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BOSTON — The state's leading pro-Second Amendment organization is not pleased with legislation attached to the supplemental state budget passed Wednesday by the House, aimed partially at banning "bump-fire stock" equipment, the add-on gear authorities claim maximized the casualties in last week's Las Vegas shooting
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(4:30 p.m. update — the House has passed this legislation) By Matt Murphy STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE
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The early October newspaper reports highlighted the same point over and over again. A compromise had been reached on the question about contraceptive health insurance coverage in Massachusetts in the event that national Obamacare policy was reformed or repealed. The word "compromise" usually implies that opposing sides make
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Last month, Donald Trump's local campaign director of Jewish Outreach wrote an op-ed article in the Newton TAB titled "The Choice: Jewish Liberalism or the Jewish State." With Simchat Torah (Rejoicing of the Torah) coming up, I would like to respond by saying the real choice
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BOSTON — Governor Charlie Baker signaled on Tuesday his opposition to "elements" of a criminal justice reform bill touted by Massachusetts Senate members, including a potential revision of statutory rape and age-of-consent laws. Asked during a press conference whether the proposal, drafted by state Senator William Brownsberger (D-Belmont) and
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Fifty years ago "advocates" argued that contraception should be legal even if a state legislature said it shouldn't be. Now they're arguing that it should be free and paid for by people who think it's immoral. You've come a long
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UPDATE — 7:15 p.m. — Full copy of Healey lawsuit attached at bottom of page BOSTON — Labeling it as an "all-out attack on women's health care," Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey on Friday announced her office has yet again taken President Donald Trump to federal court,
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BOSTON — One of the state's leading conservative pro-family groups is crying foul over a section of a massive bill aimed at overhauling Massachusetts' criminal justice system, a provision that would dramatically alter sexual consent ages. The current statute mandates prison sentences for those who "unlawfully have
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