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Massachusetts
BOSTON – Acknowledging a sudden erosion in the state budget's fiscal underpinnings just before the budget is due, House Speaker Robert DeLeo on Wednesday said policy differences between the House and Senate loom as an even larger obstacle to a budget accord that's due in two weeks.
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Good intentions are not the same thing as good results. Nowhere is this as clear, consistently, as in matters of government policies. Failed government policy is without question a bipartisan affair, but liberals and progressives tend to hide behind their intentions far more than conservative lawmakers do — and to resist
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Barack Obama
As if Dodd-Frank hasn't inflicted enough damage on the economy through its stringent and unnecessary securities rules, the president and his regulatory cronies are at it again, but this time, your cable box is on the hit list. "Competition is good for consumers," President Obama told
Massachusetts
Feminists are celebrating New York State's recent move to establish a government-run paid family leave program for all workers, and they are fighting for a similar law in Massachusetts and at the national level. But those who value workplace flexibility and economic liberty shouldn't cheer; this
boston
If Boston is serious about urban renewal, it may want to bring back one of the now defunct policies of the late Mayor Thomas M. Menino: Broken Windows policing. Broken Windows theory holds that enforcing public order laws — such as laws against graffiti, trespassing, and illegal street vending — reduces both
Donald Trump
STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Hillary Clinton is doing what Republican rivals now say they took far too long to do: Taking Donald Trump seriously. In interviews and foreign policy addresses this week, the Democratic front-runner has worked to undercut Trump's credentials in the wake of deadly bombings in Brussels.
Donald Trump
WASHINGTON (AP) — As America's leading pro-Israel group prepares to hear from nearly all the presidential candidates, most eyes in the audience of thousands will be on GOP front-runner Donald Trump. He's the wild card whose previous comments about Israel have created some anxiety among many who
Israel
The Israeli-American Council (IAC), a non-profit organization providing various means of support for the estimated Israeli-American population of 500,000-800,000, recently announced the formation of a new partner organization that will focus on advocating to legislative policymakers on behalf of Israeli Americans. With the numbers of conventional Jewish communities
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