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The Massachusetts Fiscal Alliance is requesting that the state campaign finance agency review the campaign committee of the Brockton state legislator who posted a rumor about a raid by federal immigration authorities earlier this week. State Representative Michelle DuBois, a Democrat, is using the national furor to try to raise
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Do you think the school bus driver in Chelmsford who told the cops he'd just smoked marijuana is in trouble? Legally, it's cloudy.
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The Brockton state representative who found herself at the heart of a firestorm of criticism after she circulated a rumor on social media alleging that federal immigration had planned a series of citywide raids has doubled-down on her decision, telling reporters she still believes she did the right thing. "
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In the nascent days of post-World War II conservatism, Senator Barry Goldwater coined a phrase that defined the limited political goals of moderate Eisenhower-era Republicans. Goldwater referred to the Administration of Republican President Dwight Eisenhower as a "dime-store New Deal." Disappointed in the GOP's contentment with
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By Michael P. Norton STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE There may be a major tax cut competing with the significant tax increase that's already being prepared for the 2018 ballot in Massachusetts.
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To say that Americans are divided over politics is to give too much credit to the substantive merits of the role of ideas in the formation of public opinion and not enough to the erosion of the language through which such ideas are discussed. We have learned from a generation
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GLOUCESTER — A Donald Trump-inspired newcomer to the Republican Party is making waves, and claims that longtime MassGOPers are working behind the scenes — and engaging in a harassment campaign — to block her bid to land a seat on the state committee. Dianna Ploss, the subject of a lengthy New York Times
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When politicians pass laws and regulators make rules aimed at punishing corporations, the big companies usually aren't the ones that really feel the pain. The real victims are small businesses — often with no more than 50 employees — who don't have armies of lobbyists to create special
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