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Governor Charlie Baker's plan to impose a hefty fine on businesses that have 11 or more workers and do not provide health care coverage is still alive officially, but the sting may be in the process of being taken out of the proposal. Still, some sort of penalty
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With Washington consumed by how President Donald Trump may be redefining the party of Reagan, a closer look at the president's proposed budget reveals that he may be reviving the politics of Reagan. But brace yourself for the spooky suspense looming with his Reaganesque-ideas on infrastructure. Released a
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DARTMOUTH, Mass. — Former U.S. Representative Barney Frank had some blunt thoughts for those still questioning the fairness of last year's Democratic presidential nominee process, in which supporters of Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders heaped criticism on the party's superdelegate system that helped Hillary Clinton. Asked at
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Hard to tell who are the Scribes and Pharisees these days. Used to be easy to label any religious zealot, call them a fanatic, and ignore their judgments. That's what Jesus did, right? He lambasted those who looked for the worst in people, while ignoring their own, obvious
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Immediately after the election, there was a spate of reports about Clinton voters buying newspaper and magazine subscriptions as a way to keep an eye on Trump. Now, it looks like the pendulum has swung in the opposite direction — with the elite press, amusingly, offering readers advice on how to
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As of this week our country is now a little poorer because the United States Senate has less of a filibuster than it once did. Thank you, Senate Democrats. And special thanks to our two senators "from" Massachusetts, Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey.
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NEW BEDFORD — Hoisting signs and posters depicting everything from Massachusetts's most prominent Democrats lounging in a soggy salt marsh to Democratic U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren sporting a Native American headdress, a small but vocal group met up Friday at the foot of the New Bedford Free Public
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By Matt Murphy STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE A Massachusetts state law banning corporations from making political donations survived a legal challenge on Thursday when a Superior Court judge ruled against two local business owners seeking to overturn the restriction.
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