councilor lost her re-election bid badly on Tuesday. She finished in a distant third place among three candidates in the District 6 preliminary election on September 12. The top two vote-getters, Ben Weber (42.25
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By Chris Lisinski and Colin A. Young State House News Service
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U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is opening an inquiry that could lead to impeachment of President Joe Biden. Biden has been under investigation for abuse of power in connection with his alleged role in business dealings between his son, Hunter Biden, and government-associated corporations in Ukraine and China. President
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A 115-foot-high tower in South Boston that commemorates the evacuation of Boston by British troops in March 1776 will undergo a $30 million restoration starting this coming weekend, officials said. The project, which is scheduled to begin Friday, September 15, is designed to restore the tower and the surrounding landscape