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Another former Democratic politician has taken a position at Harvard University. Lori Lightfoot, the mayor of Chicago during Covid, was appointed as a Richard L. and Ronay A. Menschel Senior Leadership Fellow at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
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Sudbury's public library is organizing a "Family Pride Day," an event for all ages, on Sunday, June 11. The description for the event says there will be "food and ice cream trucks, crafts, bubbles, book fair, author visits and rotating performances on a center stage!
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State Senator Anne Gobi (D-Spencer) is leaving her position later in June to become the rural affairs director in Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey's administration. On the Democratic side, state Representative Jon Zlotnik (D-Worcester) is running for the post. On the Republican side, another state legislator will run.
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The Massachusetts legislature is considering a bill that would mandate diversity by race, sex, and sexual orientation on public boards and commissions in the state, requiring 50 percent of members to be "female" and 30 percent to be members of an "underrepresented minority" or "LGBTQ+
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Is Althea Garrison running for city council this year? Of course.
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By Chris Lisinski State House News Service
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The town of Arlington's Rainbow Commission is painting crosswalks in celebration of Pride Month. The painting is scheduled to take place, weather permitting, on three days in three locations in Arlington: Arlington Center on Thursday, June 1; Arlington Heights on Monday, June 5; and East Arlington on Thursday,
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The Massachusetts legislature is set to consider a bill to "include climate education in the Massachusetts elementary and secondary school curriculum." Massachusetts House Bill 3887 would require teaching students in public schools the following regarding climate change: