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Worcester Officials Throw Down, Tell Pastor Not To Have Another Church Service

Worcester officials have formally notified a pastor who held a regular church service Sunday that he violated the governor's executive order banning most gatherings of 10 people or more. Worcester City Manager Edward M. Augustus Jr. sent Adams Square Baptist Church Pastor Kris Casey a letter Monday saying

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Worcester Church Holds Regular Service – Believed To Be First in Massachusetts Since Governor’s Ban

Pastor Kris Casey preached to a live audience for the first time in more than a month on Sunday morning. The pastor and about 20 people gathered at Adams Square Baptist Church in Worcester on Sunday at 11 a.m. for a service that lasted about 75 minutes.

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Democratic-Tilting States’ Request for Bailout Is Opening for Reform

Democratic politicians are eying the newly limitless federal budget with the appetite of coronavirus-era shoppers swarming a new shipment of toilet paper. "We're in need. Where are you?" the mayor of New York City, Bill de Blasio, tweeted at President Donald Trump recently, asking Trump to

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Worcester Pastor’s Letter To Massachusetts Governor: We’re Having Church

[Editor's Note: Pastor Kris Casey posted an open letter to Governor Charlie Baker on the Facebook page of Adams Square Baptist Church in Worcester, Massachusetts on Thursday, April 23, 2020. In it he informs the governor of his intention to hold a church service inside the church building

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The Surrender Syndrome: What Herbert Hoover Can Teach Republicans

Herbert Hoover never saw it coming. On New Year's Day 1932 the Republican president was in good cheer as he looked forward to another year in the White House. And another year after that. And another. And … He never seemed to contemplate that with the election later that

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A Message From Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer

Citizens of the … republic … for now: During the current COVID-19 pandemic I have been criticized for my recent attempts to keep you ungrateful lot safe. This is unfortunate.

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An Open Letter To The Harvard Professor Trying To ‘Presumptively Ban’ Homeschooling

[Editor's Note: Elizabeth Bartholet is a professor at Harvard Law School organizing a summit in June 2020 dedicated to discussing problems in homeschooling and ways to restrict it legally. She has called for homeschooling to be "presumptively banned," arguing that many homeschoolers are "religious ideologues&

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Young People Far Less Patriotic Than They Used To Be, Poll Finds

Young Americans are dramatically less patriotic than they were 18 years ago in the aftermath of the September 11th terrorist attack, a newly released poll found. Some 63 percent of people ages 18 to 29 surveyed in the poll identified as "very patriotic" or "somewhat patriotic"