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Stateline, an initiative of The Pew Charitable Trusts. By Marsha Mercer States, cities, and community groups that offer free money to families to jump-start college savings face a dilemma: The families most in need often fail to sign up.
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The days of up to 12 weeks of paid abortion leave for women and men employed by the city of Boston are (mostly) over. That's because the City of Boston quietly updated its parental leave policy over the summer. It went into effect on September 12, 2022, a
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By Sam Doran State House News Service Thanksgiving is more than just a holiday, it's also the top day of the year for home fires. Massachusetts State Fire Marshal Peter Ostroskey is trying this week to get the word out about making fire safety in the kitchen a
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A Connecticut town might stop flying the so-called Pride Flag supporting homosexuality and transgenderism in response to the U.S. Supreme Court's Christian flag ruling this past spring. Members of the town council of Wethersfield are considering restricting the display of flags outside town buildings to the U.
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The supermarket chain Whole Foods won't buy Maine lobsters because an environmental group suspended its certification of Maine lobsters last week because a federal judge in July found that lobster gear is responsible for an estimated 2.56 entanglements of right whales per year. But lobster fishery spokesmen
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By Chris Lisinski State House News Service
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Lame duck governor Charlie Baker knows that a lot of Republicans in Massachusetts don't like him. But he's not too worried about it, he recently said.
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