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The Massachusetts Governor's Council plans to hold a hearing Wednesday on whether to approve a pardon for a convicted bank robber – without the convicted bank robber. Kenny Jean, who was born in Haiti, was 20 when he robbed a bank in Seekonk in November 2015, according to a
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The economy in the United States is better under President Joe Biden than it was under former President Donald Trump, the head of the Massachusetts Democratic Party said. "The economy here in Massachusetts and across the country is stronger today because of President Joe Biden's leadership,"
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A third-party candidate joined the 2024 Massachusetts U.S. Senate race on Labor Day. The Workers Party of Massachusetts, a socialist party, announced that it is running Whitman planning board member Brandon Griffin for the post.
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U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) says he thinks President Joe Biden could win the 2024 presidential election — and win big. Sanders said recently he thinks that if Biden embraces progressivism in his 2024 re-election bid, then he should have no problem winning.
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By Colin A. Young State House News Service
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Boys' and girls' locker rooms will soon be a thing of the best past at the Marblehead YMCA. That's because the Y is eliminating those locker rooms, as well as its existing family locker rooms, to create what it calls a universal locker room.
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Governor Maura Healey has nominated a social worker to the board that recommends pardons of crimes and paroles from prison. Sarah Beth Coughlin is the director of community engagement and partnership at Mass. General Brigham – "and was also described by Healey's office as a community organizer,"
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By Michael P. Norton State House News Service