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Another Utility Announces Lower Rates Because of GOP Tax Cut

Energy and heating giant National Grid announced Thursday it will slash a proposed natural gas rate hike ahead of next winter, citing the the passage of a federal tax bill spearheaded by Republicans and signed into law earlier last month by President Donald Trump. The announcement states that Massachusetts customers

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Another Utility To Lower Rate Increases Because of Federal Tax Cut

National Grid plans to lower planned increases in natural gas rates in Massachusetts because of the federal corporate tax cut signed into law December 22, the company announced Thursday. The utility company originally proposed to increase natural gas rates by $87 million starting in October 2018 but now will ask

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Elizabeth Warren’s Indian Name Means ‘Flat Foot’

Memo to Elizabeth Warren:  Stop doing long live interviews. You can't handle them.

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Massachusetts Speaker DeLeo, Following GOP Criticism, Rules Out New “Broad-Based” Taxes

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GOP Healey Challenger Comes Out Swinging, Rips Attorney General Over Drug Lab Scandal

Hingham Republican Dan Shores, who is challenging Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey next fall, on Wednesday denounced the manner in which the Charlestown Democrat decided to support quashing more than 8,000 drug-dealer-related convictions stemming from a scandal involving a state drug lab in Amherst. Shores's statement calling

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U.S. Senate Hopeful to Congress: Dump Earmark Talk

BOSTON — Winchester businessman John Kingston, one of several Republicans angling for the nod to challenge Democratic U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren in November, paused on Wednesday from engaging in the normal anti-Warren rhetoric dominating GOP chatter to call on House Republicans leaders to drop all talks of reintroducing the business

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Steve Bannon Out At Breitbart

Steve Bannon is leaving Breitbart News Network in the wake of negative comments about President Donald Trump and his family attributed to Bannon in an explosive new book. "Steve is a valued part of our legacy, and we will always be grateful for his contributions, and what he has

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Massachusetts GOP Blasts Beacon Hill Dems Over Tax Uncertainty

BOSTON — The Massachusetts Republican Party on Tuesday issued a politically-charged statement in response to remarks made by House Speaker Robert DeLeo regarding the potential for new taxes. The Winthrop Democrat told reporters that it is "much too early to discuss" the possibility of a tax hike, as Republic