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By Michael P. Norton STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE With activists furious about the failure of an immigration law enforcement measure, Massachusetts House Speaker Robert DeLeo expects the House will spend the coming months evaluating legislative options.
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The French foreign minister accuses the American president of furthering a "divorce" between the United States and its European allies. "Deep Trade Rift With Allies Seen" is a New York Times headline. "The Roots of Western Disunity" is the headline over another New York
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[Editor's Note: A near version of the following was sent to The Boston Globe, which to date hasn't published it. It is published here for the first time.] To the Editor of The Boston Globe:
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Congratulations to pro-lifers in Keene, New Hampshire, who showed up at a campaign event for a pro-abortion candidate for governor and pressed him to answer questions about why he thinks it's all right to kill unborn babies and to use public money to do it. The protest was
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By Michael P. Norton STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE With time running out again on comprehensive sex education legislation, state Representative James O'Day says he's trying to convince his Massachusetts House colleagues that the bill is not about encouraging young people to be sexually active.
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By Katie Lannan STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE A group of state representatives has asked overdue state budget negotiators to adopt Massachusetts Senate language restricting local authorities from cooperating with federal immigration enforcement, advocating for a measure House Speaker Robert DeLeo has said would be "very difficult" to pass
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By Colin Young State House News Service The Massachusetts Senate went on record again Thursday in favor of a statewide ban on single-use plastic bags with sponsors pointing to the harm such bags have done to whales, but then rejected a proposal whose sponsor said was intended to reduce the
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Brett Kavanaugh once was an altar boy. He now volunteers as a lector in his parish. He serves meals to the homeless, dishing out food alongside a priest. And Kavanaugh coaches his daughter's Catholic Youth Organization basketball team. Sounds untrustworthy.
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