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Feds Approve $20 Million In Massachusetts Migrant Shelter Aid
By Alison Kuznitz State House News Service
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Massachusetts U.S. Senate, Governor’s Council, Clerk Races Highlight Primary Ballots
By Chris Lisinski State House News Service Bay Staters will pick Republican candidates to challenge U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren and Congressman Stephen Lynch, fill an open Governor's Council seat, and settle a few intriguing court clerk races when they head to the polls on Tuesday, September 3.
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Kamala Harris Still Developing Policy Platform, Bernie Sanders Says
Kamala Harris has been vice president for three-and-a-half years, but she's still working through her policy platform for the presidential election that is about two months away, according to U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont). Sanders said that Harris is doing a good job and defended her lack
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Ed Markey Endorses A Socialist
U.S. Senator Ed Markey (D-Malden) endorsed a democratic socialist this week. Markey endorsed current state representative Erika Uyterhoeven (D-Somerville) in her 27th Middlesex Democratic primary against Kathleen Hornby, a self-described progressive who doesn't identify as a socialist.
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Switchblades Now Legal In Massachusetts Because of Second Amendment, High Court Rules
Switchblades are now legal to carry in Massachusetts because a state law banning them violates the right to keep and bear arms, the state's highest court said. Gun-rights decisions by the U.S. Supreme Court in recent years that confirm an individual right to keep and bear arms
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ICE Apprehends Mexican Illegal Immigrant Wanted For Homicide In Connecticut
Federal immigration authorities have arrested a Mexican illegal immigrant who is wanted for aggravated homicide in his home country. Officers from the Hartford office of Enforcement and Removal Operations Boston's office arrested the 42-year-old illegal immigrant in Seymour, Connecticut, on August 20, authorities said.
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Why ‘I Do’ Can Help Solve The Country’s Problems and Make You Happier – Book Review of Get Married
Get Married: Why Americans Must Defy the Elites, Forge Strong Families, and Save Civilization by Brad Wilcox HarperCollins February 2024 320 pages Why read a book about the importance of marriage? After all, doesn't just about everyone know that marriage is a vital social institution that is at
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Massachusetts Republican Party Demands Transparency In State Shelter System For Migrants
The Massachusetts Republican Party is calling for full disclosure of the roughly $1 billion spent on the state's migrant crisis, alleging that the expenditures have been veiled in secrecy by the Healey-Driscoll Administration. The Massachusetts Republican Party formally submitted public records requests to several state offices Tuesday, including