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A Third of U.S. Small Businesses Can’t Pay Rent Because of Inflation

By Casey Harper The Center Square

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Gun Licenses Now Harder To Turn Down In Massachusetts After U.S. Supreme Court Ruling, State Officials Say

Massachusetts police chiefs can no longer deny a firearms license because an applicant lacks what a chief considers a good reason to have it, state officials say. While gun owners still need a license, less is left up to the discretion of license-issuing authorities in the wake of a recent

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Six Reasons Why Massachusetts Should Legalize Fireworks

Fireworks have been illegal in Massachusetts since 1943.  Along with bonfires, they were outlawed during World War II to keep the night sky dark, making the prospect of German airplanes bombing American cities during the war more difficult. That never happened, but the ban has stayed in place ever since.

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Amherst Moves Forward With Reparations

A push by reparations activists in Amherst to start a public fund for black people has been greenlit by the town council. The money is scheduled to come annually, roughly matching Amherst's current local marijuana tax revenue, which is about $205,000. The council set a ceiling at

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Stressed Housing Markets A Looming Problem

Stateline, an initiative of The Pew Charitable Trusts. By Tim Henderson If the United States enters a recession and housing prices stagnate or fall, homeowners in parts of California, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, and New Jersey are most at risk of owing more than their houses are worth or losing their

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Manchin, Sinema Defy Biden, Won’t Kill Filibuster For Abortion Law

By Casey Harper The Center Square

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Some Massachusetts Republicans To The Unborn: Drop Dead

What a great day to be an unenrolled voter in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. More than half Republican members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives went along with the Planned Parenthood agenda in passing a horrible bill (H.4930) on Wednesday, just one day after it was introduced.

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James Kelcourse Resignation Drops House MassGOP Ranks To 27

By Colin Young State House News Service