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President Donald Trump has been trying to blame the Democrats for the effort by federal prosecutors to depict payoffs to two women as campaign finance violations. If only it were that simple.
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If things are going to get better in Massachusetts, it starts with bad ideas having a name on them. Or, when it comes to Beacon Hill, names. The recent push by several left-of-center incoming state legislators for roll call votes in the Massachusetts Legislature is a breath of fresh air,
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The conservative Massachusetts Fiscal Alliance is calling on more state legislators to follow the lead of four incoming left-of-center Democrats who have pledged to support taking more roll call votes on Beacon Hill. "We challenge all of the newly elected legislators, Republican and Democrat, to have the same courage
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Kelvin Cochran grew up in Louisiana with one goal in life: to become a firefighter. He realized that dream in 1981 in his native Shreveport. He rose through the ranks, and in 1999 became the fire chief there, the first African-American to serve in that capacity. In 2008, he was
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Massachusetts House Speaker Robert DeLeo supported the liberal agenda 77 percent of the time in key votes during the current legislative session, a left-wing organization said. The powerful House Speaker is widely considered a brake on left-wing legislation in the state Legislature, but his voting record shows he's
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By Matt Murphy State House News Service Two hundred and forty-five years ago this month, the Sons of Liberty boarded British ships and threw chests of tea into the harbor to protest taxes.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta recently published findings showing the "life expectancy" of Americans has dropped in part because deaths by suicide and drug abuse have increased. While one might receive such news with keen interest, this writer received it with something approaching disbelief.
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By Matt Murphy STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE Two groups who sometimes battle each other on Beacon Hill over fairness and transparency in elections both urged state campaign finance regulators on Thursday to scrap a legal interpretation that allows unions to donate up to $15,000 to a single candidate.
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