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Massachusetts is the only state where no form of consumer fireworks is legal — and the state is doubling down on this fact. As Bay Staters purchase fireworks from each of the surrounding five states, plus Maine, State Fire Marshal Jon Davine has a familiar message for the state's
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Most members of Congress from Massachusetts are backing something called the Transgender Bill of Rights. The bill (S.Res.144), introduced in the U.S. Senate by Ed Markey (D-Malden), would have a broad range of effects, including expanding transgender rights, legalizing elective abortion nationwide, and banning conversion therapy.
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U.S. Representative Seth Moulton (D-Salem) supports President Joe Biden's 2024 re-election bid, but he fears the Democratic Party's policies are alienating the middle class. Moulton said one of the biggest mistakes he thinks Biden is making is his pursuit of student loan debt forgiveness. Moulton
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By Colin A. Young State House News Service
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A Guatemalan illegal immigrant who is also a child rapist pleaded guilty in federal court in Boston last week to unlawful re-entry into the United States. Wilson Hernandez-Bautista, 34, pled guilty to one count of unlawful re-entry of a deported alien, according to a press release from the U.S.
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After a rough debate for President Joe Biden last week, U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) is sticking by the presumptive Democratic nominee. Sanders admitted the debate on CNN against former President Donald Trump didn't go well for Biden, but he also said the Democratic Party will likely
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A retired college professor who watched the debate between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump last night pronounced himself "demoralized" afterward. "'Go find a flask and start drinking' were my initial thoughts," said Stewart "Buz" Eisenberg, a professor emeritus at
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A Democratic Massachusetts state senator is calling on President Joe Biden to step aside as the party's presumptive nominee following Biden's halting performance in the nationally televised debate with former President Donald Trump last night. Biden, who trails Trump in most polls, left sentences unfinished and