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The Massachusetts Republican Party says no to Ballot Question 5. Ballot Question 5 in Massachusetts will let voters decide if the state should raise its tipped minimum wage from $6.75 an hour to match the state's minimum wage by 2029 (the state's minimum wage is
child custody jurisdiction reform
By Sam Doran State House News Service
Boston Globe
Just when you thought The Boston Globe couldn't get any more liberal, it somehow exceeded our expectations. The Boston Globe ran an opinion piece this past weekend that praised polyamorous relationships and called for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to offer government recognition of polyamory.
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By Colin A. Young State House News Service
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Two former administrators from Boston's Tobin School, principal Natasha Halfkenny and assistant principal Coreen Miranda, have each been fined $4,000 for violating conflict of interest laws. The fines stem from their misuse of tickets that had been donated for Tobin School students to attend the musical Hamilton
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Massachusetts students as of 10 years ago were not only excelling on the state's Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System exams but were also performing on par with some of the top-ranked education systems worldwide, according to a newly published study from Pioneer Institute. The study compared MCAS results from
trindad and tobago swim team
What were you doing at 17 years old? Were you competing in the Summer Olympics, like Zuri Ferguson? Ferguson, now a senior at Attleboro High School in Attleboro, Massachusetts, competed in the women's 100-meter backstroke for the Trinidad and Tobago national team at the 2024 Summer Olympics in
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Massachusetts state Auditor Diana DiZoglio says investigators in her office found more than $2.3 million in welfare fraud in the state during one three-month period earlier this year. The report, by the state auditor's Bureau of Special Investigations, covers the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2024 (between