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No, you cannot bet on slap fighting in Massachusetts. The Massachusetts Gaming Commission rejected a request to add professional slap fighting to its list of sports that is legal to gamble on in the commonwealth earlier this week. Power Slap, a league of professional slap fighting, will not be added
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Marijuana won't be legal in New Hampshire any time soon. The New Hampshire Senate voted 14-10 earlier this week to kill a bill (HB 639) that would legalize recreational marijuana in the state. All but one Republican voted against legalization, while all but one Democrat voted for it.
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By Michael P. Norton State House News Service
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Boston city councilors have signaled their support for a ballot initiative allowing prisoners convicted of felonies in Massachusetts to vote. Roughly 8,000 prisoners in Massachusetts are prohibited from voting due to a 2000 ballot initiative that amended the Massachusetts Constitution.
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By Sam Doran State House News Service
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If the Massachusetts Senate gets its way, illegal immigrants will be eligible for in-state tuition in the Commonwealth. The state Senate's proposed fiscal year 2024 budget has not been finalized yet, but the budget is expected to include a provision that would make this change, according to GBH
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U.S. Representative Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) plans to be in Massachusetts next week. The founding member of the conservative House Freedom Caucus is scheduled to appear at a fund raiser in Andover at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, May 20.
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There are two equal and opposite errors into which our race can fall about the devils. One is to disbelieve in their existence. The other is to believe, and to feel an excessive and unhealthy interest in them. They themselves (the devils) are equally pleased by both errors and hail