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Massachusetts Jobless Rate Dips Below 3 Percent
By Michael P. Norton State House News Service
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Attending PorcFest In New Hampshire This Week
Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. plans to speak at a libertarian event this week. Kennedy is scheduled to speak at the Porcupine Freedom Festival at 10 a.m. Thursday, June 22. His speech is titled "Cronyism's Control of DC: Covid, War, & Climate".
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Trump Dominates Latest New Hampshire Primary Poll
Former President Donald Trump dominated the latest New Hampshire Republican primary poll. Trump earned 47 percent support in a New Hampshire Journal poll conducted between June 14 to June 16; the polling of more than 900 New Hampshire Republicans started a day after he was indicted on 37 federal criminal
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Melrose Public Schools Recommends Incoming Kindergartners Read Book With Pro-Transgender Messaging
A public school district north of Boston is recommending that five-year-olds read a pro-transgender book. Melrose Public Schools put a book called Julian is a Mermaid by Jessica Love on its suggested summer reading list for incoming kindergartners, according to the school's web site.
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Salem Public Library To Hold ‘LGBTQ Movie’ Night
Salem Public Library is scheduled to host an "LGBTQ Movie Event" showing Love, Simon, a movie about a closeted homosexual high school boy. The advertisement for the event encourages attendants to "bring an LGBTQ book that you are reading this month, or an old favorite, to recommend
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Massachusetts Senate President Wants More Electric Vehicle Charging Stations
Massachusetts Senate President Karen Spilka (D-Ashland) wants to see more charging stations for electric vehicles in the state. Spilka told State House News Service that increasing access to them is a priority of hers this legislative session.
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Vermont Legalizes Sports Gambling
Sports betting will be legal in Vermont next year. After both chambers of the Vermont legislature passed a bill (H.127) on voice votes that will allow for sports betting in the state, Governor Phil Scott signed it into law Wednesday, June 14.
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Arlington Public Schools Using ‘Gender Unicorn’ To Teach Fourth-Graders There Are Infinite Genders
How many genders exist? The Arlington Public School system is teaching fourth- and fifth-graders that there are infinite genders.