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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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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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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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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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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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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
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By Colin Young State House News Service
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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