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Ron DeSantis Campaign Raises $20 Million In Six Weeks
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Recently Sold Campground In Western Massachusetts Comes With Own Bomb Shelter
A recently sold campground in the western Massachusetts town of Hancock comes with its own bomb shelter and three classic cars inside it. The previous owner of off-the-grid Privacy Campground, André Rambaud, 91, built the 60-foot-by-25-foot bomb shelter during the 1970s when he was the town's civil defense
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Boston Globe Holds Online Poll On Doctor-Assisted Suicide
The Boston Globe published two opposing positions on doctor-assisted suicide for terminally-ill patients on Friday, July 7, with an open poll for viewers to signal their support. The Massachusetts Legislature is considering a bill that would make it legal. As of Monday, July 10, more than 93 percent of takers
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Non-Profit Organization Begins Offering Abortion Pills In Eastern Massachusetts With State Funding
A non-profit organization began offering abortion pills Monday, July 3 at seven facilities in Eastern Massachusetts with $700,000 in new state funding. Health Imperatives has facilities in Hyannis, Brockton, Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket, Plymouth, Wareham, and New Bedford, according to its web site.
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Katherine Clark Praises Bidenomics
U.S. Representative Katherine Clark praised Joe Biden for his economic policies earlier this week. "Nearly half a million new jobs were added to the private sector this June," Clark said in a tweet on Thursday, July 6, "double what was expected!"
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How Did Massachusetts Governor’s Office Get Abortion Pills Through UMass So Fast Last April? Healey Administration Won’t Provide Details, Citing Public Records Exemption
A federal judge hadn't even ruled yet on suspending approval of the abortion pill mifepristone in April when Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey orchestrated a major reserve shipment of the drug through the state's flagship university. But despite pledges of public records transparency, any paper trail of
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Grant Williams Leaves Boston Celtics Partly Over Massachusetts Millionaires Tax
The new Massachusetts surtax on incomes over $1 million played a role in power forward Grant Williams's decision to turn down an offer from the Boston Celtics, leading the team to trade him. Williams, 24, was an important part of the Celtics' plans for next season. But
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Century-Old Library Fine Avoided
A New Bedford library book checked out almost 120 years ago was returned recently by a rare books curator at West Virginia University. An Elementary Treatise on Electricity by James Clerk Maxwell, published in 1881, was checked out in December 1903 and never returned, according to a slip found inside