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Zoning Change Could Upend Nantucket Rental Market
By Chris Lisinski State House News Service
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Massachusetts Democratic Party Elects Steve Kerrigan New Chairman
The Massachusetts Democratic Party has a new chairman. Steve Kerrigan, the party's 2014 lieutenant governor nominee, was elected head of the state party Monday, April 24. He was unopposed, with support from Governor Maura Healey, the state's top-ranking Democrat.
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Katherine Clark Says Males Competing In Girls’ Sports Is Not A Problem In Massachusetts
The United States House of Representatives voted to prevent males from competing in girls' sports last week. None of the nine U.S. Representatives from Massachusetts supported the measure.
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Teacher License Requirements Too Hard In Certain Specialties Given Teacher Shortage, State Board Says
A shortage in public school teachers has Massachusetts state education officials considering ways to make it easier for existing teachers to get certification in special education and English as a Second Language. School nurses also may find it easier to get certification if the proposal passes in June.
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Converting Offices To Housing Is Hard; These Changes Might Make It Easier
Stateline, an initiative of The Pew Charitable Trusts. By Erika Bolstad Stroll around America's vacant downtowns, and a seemingly obvious solution emerges to the housing shortages and homelessness problems in many states: Why not turn all those unoccupied offices into living spaces? Especially in cities such as Portland,
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Don’t Fall For RFK Jr.’s Anti-Vax Politics – Even If You Agree With Him About COVID Vaccines
A Kennedy is primarying Joe Biden for the Democratic presidential nomination. Should Massachusetts rejoice at that news?
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South Korean President Coming To Massachusetts Next Week
By Sam Doran State House News Service
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Five Worst Ways Massachusetts Wasted American Rescue Plan Act Money
Massachusetts is burning through money that never should have been allocated in the first place. In February 2021, President Joe Biden signed the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act into law. It was an inflation-expanding stimulus package that, among other provisions, gave $350 billion to state, local, and tribal
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